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crazy_arcade



Joined: 05 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:44 am    Post subject: Check out this job ad. Reply with quote

http://www.mongdori.com/jobs/details.php?job_id=126
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koon_taung_daeng



Joined: 28 Jan 2007
Location: south korea

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

seems pretty good, wonder what the catch is
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sojourner1



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

koon_taung_daeng wrote:
seems pretty good, wonder what the catch is


No airfare, you provide books and materials, and you must stay at school all day too. I can see you would do better taking a job that pays 2 m a month with air and apartment as well as books and supplies. It really doesn't look like a good deal.
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Hanson



Joined: 20 Oct 2004

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, but check out the housing allowance at this gig (Position #B)...


http://www.mongdori.com/jobs/details.php?job_id=119

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crazy_arcade



Joined: 05 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sojourner1 wrote:
koon_taung_daeng wrote:
seems pretty good, wonder what the catch is


No airfare, you provide books and materials, and you must stay at school all day too. I can see you would do better taking a job that pays 2 m a month with air and apartment as well as books and supplies. It really doesn't look like a good deal.


airfare is standard...doesn't need to be included in the ad.
being responsible for the books simply means that the teacher has to choose the books they want to teach, same goes for materials. Obviously the school is going to pay for that.

As for staying at school all day.....

8:00-8:45 am
3:00-4:45 pm

The time in the middle will be negotiable. It's likely that the teacher will be able to leave the school and come back after lunch time
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yingwenlaoshi



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

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like crap to me.
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garykasparov



Joined: 27 May 2007

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hanson wrote:
Yeah, but check out the housing allowance at this gig (Position #B)...


http://www.mongdori.com/jobs/details.php?job_id=119

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Found that interesting...

Position #B. Seoul Myoungil-dong(early July)
Payment 2.0-2.3 million won
Working hour 13:00-20:30( 30 hours per week)
Monday to Friday
Student age group elementary students
Housing allowance 400000 million won monthly
Round ticket
Severance bonus
2 weeks paid vacation
50% medical insurance, national pension
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The_Conservative



Joined: 15 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

crazy_arcade wrote:
sojourner1 wrote:
koon_taung_daeng wrote:
seems pretty good, wonder what the catch is


No airfare, you provide books and materials, and you must stay at school all day too. I can see you would do better taking a job that pays 2 m a month with air and apartment as well as books and supplies. It really doesn't look like a good deal.


airfare is standard...doesn't need to be included in the ad.
being responsible for the books simply means that the teacher has to choose the books they want to teach, same goes for materials. Obviously the school is going to pay for that.

As for staying at school all day.....

8:00-8:45 am
3:00-4:45 pm

The time in the middle will be negotiable. It's likely that the teacher will be able to leave the school and come back after lunch time


It says that that at school time is likely to be about thirty hours a week though...read further down in the ad.
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Boreal



Joined: 04 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Likely is a great word for employers. A hagwon owner could likely pay you 3m won for 20 hours/week, but what does that mean? Profits didn't rise by the 400% I expected? Unusual circumstances, pay must be changed, wording says I can do it!

Housing could be a pain to find. Severance is guaranteed to not be there, which runs most employers nearly 200k/month on average. You also get stuck organizing a library, which is not included in class time.

The catch? There's no mention of how many hours you work on this library project, no mention of overtime pay, and 30 hours at school doesn't count the time you "can leave school", which means you're really tethered to your job from 8-5.

It looks too good to be true, and it is. At best, it's a reasonable contract with unusual duties. Still, when you can get 2.0-2.2 on 22-25 hours, knowing what you're doing, it doesn't sound quite so dreamy.
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