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| How long did it take before you got asked to work on Saturdays [b]without overtime pay[/b]? |
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7% |
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0% |
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7% |
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0% |
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| What do you mean "asked"? I was told that I'll be working Saturdays. |
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14% |
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| Hasn't happened yet. |
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71% |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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 Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:20 am Post subject: The dreaded "Saturday question" poll |
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| Okay, folks. If you're at your first public school in Korea or you've just transferred to another public school, this question's for you! |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:21 am Post subject: |
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I'm on my second public school. The question was asked on the third day. My response was, "No. Absolutely not."
By the way, yes, that's intentional in the poll to ask if the proposal was to do this without getting overtime pay.
And the government wonders why foreign teachers aren't sticking around as much as in the past. |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| It wasn't a regular thing. I would be asked every month or 2 to do a Saturday. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:00 am Post subject: |
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| YTMND wrote: |
| It wasn't a regular thing. I would be asked every month or 2 to do a Saturday. |
Without overtime pay for it? |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:40 am Post subject: |
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On my third public school.
And the answer is "Never". |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| YTMND wrote: |
| It wasn't a regular thing. I would be asked every month or 2 to do a Saturday. |
Without overtime pay for it? |
If the school is going to get me 3-4 day weekends if I go to a Saturday the next week, I'll take it. If I can use vacation time to add to this (5-6) then why not? |
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3DR
Joined: 24 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:31 am Post subject: |
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| YTMND wrote: |
| CentralCali wrote: |
| YTMND wrote: |
| It wasn't a regular thing. I would be asked every month or 2 to do a Saturday. |
Without overtime pay for it? |
If the school is going to get me 3-4 day weekends if I go to a Saturday the next week, I'll take it. If I can use vacation time to add to this (5-6) then why not? |
Because then before you know it, they will change the contract to require Saturdays because "some foreigners just don't care if we bribe them a little." |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| And we're not talking getting 3-day or 4-day weekends. We're talking of getting all 1-day weekends. Thought that was pretty clear in the first place. |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| And we're not talking getting 3-day or 4-day weekends. We're talking of getting all 1-day weekends. Thought that was pretty clear in the first place. |
I would pack my stuff up and leave then. China does that crap a lot more than Korea (maybe that's where they are getting the idea), so when I go to sign a contract, I have them put in a clause that says I don't have to work on Saturday or Sunday (if not 2 other consecutive days).
Thought that was pretty clear in the first place (the idea about simply leaving if asked to work Saturdays as a 6th day, come on people stop doing it). |
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meangradin
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Isn't the bigger question, "how much longer will NET's be employed in the public schools?"
My first contract in Korea (back in 1995) was for 16 hours a week BUT spread over Monday-Saturday, and it sucked. I never felt that I had time off. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| YTMND wrote: |
| CentralCali wrote: |
| And we're not talking getting 3-day or 4-day weekends. We're talking of getting all 1-day weekends. Thought that was pretty clear in the first place. |
I would pack my stuff up and leave then. China does that crap a lot more than Korea (maybe that's where they are getting the idea), so when I go to sign a contract, I have them put in a clause that says I don't have to work on Saturday or Sunday (if not 2 other consecutive days).
Thought that was pretty clear in the first place (the idea about simply leaving if asked to work Saturdays as a 6th day, come on people stop doing it). |
Public school contracts already have no Saturdays, Sundays, holidays. The point is the prevalence of public schools that don't want to be bothered with actually following the contracts. And this year, the public schools don't have regular classes on Saturdays--they're simply running their own hagweons on every Saturday now instead of every other Saturday.
Working Saturdays without overtime pay is working for free, people. |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:02 am Post subject: |
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| The answer is still the same, I wouldn't work them as a 6th day without extra pay. If forced in a corner, I would pack up and leave. That simple. |
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