The long and winding path

I find myself at a crossroads. I have a choice to make. Or rather, I have a choice that was made for me, and I have the choice to follow that decision. It has been plowed and sowed for me. It promises to have lots of fruit after a very long and very tiresome season. But I fear the fruit will be sour, hollow inside, or somehow tainted. There must be something I am not seeing, so while I feel uneasy about this path laid out for me, I will begin upon it, trustingly.

Our company, that just a year ago I was so happy to have succeeded on entering, and so thankful for giving me the opportunity to work in Korea, has now filed for protection from bankruptcy. What this means is that the months of delayed/no salary have ended. The company will no longer be badgered by creditors for payments, and the priority of payments will shift so that current employees will get paid first. Good for employees in the short term. Yet I choose to leave. There are many reasons for this, and I must remind myself of them constantly, lest my constitution waiver.

My new home is one of the blue blooded creatures of chaebol corporations in Korea. Chaebol are basically familys so rich and powerful that they have managed to diversify their corporations and practically taken over the government. Where I might be sent to, I don't know. How much I will get paid, I don't know. How much overtime I will have to work, I don't know. How much I can see my family, I don't know. Cross my fingers, everything will go well.

Ah, yes, if you are unaware of the comment about blue blooded, I will be joining Samsung Construction and Engineering, one of the largest construction companies in Korea.

On the plus side, I now find myself with some free down time before my education starts. After going through an orientation for a day, one of the most frequently asked questions was how to prepare for entering the company. All of the employees answered to go on a vacation. Hmmm, vacation. If you had roughly a month of free time, but little money, where might you go on a vacation? To be honest, I do not yet know the answer to that. That shall be for next time.