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[IPayInCash]

[augustine]

Oh, it was an arduous two clicks. So, we are now confirming that you're talking out of your ass and once again dodging questions about your bullshit, fake occupation where you make a bunch of money, do nothing, and dress however you want. Check.

[IPayInCash]

[augustine]

That's what I thought. Nothing but a liar.

[IPayInCash]

[augustine]

No, dude. Fraud detected.

[Swampfox10mm]

Back on topic...

Yes, the PT work has degraded considerably per hour in the last year. The OP's post about pay is largely correct.

Certain government restrictions have done a lot to bring pay down. For example, I have heard it is now illegal for pre-schools/kindys (uchiwon) to teach English before noon. Many schools have thumbed their noses at this, but that number has been shrinking as many are being audited and likely facing fines for doing so. This has had an effect of shrinking the hours available for English teachers to work, because fewer students are around in the afternoons and certain other subjects take up those times due to other restrictions.

Pay used to be in the 40,000 range to teach Kindy. Now you're looking at 25,000 to 30,000 offered. Of course, they almost all prefer women.

Another interesting note -- and I know this because we just signed our daughter up -- a new gov't rule requiring more room space per student is threatening to force many uchiwon to close. The school my daughter will attend informed us of this, and is currently expanding because of it.

Basically, the goal of the gov't is to bring the cost of education down. They force hagwons to charge less, limit hours for teaching, and more. It's all having an impact on PT work. And then, of course, there are the flood of teachers here taking anything.

I don't hear of immigration going out and busting people anymore for it these days. I am sure it happens, but I just haven't heard of it for a long time since E-2's were allowed to do outside work, with approval.

[IPayInCash]

[augustine]

This is excruciatingly mindless. We can now safely tack on immature and dumb to the liar part.

[nicwr2002]

I"m not sure what you mean by 25,000 to 30,000 per hour. Unless your job's salary was 4 million won a month you wouldn't be making 25,000 an hour. Unless you were talking about private tutoring pay hours. Private tutoring still pays well in Gwangju, but I can understand how the pay rates are dropping in Seoul. Anyways, some one making 2,400,000 a month is only making $15.00 an hour based on a 40 hour work week.

[edwardcatflap]

The overtime rate is not usually calculated by dividing your salary by the total number of hours you're supposed to be at work. Otherwise people on 2 million a month would get 12500 an hour overtime and I'm pretty sure public school teachers get around 20,000 an hour don't they?

[Waygeek]

[IPayInCash]

[3DR]

[Weigookin74]