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[snowy32]

I've just been offered a contract that gives no overtime.....I asked about why this was the case and was told that the boss simply doesn't make foreign teachers work overtime. Is this quite common?
Anyway, I'm having trouble deciding whether it's a good idea or not, the rest of the contract is sweet, I really like the sound of it apart from this tiny little bit. I want to get rid of as much of my student loan as I can + have money to travel once the contracts over, so I'm thinking it'd be better to work somewhere that offers me overtime. Any thoughts?

[spliff]

What's the problem....over time pays crap compared to privates. So get out there and DO SOME PRIVATES! Or better yet, don't. More for me! Can't get enough of them.

[buymybook]

To be safe you should have overtime included in the contract. If you don't you could suffer later.

Try to get 18-22 thousand Won per hour after 100 teaching hours(Each class equals 1 teaching hour). If they don't go for the later then say your preparation time counts as teaching hour(s). In fact, try to get everything you do for the school as time counted.

Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate!!! Tell the Hakwon Director/recruiter you are a good teacher and expect many students to sign-up so you need overtime written into the contract.

[HamuHamu]

Or, just have "the teacher will not be scheduled for hours in excess of ___" in the contract. Clearly state "no overtime will be asked or expected of the employee" -- that way if it ever happens, you won't have to do it.

[TheUrbanMyth]