Korean Job Discussion Forums

[mack the knife]

With the won/dollar (and just about every other currency) ratio being as poor as it is, you simply can't make any money here now. Who in their right mind would sign a contract now?

I predict that the next wave of teachers entering Korea will be bottom feeders, par excellence.

[aarontendo]

Yeah coming here now ain't such a great idea. Hell go to Japan, China, shit even Thailand at this point.

[Perceptioncheck]

Why would I come here?

Well, for starters I could enjoy reading slight variations on the same The-Won-Is-Crashing-It's-The-End-Of-The-World theme every single day on Dave's ESL Cafe! Oh, what fun!

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I may have come here with the intention of staying a year just because of the free flight, but when I quit my first job after half a year I probably would have tried to find a job in another country. That way I could have pulled a runner at the worst possible time and F-ed my boss far worse.

[branchsnapper]

Weren't you going on about being professional yesterday, YBS?

Some people come for the cultural experience. They don't get it, but they do come for it. If Korea had a really good recruitment system in place abroad and less visa fuss they could probably pay less.

By the way, there's a weeny little problem going on in the west right now. So people might be looking for some jobs.

[sojourner1]

Why would you come here now?

To escape the doldrums of having little opportunity in America's poorest job market since the 1930's and get the rent monkey off your back.

To get away from the crime that increasing devastating poverty is doing.

To get valuable experience teaching brats who may not care to listen to anything you say.

To save up the Korean won for the day the Korean won is worth a lot more than it is today.

To see and smell what a dirty armpit without deodorant is like.

To experience another culture, the most boring dull culture in Asia except the dive that North Korea probably is.

To get sparkled in the land of sparkling pureness.

[Xuanzang]

Japan doesnt have infinite job openings and there`s a glut of people thinking strong yen, modern technology, clean country, etc. You might just come to Korea because it would be better than the nothing you have back home.

[marlow]

There's no good reason.

It's not rocket science. Compared with a year ago salaries are the same and the won is worse. If you come here and the won doesn't recover you've lost that money (unless you plan on retiring here). Go somewhere else until salaries increase or the won goes back up. Maybe just go somewhere else for good.

[branchsnapper]

Could you give us a list of the countries that have a lot of ESL jobs in order of salary please Marlow?

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[nobbyken]

Standard with associated cost of living is good here. Fuel costs about 70% of that in the UK, lots of buses to use too.
Debt in a country keeps you tied to that infrastructure.
Get rid of debt then your salary relative to the exchange rate doesn't figure anymore.
Credit has been the fuel for the current world market problems.
Debt is the real back breaking monkey. If you can't afford it, wait till you can instead of signing your life away.
Debt has become the culture of the UK and the West in general.

Korea's new advertising slogan, "South Korea, better than North Korea."

[marlow]

[FixedGearJerk]

I'm suprised that the type of people that choose to live abroad and teach children are such a greedy lot. Money, money, money. Is it really all about the money? Give me a break. If you want money so bad why didn't you choose a more suitable path?

I make enough money here to live comfortably. Granted I'm not a very materialistic person and I pretty much stick to the eccentials, but I can still pay the bills and put some money in the bank.

I really hope you get rich teaching English, but I'm thinking its probably not going to work out for you.

[sojourner1]

[branchsnapper]

That's a bit harsh Fixedgear, because many of them have no skills to speak of and are in debt, debt, debt. (as previous post said).