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ibeattheborg
Joined: 17 Dec 2010
Location: the deep blue sea
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| Tigerstyleone wrote: |
Illysook is not in Korea. He's a fantasy posting what if scenarios.
Don't waste your time. |
Illysook is actually a woman who is in her third year in Korea. We eagerly anticipate your next announcement, Tigerstyleone. |
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rowdie3
Joined: 22 Sep 2003
Location: Itaewon, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Honestly, being a stickler for those things is really not going to get you the best jobs sometimes. Some jobs offer pension/medical, others don't. If you get the 'private contractor' thing and you don't get them, then just set up private medical insurance. I have two legal jobs on my E2 visa. Neither of them offer pension/medical. I am doubling the average salary and got my private insurance set up through a third (legal) job. If you insist on these things just cause you read on Dave's that you should, then you are passing up some good opportunities. |
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DaHu
Joined: 09 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| Why wouldn't someone just walk out of an interview when they said no pension or medical? What's the point of getting someone on the phone? You'd just be in a fight later and get fired. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:26 am Post subject: |
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I once took a job like that, because I'm over 45, male and every other place I applied at wouldn't give me the time of day.
Experience meant nothing to most of them.
I had been looking for a job for over a month and was running short of cash.
This was about 5 years ago, when the job market was much better.
I think you get the picture.
I wouldn't say it was my best career move, but it did get me out of a tight
situation.
To the guy who says these can be "good opportunities", I beg to differ.
It was probably one of the worst hagwons I ever worked at, if that means anything. I would never do it again.
The guy was cheap, cheap, cheap, wouldn't buy proper resources, short changed anyone and everyone he could. |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| rowdie3 wrote: |
| Honestly, being a stickler for those things is really not going to get you the best jobs sometimes. Some jobs offer pension/medical, others don't. If you get the 'private contractor' thing and you don't get them, then just set up private medical insurance. I have two legal jobs on my E2 visa. Neither of them offer pension/medical. I am doubling the average salary and got my private insurance set up through a third (legal) job. If you insist on these things just cause you read on Dave's that you should, then you are passing up some good opportunities. |
Indeed. Few yrs back I had 2 pt jobs and neither offered housing, pension or health insurance. I worked 1 - 10pm (minus 3 hrs travelling time) cleared around 3.8mil a month and rented my own 4 rooom 25 pyeong apt in Seoul and took home 3.4mil after paying my rent. Not bad for 6 hrs of teaching a day and about an hr prep and a few hrs reading on the bus or subway.
I found that these sort of jobs are harder to get with just an e2 now though and all the pt jobs and as gigs I see want f visas.
Anyone find it not to be the case (I guess rowdie, obviously...)..?
I could do with a good pt gig on top of my current ft..... |
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