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jimmyjames1982
Joined: 13 Nov 2008
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 Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 8:50 pm Post subject: Avalon Mapo-gu Campus??? |
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| Does anyone have any information about this academy? I did a google search and I found one horror story. Should I take this as a sign to steer clear or is there a possibility that he's just being over-dramatic? Any info or advice would be great. Thanks |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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In my experience, for every ten people who get screwed over, less than one posts about it online. Most of the people I know working in SK don't even know about Dave's ESL cafe, and most don't know about blacklists.
I know many, many people who got screwed over here, and none of them said anything about posting online to warn others. |
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OBwannabe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 6:55 am Post subject: |
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My ex-gf used to work there and she mentioned how unfair the staff was treated at times. Apparently that branch of Avalon is divided into two parts. Not sure if it's by age, level or what. Anyway, on one side the supervisor was a tyrant. On the other side things were pretty good.
I had a friend sue Mapo Avalon because they fired him without reason and withheld earnings. He won! They still got him blacklisted though and he had a tough time getting another job. Ridiculous. |
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rayray123
Joined: 27 Jan 2010
Location: korea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| This is an old post. I wanted to see if anyone had any more info on this Avalon location. |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:57 am Post subject: |
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As you know yourself, things can change over time. That's why you're asking if any newer opinions are around. I don't know because i never worked there.
But one thing hasn't changed about that place, it's still an excelent location being close to hongdae city. Oh yea! |
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rayray123
Joined: 27 Jan 2010
Location: korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| PigeonFart wrote: |
As you know yourself, things can change over time. That's why you're asking if any newer opinions are around. I don't know because i never worked there.
But one thing hasn't changed about that place, it's still an excelent location being close to hongdae city. Oh yea! |
Yes. I hope the person who got the job enjoys it.  |
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barca2121
Joined: 29 Jan 2013
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Can anyone who has worked there recently please give me some feedback on the school? I am considering the branch with 4 NETs. Please PM me if you would rather talk privately about them. |
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augustine
Joined: 08 Sep 2012
Location: México
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| barca2121 wrote: |
| Can anyone who has worked there recently please give me some feedback on the school? I am considering the branch with 4 NETs. Please PM me if you would rather talk privately about them. |
If you're talking about a place near Mapo station down by the river, I actually briefly talked to a guy who worked there, since I used to live around Mapo station a while back. He looked like a scrubby bum, he hated his job, and that's all I know. It's a good location though. |
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barca2121
Joined: 29 Jan 2013
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Is the nearest subway stop Daeheung station (line 6)? I've heard it is a nice location but that can't make up for a nightmare job. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I know people working there now. It is the branch next to Sogang University. It has a bad rep: look it up online. The location is good though. (But the job sucks.) People who worked there encouraged me to apply through them. Later one admitted she just told me it was good so she could get the 300,000 won referral bonus, but that really the job sucks. 헐. The owner is not nice is what I heard. |
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barca2121
Joined: 29 Jan 2013
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the responses!
So World Traveler, if you were in my shoes (first time teaching in Korea) you would say to avoid the school?
That's pretty bad about the people working there trying to screw you over for a referral bonus. |
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barca2121
Joined: 29 Jan 2013
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Double post
Last edited by barca2121 on Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:04 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Avalon is (overall in general) going downhill (in terms of conditions) from what I heard...BUT...not every branch is the same. I met people who pulled midnight runs from the Ilsan and Gumi branches. Not sure about the other ones. |
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barca2121
Joined: 29 Jan 2013
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok, thanks again. Hopefully this thread will help people avoid the school or make the school change its practices. The two mentions of it sucking are enough to make me avoid the school. I was really hoping it would be decent because of the location though. |
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PatrickBateman
Joined: 08 Jun 2009
Location: American Gardens Building, West 81st Street
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| Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| PM me. |
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