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etzel
Joined: 12 Oct 2006
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 Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: Split shifts |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| etzel wrote: |
| rick wrote: |
| For those of us who hate teaching kids and who don't have the qualifications or connections to get university jobs, then we have no choice but to accept those split shifts. ... |
Just a thought. Why cannot teacher(s) be assigned for the early shift(s), and other ones for the late shifts?... This is on the assumption there are enough students for all shifts. Personally, when I will apply for a position (yes, I will be a Newbie, about to do my TEFL course), I won't accept split shifts nor week-end work.
Etzel |
Then you will be doing an evening shift 2-10 teaching kids.... nature of the business...
Adult classes are split shifts because the (the adults) have to work in the day so there is 1 or 2 hours of early morning classes and then more classes after they finish work. 6-10 (total of 6 hours per day)
Teaching kids without kindergarten means afternoon/evening shifts (after they finish school). 2-10pm
Kindy/elementary means little ones in the AM and elementary in the afternoon with a longish lunch (90 minutes or 2 hours instead of 1 hour.)
10am-7pm
Making demands without understanding the nature of the business means you won't find a job. ESL in a hakwon is NOT about education. It is about making money and keeping the customer (parents) happy. |
Thank you kindly for your reply. My point is (if there is enough work to go around) not having to work split shifts. Granted, there may be more work in the PM than AM. Yes, I realise 'business is business'. As to the nature of the EFL business, as mentioned, I am a Newbie, but informing myself as best as I can about practices. I am not avers to work hard, but object to be exploited. Advice given by someone a long time ago: 'No job is worth getting grey hairs from' (I got already plenty grey hair). As well, many on the forums recommend not to take on split shifts or work weekends. As an ex-cop, I am very familiar with working shifts of all kinds, plus weekends. What it comes down to is establishing a routine, get used to it, and try to stick with it; otherwise, health problems won't be far away. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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I negotiated a higher monthly salary in return for paying my own airfare. I am tentatively planning on staying in Korea for another year or two or travelling between contracts, etc so the 2-way airfare deal didn't really make sense for me.
Plus, for sketchy hagwons it might be better just to pay your own way and then get the money month by month instead of depending on:
1. A big hit of money reimbursed up front.
2. A plane ticket home. |
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