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[marsavalanche]

Currently looking a job, and the one thing I'm not cool with is the overtime. Has anyone ever been lowballed this hard?

My last contract was 18,000, which I thought was fair. What is the lowest one should accept in terms of overtime?

The last time I tried negotiating ONE thing in the contract, the employer rescinded the offer. Still, I won't compromise my ethics to rush towards a job that is going to still be there next week. Am I being too picky/stubborn?

[jrwhite82]

Sorry to hear about your negotiating woes. Hopefully you are still gainfully employed while you are doing your job hunt and/or have the means to be selective.

If an employer wouldn't negotiate one thing on a contract, its probably better off that you won't work there because he sounds like a very controlling individual.

12,000W is low ball but is it worth passing on a good opportunity? How much overtime will you be doing realistically? I've worked 2 positions that have not offered any overtime hours. Although I would have been paid for them, we just never had any overtime to actually work.

The way I would calculate overtime is take your salary and divide it by the number of teaching hours. That is a reasonable rate. Say you are teaching 120 hours a month. And your salary is 2.2. That means you are getting 18,333W per hour. Why should you get paid less for doing extra work? If anything it should be more than your regular pay. If an employer doesn't see reason with that logic, than I question their ability to manage a business.

[marsavalanche]

Okay this job says 40 40-50 min. classes per week (so 160 40-50 min. classes per month).

I'm not sure what formula you used to get 18,333W but from the sounds of it this job is quite dodgy, no? BTW this job is 2.3

Once again thanks for your help jrwhite.

Edit: Okay, I figured out the math and it comes out to 19,166W/hour.

Holy sh** if I'm getting 12,000W per hour it's CHEAPER to have me work extra. WoW!!!

[sulperman]

[marsavalanche]

Yea my last job in the contract said 32 40 min. classes/week but in actuality it came about to about 25/week on average. I know I'll never get a hagwon job that was that chill, but 160 seems excessive.

[ssuprnova]

[tokkibunni8]

40? run,run,run!

[bobbybigfoot]

The fact that you are even considering this job is astounding. Something must be seriously wrong with you.

[Ice Tea]

Jesus people must be desperate out there. You can make $12/hr anywhere back home. Why go through all the nonsense of Korea for that much?

[Junior]

A lot of the people saying "there must be something wrong with you" are usually blonde americans who have an easy time of it.

Many posters giving advice do not realise how bad the job market actually is.They've had the luxury of sitting in the same job for a couple of years. And all they remember is that there were loadsa jobs around before, so they assume there must be now.

[bobbybigfoot]