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Crystal98
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 Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:06 am Post subject: Job offer.. |
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| I have just been offered a job in seoul making 3 million won a month with no deductions. My apartment is paid for and I get a month training. I've noticed on job boards that the average salary is between 1.8-2 million won for new teachers, so having a school offer me 3 million to start makes me wonder whether it is a reputable school. Should I be concerned? There are two foreign teachers who have been there for a little over a year who haven't run into any problems yet.[/quote] |
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melvaughn
Joined: 11 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| Hmmm, that does sound unusal from my research. A teacher at the school where I work went through a recruitor and was told that the average starting price of most hagwons is 1.8m. I believe the average starting price is 2.0w and with more experience/education (masters/phd) possibly 3.0w but even that is rare. |
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John Henry
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:20 am Post subject: |
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Anyone who takes 1.8 should be ridiculed by their peers. I'll start.
You can get 2.0 easy. 3.0....Have to wonder if they're just telling you what you want ot hear.
Talk to people that work there. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Job offer.. |
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| Crystal98 wrote: |
| I have just been offered a job in seoul making 3 million won a month with no deductions. My apartment is paid for and I get a month training. I've noticed on job boards that the average salary is between 1.8-2 million won for new teachers, so having a school offer me 3 million to start makes me wonder whether it is a reputable school. Should I be concerned? There are two foreign teachers who have been there for a little over a year who haven't run into any problems yet. |
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You would need to elaborate on what the job entails. Are you teaching classes of 50 in split shifts 6 days a week? teaching businessmen at an academy? What?
melvaughn
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| with more experience/education (masters/phd) possibly 3.0w |
Professor with PhD? 3.5M for 8 hrs a week. Plus nice appt and lots of paid leave. And many extra bonuses available for publishing papers in journals. |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:12 am Post subject: |
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NOTHING is free in Korea. If you're getting 3.0, your Korean boss will make you earn every won..
Good luck! |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| 3.0......60 hours a week. No prob. |
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Dan The Chainsawman
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| CDI? |
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maryb
Joined: 21 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| sounds like CDI to me |
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alabamaman
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| melvaughn wrote: |
| A teacher at the school where I work went through a recruitor and was told that the average starting price of most hagwons is 1.8m. . |
Did you tell that teacher that many recruiters lie?
1.8 is crap for more than 20 hours a week. There are jobs that require 5 hours a day for only 3 days a week that will pay that.
One of the great ones some recruiters use is that living in a small town is SO much cheaper than Seoul, like 2.0 in Stickville is equal to 2.5 in Seoul. What nonsense. A few things may be a little cheaper in Stickville, but the difference is not that much.
I'd say 2.0 in Stickville may be like 2.1 in Seoul, but then you cannot purchase certain things in Stickville that you would like, so therefore of course you might spend less and enjoy life less.
Recruiters are often full of crap like that, and a naive foreigner might just buy their crap. |
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melvaughn
Joined: 11 May 2006
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I agree that 1.8w is crap and that most newbie teachers should accept no less than 2.0w. I didn't go through a recruiter myself because I don't trust them.
But I'm teaching in Tongyeong city (pop 140 000) very small city and not only do I spend no more than 6000w a day, if that, I'm definitely not enjoying life less than if I were in Seoul. I live across from Jeju, I'm right by the ocean, moutains. The teachers here go scuba diving, climb moutains and hang out at the beach everyday. There are western restaurants here, similar to Seoul and they are dirt cheap. I look out my apartment every morning and I'm surrounded by mountains everywhere. I wouldn't be experiencing this in an overcrowed, city like Seoul. Plus every teacher here rides scooters through the winding roads by the Ocean. It is great. Plus we get royal treatment here from the Koreans, since there are only 12 of us foriegners in the whole city. I've already experienced having money (10,000w) handed to me by men on the street numerous times  And there is a close-knit group of teachers who we do everything with together.
Also I feel I'm really experiencing the culture here. In seoul you can easily forget your even in Korea. |
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Hotpants
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