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[asylum seeker]

I'm working at an elementary school hagwon and have been treated pretty well there (good accomodation, 2.3 mill always paid on time, hours from 3-8/3-9pm, no kindy etc) and as my contract is finishing soon they have offered me 2.5 mill to renew. However I've always wanted to try teaching adults and I'm getting bored with the repetitveness of the low-level classes/ phonics drill. The only job I've seen up for an adult hagwon is for ybm and their payrate seems to be 2.2-2.4 but with only key money for accomodation.(which I guess means you'd be looking at about 300,000 won a month in rent right?).
To those who ahve worked with both adults and kids do you think it would be worth taking a pay-cut to teach adults? Also how difficult is it to get a job at an adult hagwon? The conditions don't seem so great but I guess there's a lot of people who don't want to teach kids as well. If I renew I don't have to go through with the CBC etc so its making it very tempting just to stay but I think teaching higher level English would be more mentally stimulating and I think a change would be good.
Also is there more looks-discrimination when it comes to adult hagwons? I'm 29 and no spring chicken so I'm wondeing how difficult that would make getting a job there too.

[soviet_man]

Kids Hagwon to Uni = Yes worth it
Kids Hagwon to YBM-style adult hagwon = No, not worth it

Because at a YBM ELS type adult hagwon, you will be under great pressure to retain students and bring in $$$ for the business. Even more so than at a kids hagwon.

High school students and adults in their 20s are far harder to retain than elementary kids and you will be subjected to all sorts of monitoring and performance appraisals from management.

The only grounds I would see for being worth changing, is if you got offered a uni job or some other specialty type job (eg. I know a guy who teaches English to Korean Air flight attendants, and loves it). So unless you find a job that is really good, why risk leaving your comfort zone.

If you have a good deal where you are, stay another year. [/b]

[asylum seeker]

Thanks for the advice. The fact that I'm getting so 'comfortable' is part of the reason I want to leave but from what you say the stress of dealing with the management of those sort of places would probably not be worth it.