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[some waygug-in]

I don't know, maybe I'm an exception, but my first school in Korea had Saturdays as optional. If nobody wanted to teach them, they would hire a part-timer to fill in. That's the way it should be.


In my second job, I was told no Saturdays, but after a month or two I was told that there would be a Saturday class. The boss tricked me into doing it by saying it would be temporary, so I agree then I found out it was going to be a long term thing.

Funny thing is only 3 kids showed up for the Saturday class and it ended up being cancelled after a month.

The next time the boss tried again, I just said no and kept saying no until she got the message.

"But in Korea it's normal to work Saturdays" - Well, I'm not Korean.

The thing was, that if push came to shove, I would have been happy to leave. It was an awful job to begin with.

[batman]

I spent my last ten years back home working 10-14 hours a day 6-7 days a week.
In comparison, every job that I have had in Korea has been a cake walk.
My first few months here I couldn't get over the fact that I had two days off a week.
Man was I in heaven.
The hours I prefer here are the split shifts.
Working from 7am to 12pm and then from 6pm to 9pm makes for a very content and happy bat.
The job I did not like was the uni gig I had. Those office hours are a killer (boring). I am more of a people person and get a real kick out of teaching several hours a day. Being in front of the class is a thrill for me. Besides I did not want an office job back home so why would I want one here.

[sadsac]

Nice and relaxing, Monday to Friday, 1.30 till 8.00pm. No weekends.

[justagirl]

I work from 3-8, Monday-Thursday.

Plus one thing more. I used to work 3-9:20 Mon-Thurs. Our boss asked if we'd trade the extra 90 minute adult class in the evenings for a 90 minute class on Sundays. So...we traded 6 hours of work for 90 minutes. It's a bit of a trade-off, 'cause before I had 3-day weekends, but I'm in town on Sundays to go to church anyway, and the class is a breeze.

21.5 hours a week. It really couldn't be better, unless the students taught themselves.

My last job was from 2-7pm (Mon-Fri) and a 1-hour class in the am, three times a week. The afternoon classes were never full, though. I think I averaged about 20-22 hours a week.

justagirl

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Horangi Munshin]

I work from 10am to 12:30pm M-F at a kindy.
In the afternoons I work for hagwons from 3:30 to 9:15 (MW) and 3:30 to 8:30 TTHF, but then I'm married to a Korean