Korean Job Discussion Forums

[winaniw]

Every job single hagwon advertisement I've seen advertises 38-45 working hours per week. Hours generally looks something like 9am-6pm or 1-9pm. Should I keep hunting for better hours, or is this the norm?

[bbud656]

Its teaching hours that matter. You are going to be at school for close to 40 hours. Just depends on how much of that you are actually working. Public school teachers are all close to a 9-5 schedule. If you can get less than 30 teaching hours at a hagwon, thats not bad.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[winaniw]

Good to know. So if I'm looking at two similar hagwons,
Hagwon A with 28 classes but 42 on-campus hours
vs
Hagwon B with 35 classes but only 37 on-campus hours,
you would vote for Hagwon A?

[Troglodyte]

Yes. In addition to how many hours you are teaching, you have to consider how many classes are in the teaching time. Preparing for a 45 minute class is not much less work than preparing for a 55 minute class, but those extra 10 minutes add easily add up to an extra class per day.

[happiness]

Im guessing the recruiters are telling the hagwon owners about how many forieigners are applying for the jobs, so theyre expanding the hours to get more bang for their whitey buck.

of course, the number applying and the numbers making it all the way here with the documents and mess are different.

[winaniw]

"Come To Korea - Catch The Trailing End Of A Dying Beast!"

[Radius]

[happiness]

yes, but once everyone moves onto China, the market may get good again. The locals will now compete more fiercely for the coveted English cup!

[carleverson]

Whether you teach for 40, 30, or even 25 hours per week, you WILL be totally and utterly exhausted by the end of your day. If you wanted to work this hard you could have stayed in your home country.

On top of that, salaries haven't risen in years. Starting salaries are what they were 5-6 years ago.

[Troglodyte]