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Zack_in_Korea



Joined: 16 Mar 2006
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:42 am    Post subject: Please indulge me! Reply with quote

Okay, so the answer to this question is pretty obvious, but just for a giggle please take a moment to rattle off your opinion to this assinine scenario.

I posted here a couple months ago about our somewhat ridiculous work schedule. Basically we work from about 2:30 to 9:30.. teaching for almost the entire time, with no real breaks or lunchtime. Now the summer school session is coming up. This adds 2 extra classes to the mix for which he insisted during winter session we work for free. We settled for 30,000 won a day to do this extra hour and a half. This time many of us are inclined to flat-out refuse to do it since we already work fulltime, and the extra pay doesn't reflect the renumeration which we should get for doing overtime nor the amount of money they would have to pay someone from outside to come down for this part-time gig.

So would you like to teach ten classes in a row in this situation?
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jacl



Joined: 31 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, you teach 8 classes from 2:30 to 9:30? Then he's asking you to teach two more, but is that after 9:30? Before 2:30? How long are your classes? Please give specifics.
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Zack_in_Korea



Joined: 16 Mar 2006
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does it really matter? 10 classes is 10 classes. Each class is 40 or 45 minutes long. That results in more than 7 hours of teaching time in a day. The first class would begin at 1pm. The last one ends at 9:20 pm. No lunch. There would be one 20 minute "break" from 2:30 to 2:50. The rest is just 5 or ten minute intervals between classes like everyday.
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zappadelta



Joined: 31 Aug 2004

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it's in your contract, do it. If it's not, don't. If he tries to make you, threaten to leave.
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sadsac



Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No! Next he'll have you working weekends through summer as well. Smile
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jacl



Joined: 31 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zack_in_Korea wrote:
Does it really matter? 10 classes is 10 classes. Each class is 40 or 45 minutes long. That results in more than 7 hours of teaching time in a day. The first class would begin at 1pm. The last one ends at 9:20 pm. No lunch. There would be one 20 minute "break" from 2:30 to 2:50. The rest is just 5 or ten minute intervals between classes like everyday.


I'd say you should be getting at least 40,000 Won/day for that.
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