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Olivencia
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:38 pm Post subject: 6 day work weeks |
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| Seen job advertisements that offer quite a bit more money but then it states that the work week is 6 days. I used to teach (in Japan) where I would have Wednesday and Sunday off but still felt it was lousy. Has anyone or does anyone now work 6 day work weeks and find it not so bad? |
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Italy37612
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Somewhere
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I work, 6 days a week every other week. Those two weeks a month... suck. |
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Manuel_the_Bandito
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| The way the job market is going there will be more and more jobs for foreigners to work typical Korean hours. Our five-day weeks are only the result of a previous labour shortage of foreign teachers. |
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wallythewhale
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Working on Saturdays suck in general. I'm guessing this is for Hagwons as teachers in PS are not supposed to work on Saturdays. |
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Manuel_the_Bandito
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| wallythewhale wrote: |
| teachers in PS are not supposed to work on Saturdays. |
...yet. If the demand for PS jobs keeps increasing I can see Saturday school as something that SMOE and EPIK might consider. |
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hockeyguy109
Joined: 22 Dec 2008
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Manuel_the_Bandito wrote: |
| wallythewhale wrote: |
| teachers in PS are not supposed to work on Saturdays. |
...yet. If the demand for PS jobs keeps increasing I can see Saturday school as something that SMOE and EPIK might consider. |
GEPIK already did. When I came last March, they basically said "we are going to re-write your contract so it states you work Saturdays. If you don't do it, we'll send you home and find someone who can."
Not a good thing to hear right off the plane. We got it reversed again after a few months and then I only worked 36 hours a week for the rest of the year.
Let's just say I'm not staying on a second year.
Working Saturdays SUCKS. How much more money is it? Maybe if it's a lot, it'd be worth it. |
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Manuel_the_Bandito
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| If you don't do it, we'll ... find someone who can. |
And soon they will. |
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hockeyguy109
Joined: 22 Dec 2008
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| Manuel_the_Bandito wrote: |
| hockeyguy109 wrote: |
| If you don't do it, we'll ... find someone who can. |
And soon they will. |
No, the Saturday classes were a complete and utter failure (due to so many Saturday holidays and scheduling conflicts, it totally fell through).
So no more Saturday classes.....ever (for now)  |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:45 am Post subject: |
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| I did for one year, but mine weren't very bad. I had to come in for four hours max on Saturday. It was a bit annoying, but it wasn't so bad. The one good aspect about working saturdays is that because you're working on saturday, chances are you won't be going out on friday nights, and you save a bit more. |
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seoulsteve
Joined: 03 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to work six days a week, I actually liked it. I only worked five hours a day & the school gave me a three day weekend once a month. |
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jmuns
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
Location: earth
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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| i work one saturday morning a month, it is not cool. |
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jonpurdy
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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Originally my school had me come in on the first Saturday of my contract (since I didn't know any better). A fellow NET mentioned that we don't work those days. I told my school and they checked and sent me home, heh.
Now, I'll work Saturdays if there is a special activity or camp or something, but only for overtime pay (30,000/hour). And no more than once a month or so. I like my weekends for resting! |
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Captain Obvious
Joined: 23 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Back in the day six days was the norm. |
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UncleAlex
Joined: 04 Apr 2003
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It's because of the typical 6 day work week here that supermarkets and department stores are filled to the brim with shoppers on Sundays. Needless to say, this work week - coupled with 12 hour shifts on weedays - is one of the chief reasons why soju sales have always been exceedingly high every year.  |
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Whitey Otez
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: The suburbs of Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| Captain Obvious wrote: |
| Back in the day six days was the norm. |
My first gig in Korea was six days a week. Being new to the country, I went with the flow and taught Saturdays with a throbbing, nauseating hangover; two hours on, two hours off, one hour one. There was a government tax incentive for dropping Saturdays, and once the government accountants got wind of my owner taking the tax break, they leaned on him sufficiently to end Saturdays, Yes, the man tried to get away with something for nothing from his own government, and he treated us all like thieves invading his dining room at dinner time, but it was the best job I had here.
When I switched to teaching adults, we were given three options: all Saturdays, every other Saturday, or no Saturdays. Our branch manager made that decision on our behalf - everyone did alternating Saturdays. At least they paid us for the days we worked, albeit not at the rate any of us would have agreed to had we majored in something useful like math or economics. |
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