Korean Job Discussion Forums

jay-shi · Joined: 09 May 2004 Location: On tour

I saw this ad on the Korean Jobs page and the title caught my attention.

http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/korea/index.cgi?read=25686

I'm not looking for work right now but I'm always interested in the job market here.

The job ad seems well written and they are straight up about the "crazy" hours. The benefits are also much better than average for a hagwon.

Hence my question: Would you be willing to work those hours for those benefits?

ps. I am in no way affiliated with this school and know nothing of it except what I read in the ad.

contrarian · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Location: Nearly in NK

The only thing that really counts is what you take home in your blue jeans at the end of the month.

If I didn't have a good job, Id apply.

Laughing

Wondering · Joined: 23 May 2007 Location: Seoul

phone is paid? Surely that's a mistake???

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

I would take it if only it were closer to Seoul. But besides that, it's a great job by the looks of it. I hope they get a great teacher.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

You don't finish teaching until 12:30 at night - job sucks. plus it's in the country.

Sincinnatislink · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Location: Top secret.

Sweet Jesus No.

TiGrBaLm · Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Location: Hubcap of Asia

Hell no

Money isn't everything

bellum99 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know

Just a tutor school and the owner is a foreigner...he takes the top off the profits like a pimp.

Fresh Prince · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: The glorious nation of Korea

Wouldn't tough that one with a ten foot pole.

contrarian · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Location: Nearly in NK

If I get my 3.5 mil and the other benefits, I'd take it. I don't like Seoul, and I do like the country. Tutor work is quite easy, if time consuming.

Money isn't everything but it makes misery comfortable and most "social lives are less than fulfilling.

skconqueror · Joined: 31 Jul 2005

the money isn't even very good. It would have to be at least 5 million for me to even be remotely interested.

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

If I had no experience.

It'd be good for someone who wants to earn a lot and doesn't want to risk working illegally.

seoulman1 · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: Jamsil

akin to slave labour.

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

Looks like 24 hours overtime a week to me. That's a good 100 OT/month. Tha'ts like two jobs. 3.5 million?

Nah.

twg · Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Location: Getting some fresh air...

There's no "Hell no!" option in the poll.

Being able to be lazy and spend all of your time farting around Korea is the real benefit to this job. Maybe if you're one of those over-achievers this job may seem fine, but I want to spend as little time as possible at work.