Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:23 pm Post subject: Re: Getting married, having kids -interesting! |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| jonski wrote: |
Hey all,
I'd like to give a brief outline of my situation and if possible receive some input.
Looking to get married and have children quite soon but finding work back home is quite difficult for engineering positions.
I like the idea of living here in Korea, I've been here for 3 years and can speak enough Korean to have a basic conversation for about 20 minutes. I have 3 years of good references, both previous and current jobs have given (and will give) first class references as I've worked hard and always done everything expected of me.
The main thing that worries me is the potential income. I've heard from many friends that after marriage, with the new visa, you can find much better employment opportunities.
I currently make about 3mil + free accomodation, working 8 hours a day. I make quite a bit more than my colleagues so I have to keep it a secret. The main reason for this is I connect well with people and therefore regularly receive excellent feedback from students.
After marriage, I would almost certainly need quite a bit more income per month. So I'm trying to get a picture of how much I could expect to make.
Doing 2 jobs (5 hours at each) at say after school positions seems like a good deal. It would equate to 10 hours of work a day but should hopefully earn a minimum of 4mil a month. Do you think this is a reasonable expectation? I'm not 100% sure but I think these positions also offer a 400k housing allowance? If so, then could I also expect to add a total of 800k (2 jobs) to the monthly income so that the total would be 4.8mil?
I think I could raise a family on 4.8mil a month in Korea, I'm not greedy, to me, money isn't everything, I don't expect a 'cushy' lifestyle, I just wish to be comfortable.
Does anyone have any experience or input on this? I'd really appreciate hearing some advice.
Thanks
-Doing 2 different jobs, 5 hours at each school, maybe at after school positions. |
You make 3 million as a foriegn engineer. Some English teachers with less workload make in that range. I think keeping it a secret is meant to sheild you from your co workers making 5 million a month. If you have a really nice 3 or 4 bedroom apartment, that might help with the salary a bit. But, if you have a "one room" and 3 million, you're getting ripped off son. But, Dave's isn't the best forum for comparison. |
Nowhere in his spiel says he's working as an engineer in Korea. I'm assuming he's teaching English. But, I'm not sure though.
Anyways, starting Korean engineers don't get paid much, maybe at 2 million/month. But almost all entry-level professional jobs start at that, but pay does go up fast after a few years. |
But foriegn ones are paid more than that. Why else would they come here? I've met a couple that didn't laugh at my ESL gig, but I could definately tell they wouldn't have come over here let alone get out of bed for 2 million a month.
But, yeah, I guess the guy didn't specify what he's doing. |
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