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jpvanderwerf2001 · Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 1117 Location: New York

Privet, teachers in Russia.

I am wondering if any of your employers have (unlikely as it seems) adjusted ruble salaries upwards as a response to the falling value of the local currency.

I ask because I saw an EFL job advertisement in which the ruble salary was much higher than I would expect for a run-of-the-mill teaching gig (90,000/month, FYI). Perhaps that has always been the rate there, but I assumed it was due to the ruble's struggles. The advert: http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/index.cgi?read=33915

Sashadroogie · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:59 pm Post subject:

Not sure how to interpret that ad. Is this per month? Even so 156 hours is about 40 hours per week. That is quite a heavy teaching commitment, and not that attractive.

Could be reading the ad incorrectly though... Have had rather a touch too much good water today... Hic!

jpvanderwerf2001 · Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 1117 Location: New York

I'm assuming that means academic hours. Still, 156 hours is certainly not unheard of for language schools (though I think 144 is more the norm).

Look at this gem -- 27,500 for 130 hours/month: http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/index.cgi?read=33890

But back to the point: Most EFL positions advertised for Russia are in the 40,000/month range (even at 144 hours, that is far less than 90,000 for 156 hours), so I'm curious if this salary advertised in an anomaly or if ruble salaries as a whole are going up to attract/keep teachers.

Cheers.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:31 pm Post subject:

Dunno if there has been an increase in rates in schools. Doubt it. But even so, this 90K figure is still on the low side for that teaching load. Or maybe I;ve just forgotten how bad it is in Macland.

I united and broke out of mine. I had nothing to lose but my chainschools!

Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt Euch!

Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

Brunouno · Joined: 18 Apr 2013 Posts: 129

There was a discussion about this mob not long ago. Before all the hoo-ha started in Russia, they were offering 60,000 a month with free accommodation. The job advertisement you posted doesn't include accommodation, so they haven't raised the salary level. I would say that 30 academic hours a week is the norm with most chain schools, and even that is a big workload. You would only be living to work if you worked 156 academic hours a month.

These guys are continuously advertising, which is a good indication of the conditions and turnover rate.

KomradSilniy · Joined: 30 Jun 2014 Posts: 3

Privet. A late response, but if anyone cares to know, my employer has increased our salaries - not to rub it in or anything if yours hasn't done the same.

jpvanderwerf2001 · Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 1117 Location: New York

Sashadroogie · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:17 pm Post subject:

Congrats, indeed. Haven't heard of anyone else getting any increase. Though some of my students report their salaries have been cut...

Phillip Schofield · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:52 pm Post subject:

My school is paying me $10,000 per week. Eat that!

Sashadroogie · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:26 pm Post subject:

Pah! I get that per academic hour!

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

ach! I work occasionally for a major oil company, where eura flow like black gold by the minute Cool

Admittedly, that was in a BOOM time....possibly not the current status quo.

Phillip Schofield · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 7:56 pm Post subject:

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

It's a gusher!! Everyone, hie thee to Russia!

Sashadroogie · Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:45 am Post subject:

They can't print the notes fast enough for me, so I'm being paid in barrels of Beluga vodka!