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crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

Pay is 2.5 million without housing. 128 Classes a month plus you won't get a block day of weekends. Ick.

See here

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

That makes me see my haggie job in a whole new light.

Thanks for that.

VanIslander · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:15 am Post subject:

Three-month contract? with a 400,000 bonus for finishing all of it?

Not bad.

It'd be a good experience for three months.

Then one could see, go elsewhere, whatever.

Wonder if everyone has to do a visa run for the three-month contracts.

Anne0 · Joined: 30 Nov 2005

I'm at an english village in seongnam and we get the same pay with a one year contract plus housing. It looks to be about the same teaching schedule except we're supposed to be doing 160 hours a month.
We actually need some teachers so we can start our weekend program.

ummm I read the description. How are they giving an E2 visa on a 3 month contract?

UncleAlex · Joined: 04 Apr 2003

160 hours a month for that measly salary?
I guess these white-slave-labor camps will continue to thrive as long as there
are foreigners who don't mind being exploited and short changed. Cool

Anne0 · Joined: 30 Nov 2005

measly salary? Maybe I didn't clarify myself. This is 2.5 million won a month. That's 30 million won per year.
30 million won is a measly slary are you kidding?

That 5 million won more than most of the jobs in Korea for no experience with meals inculded and you don't pay a dime for your living quarters. Plus the majority of it you can send home. Plus our end of contract bonus is equal to one months pay so on the last month you get 5 million won. I don't know what kind of standards you have but this is a seriously sweet deal.

oh and I hate to inform you of this but not everyone in the world is white. Sorry.

fidel · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Location: North Shore NZ

rmparent · Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Location: Gangnam

Considering that it's only 96 hours a month (plus free meals), it's not a bad deal considering that most regular hagwons make you work 120. While it may not be the ideal contract for a newbie, it's good for someone who has there own housing in Seoul . 2.5? I'd take it if I wasn't under contract right now Sad

Plus, it seems kinda fun considering you're not in a classroom all day teaching the same books with the same kids

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

UncleAlex · Joined: 04 Apr 2003

I would consider 2.5 a month as measly as a measle if I had to teach 40
classes a week. I trust you aren't working at that camp where everyone
was promised 2.5 a month but then got a net sum of 1.5 after taxes. Cool

denverdeath · Joined: 21 May 2005 Location: Boo-sahn

I've looked at the posting a few times now, and it really doesn't seem terrible. The only thing that seems to be missing from a regular NA contract is the airfare, and the bonus seems a bit low. Also, I would be sure to ask what the hourly rate for OT is. You could stay in a love motel and clear a bit more than the average teacher with a regular one-year contract...I'm not sure if you'd want to live in one of those places for a whole year though(although I do know some people who do and have). Is it possible for a 3-month E-2 visa? Anyway, this is the second place that I've heard of that does things similar to this. The other place apparently pays for the extra visa runs to Hong Kong. With YBM, I wonder if they pay for the visa runs? Make sure you ask about tax - I hope this isn't another one of those 27% C-4 scams like the one at HUFS.