Korean Job Discussion Forums

[elizabethbennet88]

well, actually, I don't work at a hagwon but at an afterschool program. Anyways, the problem for my company is that the program only runs for 5 hours a day, so they are always looking for opportunities for me to make up more hours. Their latest is to have me do privates at homes and coffee shops. To be clear, this is a business transaction between my company and the client. I only get paid my normal salary. Yet, I suspect this is illegal. I can only work at registered educational institutions, having an E2, right?

If anyone could refer me to something concrete like a section in the Law, that would be super! Thanks.

[Skippy]

[Will Wiggle]

Skippy (above) is right. That is an illegal request. I f you want more info from within Korea you can check out the Korean Legal Aid Corporation (www.klac.or.kr) which offers legal advice and support to foreigners. To qualify for legal aid your average monthly salary should be under 2.6 million won. Reach them on 132 (within Korea).

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

If they schedule the one-on-one lessons at your after school location during contracted hours, it would be fine. Elsewhere, it's illegal. Make it clear that it is impossible for you to do anything illegal, because you would be deported. Look sorrowful when you say this.

[watergirl]

Hi
I work for an after school as well and several of my friends do. All afterschools only have 4 or 5 teaching hours a day as that is the limit of teaching in public schools. I've never heard of an afterschool company that makes u do extra privates. If u will get extra money, then that's fine. But if you won't, then just use the excuse that it's illegal because it is.

[augustine]

[World Traveler]

Holy hell! How do you get paid so much money then? How is the program profitable? I mean the class sizes are small and the parents don't pay that much, so maybe it is subsidized by the Korean government?

[augustine]

It's definitely not subsidized. All parties are making money and there are about 80 students spread out over seven classes my CT and I rotate on. She actually teaches four 50 min classes on Mondays but I never have more than three 50 min classes on a given day. The company I work for has similar schedules at other schools they have contracts with, and it's just more condensed and doesn't go by grade as much, but by level, basically. With Korea's work you til you die culture, it's hard to beat 2-3 50 minute classes a day, no boss, and an 11-3:30 or 12-4 schedule unless you work at a university. They also created some fake "class" since apparently you're supposed to technically have a certain amount of hours (or something like that, I'm not sure), but it's just an hour break for me. Funnily enough, my CT does a private lesson in her room during her fake class break; I'd like to hook one of those up myself for that loose hour, though it's nice to get a little nap in if I'm feeling tired.

[World Traveler]

OMG, I am shocked. Do you know how much the parents are paying? (A lot?) Think of all the unfortunate souls stuck in Wonderland or SLP. Compared to them, you've got it made. What do you do for your lessons? Don't you need to prep for them?

[augustine]

I haven't prepped for a lesson in over a year and no one would notice even if I did. We're ahead in the book right now in most of my classes anyway, so we do a lot of drawing these days . I forget how much the parents pay but it's more than usual if I remember correctly. And, yeah... tried that nasty hagwon racket thing once... didn't work out too well. Regarding a lot of things, not a big fan of this strange little country but I'm patently a fan of the jobs it's given me. Plenty of time to make dough on the side, take life easy, and, as the locals would say, get some hunting done.