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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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 Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject: They're going to have to do better. |
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It looks like Korea is not the only one where the employers are trying to bring wages down.
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| The salary for teachers starting in September will be 3,300 yuan per month; 30% can be converted to US dollars. Monthly remuneration may be a few hundred yuan higher for staff with previous experience, relevant postgraduate degrees or special training. With a bit of care, this salary is sufficient to get one comfortably through the month, with enough left over, for example, to pay for hourly Chinese classes in one of the nearby Mandarin schools (12-15 yuan per hour). |
With a bit of care, you can live comfortably??? Sign me up (plus, having lived in China, 3300 is not very good and sort of insulting).
I have noticed salaries have been staying roughly the same for awhile now and I think I saw a couple for 1.6 million. I have been seeing jobs in Japan offering 220000 yen (which is illegal, 250000 is the minimum wage of legal teachers), though some offer a 30000 bonus depending on attendance and student retention. I am hoping the current teacher shortages in all three countries gives these guys a good kick in the a$$ and they give up this crap. Salaries should be going up (but so should required credentials, though that is impossible). |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like Korea is not the only one where the employers are trying to bring wages down.
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Your post runs directly counter to several other posts recently saying they were seeing salaries going up.
Anyone know for sure? (I know THAT is a silly question to ask in Korea.) |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like Korea is not the only one where the employers are trying to bring wages down.
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Your post runs directly counter to several other posts recently saying they were seeing salaries going up.
Anyone know for sure? (I know THAT is a silly question to ask in Korea.) |
All I know is following Dave's job postings, public school salaries are the same and most other jobs are between 1.8 and 2.0 million. I have also seen some lower but not many that were higher (that included an apartment)  |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I have noticed salaries have been staying roughly the same for awhile now and I think I saw a couple for 1.6 million. I have been seeing jobs in Japan offering 220000 yen (which is illegal, 250000 is the minimum wage of legal teachers) |
Not anymore...the Japanese Diet abolished that law last year and now it is what the market pays which is why you have seen wages fall in Japan... |
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BigBlackEquus
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Lotte controls Asia with bad chocolate!
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Post after post, in recent weeks, has been to the tune of schools not finding teachers. My school ended up having to up the contract to get anybody. They went through 3 teachers in one week (saying yes, then no) before they finally upped the vacation to hire someone.
Bottom line: schools and recruiters can state what they want, but if nobody signs for the crap low aalary, then they won't be getting any teachers. Not anyone worthwhile, for sure! |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I have noticed salaries have been staying roughly the same for awhile now and I think I saw a couple for 1.6 million. I have been seeing jobs in Japan offering 220000 yen (which is illegal, 250000 is the minimum wage of legal teachers) |
Not anymore...the Japanese Diet abolished that law last year and now it is what the market pays which is why you have seen wages fall in Japan... |
Really. I left 2 years ago and didn't know that. That makes sense when I see the offers now. That was a bad move. |
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