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PRagic · Joined: 24 Feb 2006

It's official. Like many, I've been following university employment conditions for some time now, and am happy to announce that there is a new 'worst of the worst'! This dubious distinction was previously held by Cheju National University, but now the torch has been passed.

Congratulations Jeonju University!

22 hours per week
Salary: B.A. 1,600,000 Won/month; M.A. 1,750,000 Won/month Camp teaching offered during the breaks is paid separately. Also, overtime is paid for more than 22 hours of teaching/week.
Vacation: Approximately 16 weeks a year
Other Duties: Work in the English Cafe on campus throughout the semester (1-2 hours a week). Also, teach at least one English Camp per year (summer and/or winter).

Feel free to post updates on newly offered positions that are equally laughable.

poet13 · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject:

could there have been a typo? maybe should have been 2.6 instead of 1.6?

PRagic · Joined: 24 Feb 2006

Nope, they've just lowered the bar. Feel sorry for the bloke that takes on that excuse for job.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

If there's an overseas newbie who really wants to work uni, this would be the job for him, because I'm sure no one in Korea would take it.

poet13 · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject:

"Nope, they've just lowered the bar. Feel sorry for the bloke that takes on that excuse for job."

tragically, there WILL be someone who takes it...

excitinghead · Joined: 18 Jul 2005

It doesn't sound that bad. I had a friend who worked at what I think was Jeju National a few years ago (was on Jeju Island anyway) and he was making only 1.6, but told me that he had so many opportunities for editing and/or privates that if he took them all up he'd easily be making 3-4 million for the same hours I was at my hagwon. Admit he probably worked less than 22 hours a week though.

I've never worked at a university, but always been jealous of the instant pool of dozens of privates that working at one seems to bring. So I'd be quite happy for 1.6 at a university myself.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

Yeah, that's pretty crappy. Should pay at least 3 million. At least.

Tilly · Joined: 17 May 2006

Do you get paid holidays when you work at a university? It doesn't seem that bad to me if you get 4 months paid holidays.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

Here's a newsflash ... for some, money isn't everything. It's not completely inconceivable that someone might take the job. I know I wouldn't, but for someone looking for a bit more holiday time, they might well consider it.

PRagic · Joined: 24 Feb 2006

The two previous posts are exactly why university positions have turned into such a farce here. Money isn't everything, but being compensated a fair and equitable amount is.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

Aussiekimchi · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Location: SYDNEY

Incheon University isn't that far from the conditions offered.
Salary is a little higher at Incheon, but the rest of it is similar.

philipjames · Joined: 03 Feb 2003

Once again we have situations where people here with undergrad degrees really think they are professors. They really think that their undergraduate degree entitles them to a professor's salary. They are not professors, and should not be so dismissive of jobs which, anywhere else on the planet, they wouldn't even be considered for.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf