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[Whitegirlinasia]

I just had a really weird interview. The only thing that the guy actually asked me was why I was leaving my current school. It didn't sound like he actually talked to my boss. It seemed he was ready to hire me when I walked through the door.

He then launched into a 1 hour monologue about his business and the business's past and how he grew it to be the hiring beast it is today. Then he explained the contract and asked me if I wanted to work for him. I told him I needed a couple of days to think it over but I was extremely interested.

It's an after school company that hires you and sends you to a single school for a year.

The reason I'm waffling over it is that 3 days a week the hours are 12 to 5:30 and twice a week the hours are 1 to 5:30 for 2.2 a month. Those hours are hard to pass up. Is it too sketch to take? Is it worth the risk?

[ThingsComeAround]

did you talk to any other employees that work there?
what does your gut tell you?

[beentheredonethat777]

[Whitegirlinasia]

They provide rent and key money to a limit. Normal for after school gigs as I understand. The contract is standard. Nothing that jumps out as "we are going to screw you". It's a run of the line average contract.

I'm just worried he's desperate because he has a bad rep or something so he'll hire anything that moves.

Then again the company has this super extensive youtube channel about what they do and how their program works.

But it felt like I was interviewing him. He was trying to sell himself. He mentioned how competitive it was to get foreign teachers.

Then again......Asia is just weird.

[beentheredonethat777]

[Chaparrastique]

[dbswjdgh27]

Which academy is it.? Sounds like one of my previous academies. With a similar bsoss

[UKKOR]

Oh my god. I had the exact same thing. The man boasted for ages about his school and how competitive it is and kept saying that I will struggle to get a job anywhere else so I better work for this place.
We might have had the same school/ interviews?
Was yours in Seoul by any chance?

[Whitegirlinasia]

Just outside, technically. Indeogwon station. Not a school though. It's a company that runs after school English programs in public schools. They hire teachers and place them at a school for the year.

I decided to go with it after they agreed to pay more of my rent than originally offered. I'm going to assume that my extended teaching experience and being a petite blue eyed western female was what did the trick.

He didn't try to tell me about the job market. It was like he was trying sell himself to me, that he was good at business and that the company wasn't going under any time soon because they have so many teachers.

Sometimes after living in Asia so long, it's hard to tell if the weird thing that is happening is weird here or not. And sometimes weird just becomes normal. I figure no matter how bad the school they place me at is, I can put up with almost anything for 5 hours a day.

[Chaparrastique]

Beware the after-school agencies. Some of the government after-school contracts were cornered by gangster elements that rip off/ don't pay teachers. This was true in the Gwangmyeong/ Geumchon/Anyang areas until at least 2010. Massive turnover through these schemes. I got burned to the tune of 3M and someone else I know got the same.

[Whitegirlinasia]

Eh. Korea is the kind of place you have to beware everything and everyone. Honesty just doesn't seem to be something that people pride themselves on having. It's not a valued virtue. You have to beware everything when you are changing your situation.

Lie, Cheat and Steal would be Korea's house words if this were game of thrones.

[J Rock]

You're a female with boobs. YOU'RE HIRED!!!

Dont' say you have blonde hair as well?

[wooden nickels]

[Cave Dweller]

Then they could screen people who are too fat or not busty enough.

The photo requirement has to go if they ever get serious about battling inequality.