Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Ed Provencher]

My old school offers 1 million won to any teacher who gets another teacher to sign a contract and stay for at least six months.

My new school just offered me 300,000 won just to get new teachers to sign a contract. I'm tempted to help, but I may ask for 1 million won.

Are there similar deals you've encountered?

[nobbyken]

I believe the Gepik contract pays 100K to the leaving teacher, who notified the new teacher of the vacancy.

[shifty]

My view is that if you do not replace yrself then benefits such as severance are in jeopardy. Conversely, if you are successful at finding a replacement, then you are guaranteed these things.

Once I did receive 300 000 despite not having asked for anything. Unfortunately, 300 000 was deducted b/c I had to miss one working day and weekend, in order to keep within the bounds of the roundtrip ticket. . I just gave a sardonic smile. I had arrived the year before on a Saturday but only the Monday was recognised as a start.

[DongtanTony]

I currently receive 500,000 per new body...this is also a contracted amount written up in an addendum to the original contract because of two subsequent promotions.

I figure the majority of recruiters are between 800,000 to 1,200,000...and since I'm only working for one school...a little discount is in order. The employer should have some benefit using individual teachers, and not an actual recruiting agency IMO.

[Chris_Dixon]

my hakwon gives 500,000 but as recruiter fees are going up so is our cut, 750,000 from now on i think...

i should get out and advertise as it really isnt a bad school

[raclos234]

had about 2 months left on my contract and for seollal decided to go to australia to visit a friend. told my boss and then she asked me how much the trip was and paid for it. they said it was 'incentive'. of course an incentive to say.

anyways, about a month later i recruited my replacement and told me boss id come back after 3 months back home. didnt ask for or wanted anything b/c having them pay for my trip was pretty cool to me.

[VirginIslander]

Calling Wylies99. Calling Wylies99.

We have a blatant violation of Korean law. These teachers (assuming they are E2) are violating their visas. They are accepting recruiting fees.

Calling Wylies99.

My school doesn't pay us much but allows us to build the recruiting fee into the incoming teacher/friend's salary.

[DongtanTony]

Well...unfortunately I can't access the Korean Immigration website at the moment...but I would love your explanation...VirginIslander...as to why this is illegal.

I'm not teaching outside of my institution...this type of activity has been sanctioned...as well as contracted...by my employer.

This is the performance of an additional job duty...some people create textbooks...there's currently a thread about a teacher receiving a stipend for such...and posters claiming royalties fees...additional job duties for additional pay.

I would love to see the immigration language on this.....if I am wrong....I will stand corrected. But I would love to see the evidence first....and I would rather you call ttompatz...even though we haven't always seen eye-to-eye...rather than wylies99...as I consider ttom a more reliable source.

[mountainous]

It is often suggested to "speak to current teachers" about a job/school to get the inside scoop. Now it seems that a fellow teacher might not be a reliable source of negative information...given that the teacher/recruiter has the same incentives to misrepresent as a recruiter does.

[Ut videam]

[VirginIslander]