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it's full of stars · Joined: 26 Dec 2007

I was browsing the TEFL.com website and came across this cracker. I'd apply for it myself but can't be bothered to go throught the whole CRC and medical thing.

http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=31804

SALARY & PERKS

$300.00 Relocation Allowance
$100.00 Additional Monthly Allowance (except for Metropolitan Cities)
$100.00 Additional Monthly Allowance for rural appointments
$1,000,000 Contract Completion Bonus (Pursuant to Contractual Agreement) Severance Pay ( Equivalent to One Month Salary)
Fully Furnished Solo Flat
Paid Vacation: 35 Calendar Days + 12 National Holidays = 47 Paid Holidays (Gangwon Edu Board)
14 Work Days + 12 National Holidays = 26 Paid Holidays (Standard)
Paid Sick leave: 15 Days with 60dys Maternity Leave

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Only 1 mill a month...what's so great about it?

MarionG · Joined: 14 Sep 2006

Yes, I saw that. Have fun trying to collect the $1,000,000 a month though...in law that's called, drum roll, a mistake. If you are silly enough to expect $1,000,000 a month, it's called a mutual mistake.

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

Atavistic

cruisemonkey · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject:

There's nothing new in the advertisement.

Gangwon-do has had longer than 'normal' (public school) holidays since 'joining' (getting funding) through EPIC. There's a reason for this - they can't attract enough foreign English 'teachers' to fill the vacancies... it's a simple supply/demand curve. The 'catch' is that they can put you anywhere (any school in any city) in the province. Worst case scenario - 45 minute commutes between three elementary, and a 'technical' high school (i.e. unmotivated 'loosers') in the middle of 'bum-f*ck nowhere'. Rolling Eyes

Remember - they didn't get the Olympics. Wink

cruisemonkey · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject:

mountainous · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Location: Los Angeles

Doesn't sound great and if it did sound great, I would presume it to be bait and switch fraud, based on my experience working for dishonest hakwon frauds.

DCJames · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

What???

Looks like you get 300 bucks once for relocating and nothing more if you work in a big city.

What's so great about that? Rolling Eyes

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

Assuming it's a mistake: One million won a month for pay? What?!

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

OK dollar sign haha.

However Gangwon public school teachers who do re-contract are offered 2-year contracts with an extra million won payout at the end on top of all the usual stuff just because its cost-effective to keep good people around. (I helped write the contract.) Best contractual vacation time for public school teachers in the country too.

Gangwondo is not that scarily rural & it's non-metropolitan in a way that appeals to many. Fact is, we're getting loads of applicants & the retention rate is high. Chronic malcontents need not apply.

MarionG · Joined: 14 Sep 2006

OK Juregan, my mistake. Still a ONE MILLION DOLLAR (not won!) completion bonus t'aint bad!

freshking · Joined: 07 Dec 2006

When I renewed after my first year in Korea, my new contract said I would get paid 21,000,000 won per month instead of 2.1million. Yeah that didn't happen. Wink

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

You ONLY get that 1million won bonus at the end of TWO YEARS! After one year you get the standard one month severance.