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alistaircandlin
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:54 am Post subject: Short contracts?? |
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Hi,
Has anyone ever negotiated to work a six or nine month teaching contract in Korea?
I want to work from September 2007 to March or June 2008 and I would prefer to to tell prospective employers up-front that I can't do the full year rather than just quitting half way through the contract. Do you think I will have any chance of finding a job if I do this?
If anyone has done this, what proportion of the airfare and bonus did you end up getting?
Thanks for any feedback. All the best,
Al |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Short contracts?? |
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| alistaircandlin wrote: |
Hi,
Has anyone ever negotiated to work a six or nine month teaching contract in Korea?
I want to work from September 2007 to March or June 2008 and I would prefer to to tell prospective employers up-front that I can't do the full year rather than just quitting half way through the contract. Do you think I will have any chance of finding a job if I do this?
If anyone has done this, what proportion of the airfare and bonus did you end up getting?
Thanks for any feedback. All the best,
Al |
If you are in Korea it is NOT hard to get a 6 month contract.
If you are applying from abroad it is virtually impossible.
There are a multitude of reasons, some of which are:
that your visa is for one year,
the recruiter's fee is the same,
it is hard to replace you and they don't want the worry or problem of doing it in 6 months,
airfare is expensive.
The "BONUS" you refer to is the legally (article 34 of the Korea Labor Standards Act) required severance for anyone who has been employed for more than 1 full year. There is NOTHING payable or due to an employee who has worked less than 1 year (again article 34) so don't expect any of it.
IF you get a 6 month contract (usually from inside Korea) they will typically pay for the visa run to Japan in place of airfare OR they may pay your ticket out of Korea if they don't have to pay for the visa run.
Anything else is unusual and not likely to happen. |
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cuppotea
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:18 am Post subject: |
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agreed. if you are in korea it is not very hard to obtain a short contract.
but i will add that it is NOT impossible to get a bonus or severance pay (usually 1/2 of the regular yearly bonus) in addition to return airfare AND a visa run. if the hogwan wants you enough they will pay. however, you will have more leverage in getting this the longer you agree to stay (say 9 instead of 6 months). i was offered this sort of deal at several hogwans. negotiate for it. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:56 am Post subject: |
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Wow, that's an interesting point to make about some hagwons doing 6 month contracts as 1 year is a long time to miss family, friends, and home. I feel it is necessary to fly home once every 6 months and that 1 year straight is a crazy amount of time to miss your aging mother, seeing your nieces and nephews grow up, and nurturing your friendships. Possible 6 month contracts are good to know about.
I do not think this is too unreasonable as many business people, engineers, and others fly more frequently than every 6 months. In fact, I met a group of German engineers the other night who could not believe I was telling them I was staying here for a whole year. This was unthinkable for them to miss family and home that much. They come and go fpr 2 week stints in Korea for technical assignments in manufacturing processes development. |
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