Korean Job Discussion Forums

[jillie]

I've been offered a position (I'm a newbie) and these are the hours:

Working time : 9:30 am-7:10 pm (Mon, Wed, Fri) / 9:30am-5:40pm (Tues, Thurs)

These hours include breaks and lunch and teaching hours are up to 30 per week.

Being there over 9.5 hours three days a week seems a bit long, but maybe I'm just being naive?

Input/advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

[Chet Wautlands]

I have seen worse, but the average hagwon offers better hours than that. Look for 7-8 working ours a day with 30 hours max of teaching.

[englisheeeteachaaa]

[jillie]

Thanks. What times are the standard times, ie what time does one arrive/get off at most Hagwons? I've heard Public Schools are a better deal, but I don't want to wait until August to head over.

The only thing that gives me pause about turning this down is that all of the foreign teachers at the school seem to really like and have a great relationship with the director. Reading this forum it doesn't seem like that is the norm. But is it worth the hour trade-off?

[englisheeeteachaaa]

[sarahsiobhan]

This seems criminally long. I am at work from 2:30 (start at 3) and finish at 7:50. There are 5 50 minute classes, and I teach all five two days a week. Tuesday I teach one, Thursday I teach 4 and Friday I teach 3. That's 18 hours a week of actual teaching.

Don't take the contract.

[jillie]

Thanks so much for the input!

Before I started this process I read all the posts and promised myself I wouldn't let anyone push me into something and the first offer came along and immediately felt pressure to take it.

I'm going to pass and hold-out for a better deal. Hopefully my recruiter will still work to find me something - fingers crossed!

[lifeinkorea]

The hours advertised are NOT the actual hours you have to work. They simply want to schedule you within those hours. If you are scheduled for 30 hours, then you will be paid overtime if you go over. Try to do blocks instead of one class every other hour, and it won't seem like much.

I have done 2 of these kind of hagwon jobs and I ended up getting the better end of it (less than 25 hours teaching, and Fridays off).

[balzor]

[jillie]

[frankly speaking]

Englishee: "You have to remember that hagwons don�t offer vacation beyond the basic holidays"

Do you recruit for public school jobs, or do you just like to spread misinformation.

Hagwons give a standard 10 days holiday a year. 5 in summer and 5 in winter. Every school that I have worked at or applied to offered the same package.

To the OP the problem with that contract and those hours isn't the length but the fact that you will have a lot of breaks. It really sucks to be stuck at a school when not teaching. When you are in the classroom a lot of hours, time usually flies by pretty quick.

Lots of 30 minute breaks in between really slows up the day.

PS Never trust the teachers there. You don't know them any better than the director. If you take their word for things, you might not be happy either.

[lifeinkorea]

[lifeinkorea]

[hellofaniceguy]

There are no standard hours per se. Hours are dictated by the customers, how many classes and most of all, how much money the owner can make at your expense.
What is reasonable to one is not to another.
If you don't like the hours...don't sign or talk with the owner and tell them what you'd like...if not, find another place more to your liking.

[englisheeeteachaaa]