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[Hamburgs_MecGee]

I have an interview for a major department store and the hours are listed as 9 am to 6 pm, with 8 hours of teaching the employees. I will also be responsible for interview all the employees of the department store.

I have an f6 and a sparkling resume, and although there is no word of the salary in the advertisement, I am not going to teach for less that 5.0 million.

Am I expecting too much pay? It's one of the big department stores and my office will be in Gangnam. I would actually be taking a pay cut as my monthly income now is over 6.0 million.

Basically I would like to know what people have been paid for similar companies, and also any stories (good and bad) about working there.

Cheers.

[YTMND]

[Hamburgs_MecGee]

No I'm saying I've made consistently 5.5-7.0 every month for the last 4 years.

So my monthly income will actually be taking a hit.

Looking for experiences in similar work and what the ceiling for their pay might be.

[Hamburgs_MecGee]

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[bluethree]

I've never worked at a korean company, but i know a guy teaching english for one of the big department chains and he says there's a LOT of downtime...a lot of the employees are either too nervous to attend his classes, or don't want their boss to see them away from their desk. He spends a lot of time watching TV and surfing the net. Not sure about salary at all; i never asked.

[Hamburgs_MecGee]

Yeah I'm a little worried about that part of it. 9-6 is a long day especially if you got nothing to do.

Thanks for the input.

[YTMND]

[wishfullthinkng]

[Hamburgs_MecGee]

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[wishfullthinkng]

[Hamburgs_MecGee]

[Unposter]

I have never done such work so take what I say for whatever you think it is worth.

The company didn't specify the salary in its advertisement or any other communication with you so the salary is negotiable.

You have some experience and you have some sense what you want and what you are worth. Use that as a base for what you expect.

They may offer you something similar to what you expect or as often is the case, they will start with a low ball figure and see if you negotiate it or not.

Now, here is the tricky part: the more you ask, the more stress you are going to be under to deliver the goods or be fired. Now, it is not uncommon for management to be more excited about English class than employees and if this is the case they may expect you to motivate them to learn English. Deliver the goods and your employer will keep paying you the salary. Sit around surfing the Internet waiting for employees to drop by your class and the company won't be able to justify your salary.

I think if you are delivering the goods, 5 - 6 mill is not out of the question.

[Soldier]

I'm sorry, I find that a little hard to believe, especially the people that I know working for various companies in Korea; ie hired in Korea, etc, are getting maybe..... maybe one half of what you claim to be making.

I know one guy working as an Engineer making just half that with a housing allowance. I do know that engineers make more than teachers.

Likewise, I know a lawyer making a little more. Sorry...5-6 million working for a dept. store doesn't add up.

Also, I perused the job wanted threads and the highest salary I saw was just over 4.1, and that's working like a 'dog'.

I'm sorry, but I'm calling your bluff on this one.

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[Soldier]

I'm sorry for the delay...just getting up from falling over from a hard hard laugh ROLMAO. I'm sure that he will give the store exe's a good hard laugh too.

I guess you are right, I could ask for 25 million a month for a job too. Doesn't mean I am going to get it....given the market conditions for such profession.