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chi-chi



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 2:55 am    Post subject: delete Reply with quote

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posco's trumpet



Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: Beneath the Underdog

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 3:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote



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weatherman



Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow, this tread is kind of funny for sitting around on my a s s all afternoon in the office I figured this out, based on work for 52 weeks and 40 hours a week, I make a little more than 10$ an hour here in Korea. On the other hand if I look only at the contract and the hours specified, then I make a little over 30$ an hour.

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Cthulhu



Joined: 02 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not factoring in holidays it's about $26 CDN an hour (hmmm. Better than I thought). If only the commute wasn't such a pain...
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katydid



Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, what does this mean...for my summer work when I was only working six..I mean 8 hours a week, I was actually making something close to $40 an hour? HA HA HA! That's great!
Regular class time, that cuts it down to about...$18 an hour, though 24 of those 80 working hours are spent sitting in my office.
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bucheon bum



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 4:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

around 18 bucks/class here.
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desultude



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I NET about 21.50 per hour- after taxes, utilities, pension, rent, and everything else except food amd clothing. This figure takes into account ten hours a week prep time, not just my hours in class.

What we have to take into consideration is both the low tax rate and the free rent. I get a lot of my meals free at the cafeteria. I don't have car expenses, except for busses and the occasional taxi. If I am conscientious and don't travel abroad, I would be able to save almost $1400 a month.

So the hourly wage is misleading. If I made that much an hour in the States I would barely be able to make ends meet. But it is an interesting exercise to figure it out.
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matko



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: in a world of hurt!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good point desultude.

I make between 25-50 dollars Canadian here in Japan depending on what you take into consideration.

Maybe a better question would be how much do you save. But then again there is a lot to take into consideration there as well.

I would rather make less and have alot of vacation time.

I'm just lazy though
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Zyzyfer



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i don't make squat(same as bucheon, basically), but i get mad phat time off
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The Great Wall of Whiner



Joined: 24 Jan 2003
Location: Middle Land

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

posco's trumpet wrote:
Roughly $27 per hour. That's less than I made at home in 1996 (or in 1989, for that matter), but I prefer doing the job I'm doing now...


Did you factor in rent/housing?
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rapier



Joined: 16 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chi-chi: does this mean you have a new job here in Korea? or are you with KFC? Did you fake some new degree certificates?
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streetfightingman



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Cheju do

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

$75.00Can./hr

wish it were more.
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posco's trumpet



Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: Beneath the Underdog

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote



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Son Deureo!



Joined: 30 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Including the hour of prep time a day that is really mostly me just sitting on my thumb $12.27US an hour.

I made about $19 US an hour back home (corporate paralegal), but I bank more here thanks to Korea's low tax rate and free housing. Economics are a bit different here, that's for sure.
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syclick



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

About $18.60 / hour. That's figuring in the hours that are written in the contract. I don't actually teach that many hours, though, so the figure would be higher.
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