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[Keenanp]

Sorry, I'm sure there are plenty of threads posted on this. I used the search function but just kept arriving at a blank page.

I have an interview for a job offer coming up this Sunday evening. On the job offer brief it says the shifts are from 9am~8pm Monday - Friday for 2.3-2.5 Mil. won. Furnished apartment included.

Perhaps I'm just used to working a 35-40 hour work week with okay pay, but that seems like quite a few working hours, especially if I factor in transportation and the amount of time learning all the basic day to day things in a foreign country.

Is this normal, abnormal, thoughts?

[edwardcatflap]

You're joking, that's an insane schedule. Especially if it involves teaching young kids. If you try and do your job properly, you will be exhausted every night. If you don't , the kids will walk all over you and the parents will complain.

[SeoulNate]

Unless it is a split schedule, those are insane working hours.

[ttompatz]

It sounds like a kindy-elementary-middle school split shift at a hagwon:
typically kindy from 10-1 then elementary from 3-5 and middle school from 5-8 with your "breaks" in between.

It is a 40 hour work week and likely only scheduled for 30 hours in the classrooms but it makes for a long work week.

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