Korean Job Discussion Forums

[baedaebok]

I've seen some hakwons ads stating monthly salaries of W3 million.
The hours are heavy but the looks suspiciously high. How can this be?
Considering that the supply is greater than the demand, I'd thought hagwon salaries couldn't rise that high.

What's up with W3 mil @ a hagwon?

[Hank the Iconoclast]

The workload will be so immense that it's not worth it.

[Saxiif]

There are hagwons out there that pay 4 million to people who don't even have a BA (SAT hagwons in the summer). It all depends

[baedaebok]

If some hakwons pay W3 or W4 million, why do people scramble to the universities? Is it just workload? It would seem to me that hakwons may be a better bet.

[diablo3]

There would be a handful....but why not instead look for something like 2.7 million plus free housing? However, I imagine 3 million per month means no housing, if that is what you want.

[KoreanAmbition]

I talked to a recruiter for a while about a hagwon job that was paying 3.0 million won with free housing, OR 3.5 million won if you didn't want the housing.

The problem was long hours:

Monday to Friday 3:30 (4:30) - 9:30 (10:30) pm
Saturday 1:30 - 7:30pm

(I believe that was the Saturday shift...give or take an hour).

The school had you just follow their curriculum and teach out of their books, so basically prep was less than 30 minutes before each shift.

I agree the workload is much heavier, but at the time I was mainly concerned with finding a job that gauranteed a high salary even at the expense of a lot of hours. I liked the perks of getting up late, so to be honest the job appealed to me for a while.

If you want some more info on the job you can PM me and I can give you the contact of the recruiter I was dealing with.

Cheers

[Saxiif]

[fustiancorduroy]

I had a full-time hagwon job last year that paid 3.4 million a month. I did, however, have to pay my own rent (400,000 a month). But considering I worked about 4-5 hours a day, 4-5 days a week, it was a pretty good deal.

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[cdninkorea]

[nebraska1]

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[Rumple]

I had a hagwan job that paid 3.4 with a free apartment once, in Seoul.

I taught 8 hours a day, Monday through Saturday.

The money was great and I did it for a while because I was fine (at that time) to have no life, but now I have a girlfriend and want to actually be more than just and earning machine, so that doesn't do it for me anymore. Now I work 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, for a lot less money, but I'm much happier. I don't regret working hard, but it is certainly hard to keep up for a whole year.

[MollyBloom]

[happeningthang]

There's more than a few schools who'll pay that amount of money - but you work for it.

Still, my job now only requires 36 hrs per week for 3 mill and (nice) accomodation.

BUT - There's a Saturday shift and no public holidays EVER (bar Seollal).