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Taurus
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 Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 1:52 pm Post subject: 15 000 pesos???? |
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| WIll I be able to safe money and still travel on 15 000 pesos a month??? |
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lozwich
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Taurus,
How long is a piece of string?
The amount of money you save depends on the amount of money you spend...
If you live like me in a small town, yes, you will be able to live and travel on that money. But, if you live in a big city and live like me (eat out a lot, go to Spanish classes, watch movies whenever I can), no you possibly won't. |
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moonraven
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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Are you talking about a gross salary of 15,000 pesos a month--or a net salary (after taxes) of 15,000? A gross salary of 15,000 pesos a month nets out to 11,000 pesos a month.
I am able to save money and travel on either of those amounts--and I am not a backpacker. If you put your mind to doing something, it's easy. It's been my experience that saving money is not something that happens accidentally.... |
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MixtecaMike
Joined: 19 Nov 2003
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Location: Guatebad
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| My expenses run at about 115% of my income, it's not what you make, it's how you spend it. |
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Taurus
Joined: 22 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| maybe being more specific would help. 15 000 net and living in Guadalajara. |
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Ben Round de Bloc
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| Taurus wrote: |
| maybe being more specific would help. 15 000 net and living in Guadalajara. |
If that's a 40-hour work week, that's over 90 pesos per hour after taxes. If that's a relatively normal salary for EFL teachers in Guadalajara, I'd say stick with that city. Here in Merida where I live, an EFL teacher would be doing very well to earn 80 pesos per hour before taxes, and most schools offer between 30-60 pesos per hour.
I'm not sure how it works in Guadalajara. At the schools in the city where I live, anything less than a 40-hour work week is part-time employment, and many consider 45-48 hours per week as full-time. In other words, many (most?) full-timers work 5 and a half or 6 days per week. Not the best work schedule for someone who wants to do a bit of traveling while here . . . or have much of a life.
Bottom line, if a high salary is your top priority while teaching in Mexico, I'd say grab that job in Guadalajara, because I don't think you'll find a lot of other places throughout the country that will offer you a higher salary than that no matter what their cost of living is like.
[Edited from my response on General Discussion Forum] |
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moonraven
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree with Ben Round the Block--if money is the priority, grab the job in Guadalajara. But if you won't have time for a life, or to travel around this beautiful country--why not stay where you are and make at least 3 times that salary? |
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Taurus
Joined: 22 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually I will be working 32 hours a week Monday- Friday with holidays at Christmas and Spring Break. Should be enough time, no? |
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thelmadatter
Joined: 31 Mar 2003
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Location: in el Distrito Federal x fin!
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:15 pm Post subject: travel |
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| Taurus, I think it is an excellent job offer. Take it. I think you could show some people on this board the Hope Diamond and they would just find flaws.... |
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Flo
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:14 am Post subject: |
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[quote="moonraven"] A gross salary of 15,000 pesos a month nets out to 11,000 pesos a month.
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Are taxes really 25 - 30% in Mexico? |
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Ben Round de Bloc
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:27 am Post subject: Re: travel |
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| thelmadatter wrote: |
| Taurus, I think it is an excellent job offer. Take it. I think you could show some people on this board the Hope Diamond and they would just find flaws.... |
I don't see it as people finding flaws so much as that people who have lots of experience in this country tend to be on the cautious side when it comes to things like number of hours, salaries, and working conditions. Suggesting possible "holes" in what sounds like an excellent job/salary isn't exactly finding flaws but more like offering ideas of what someone should check out to keep from getting burned.
If working 32 hours per week means teaching 32 hours of classes per week, that could be on the heavy side. It could be a situation where a teacher ends up devoting 50 or 60 hours a week to the job. It could be a type of program that involves next to nothing for planning, preparation, and student evaluating, in which case 32 teaching hours per week would be pretty easy to manage time-wise. It could even be a job of working 32 hours per week with fewer than half of those hours spent actually teaching. It depends on the school, its program, and many other factors. Someone without much TEFL experience in Mexico may not be aware of these things.
I still stick to my opinion that if salary is a priority (save money and afford some travel,) Taurus better grab that job in Guadalajara if everything about it is on the up and up, because there aren't many other TEFL jobs in this country where someone is going to make that kind of money working 32 hours per week. |
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moonraven
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with Ben Round--it's wise to be cautious. To follow the Hope Diamond analogy: all that glitters is not gold. One consideration is what kind of hours--for example 32 class hours is more than double what I teach and I am a full time professor with 40 hours a week on campus; 32 class hours in a language school is considered a part-time position--and usually you need less prep time for your classes.
Note to Flo on Mexican taxes: amount depends on gross income, same as in most other places, but 30% is about average. |
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