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Oreovictim · Joined: 23 Aug 2006

What have been some bad things that you've seen on job postings?

I just saw a job posting yesterday where you make 2.1 million a month, but you work 10 1/2 hours a day. With all of the jobs out there, who would pick something that bad?

Also, I was once offered a job in Ilsan with an unusual late policy. If you're 10 minutes late, you don't get paid for that hour. If you're an hour late, you don't get paid for the whole day. (Yet, you still have to work that day.) No, I didn't accept that job.

nomad-ish · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

the scary thing is, someone will take those jobs. why else do they still try?

PRagic · Joined: 24 Feb 2006

Any hakwon job with split shifts.

hagwonnewbie · Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Location: Asia

I saw one that said you get free toiletries when you arrive. Yeah, I get 3 dollars worth of crap that a normal person would have thought to have packed before travelling 6000 km. I guess they were looking for really poor and desperate people. Of course with college tuitions as high as they are, things are tough all over.

Oreovictim · Joined: 23 Aug 2006

chachee99 · Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Location: Seoul Korea

harryh · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: south of Seoul

I saw a part time kindergarden position for native speakers only, which didn't look too exciting.
20 hours a week, totalling 80 a month for 1,000,000 won a month. No accommodation, no flight, no health, no pension etc.

That works out at 12,500 won an hour.

anyangoldboy · Joined: 28 Sep 2007

[quote="harryh"]I saw a part time kindergarden position for native speakers only, which didn't look too exciting.
20 hours a week, totalling 80 a month for 1,000,000 won a month. No accommodation, no flight, no health, no pension etc.

That works out at 12,500 won an hour.[/quote]

Yeah some part time jobs like this are for people already in the country looking for extra work...This kind of job is very common

marlow · Joined: 06 Feb 2005

NightSky · Joined: 19 Apr 2005

I saw Yale in Daegu is trying to hire people for 2.3 for a 6 day work week...that's pretty bad...it might not have been bad five years ago on a 5 day work week, but hey, they do offer you a relocation allowance... meh. Not crazy bad, but considering how hard it's apparently getting to get teachers over here, they might have to do better than that.

expat2001 · Joined: 28 Jan 2006

I still see jobs that state you have to work on Saturdays , or even worse shared apartments
One time this expat in my building ,fresh off the plane , offered me a job at his hogwon 2 pm-12 am, 2.1 ,but you only have to work 6 hours a day.
I asked him what he did w/ all the extra time time in the office .He said surf the net

expat2001 · Joined: 28 Jan 2006

I still see jobs that state you have to work on Saturdays , or even worse shared apartments
One time this expat in my building ,fresh off the plane , offered me a job at his hogwon 2 pm-12 am, 2.1 ,but you only have to work 6 hours a day.
I asked him what he did w/ all the extra time in the office .He said surf the net

marlow · Joined: 06 Feb 2005

gojulie · Joined: 08 Jun 2007

When I was looking for a job back in September/October, I saw one that had the "successful" applicant living with the hagwon director! That would just be strange.

Why would anyone want to do that?

nomad-ish · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:21 am Post subject:

^ sadly enough, i once read a contract under a contract thread where the housing was in the same house as the director, or maybe it was head teacher.

anyway, the person still posted it to be reviewed so they must've been considering it Shocked