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wawawawonder
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: How much can you make in South Korea |
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| thegadfly wrote: |
| Carbon wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
You can [sic]negociate your salary if you have LEVERAGE. From your post, you seem to be a newbie with no experience and non-education related qualifications. That means you have zero leverage so [sic]neogicating conditions with a Hakwon (you cannot [sic]negociate with a PS as contracts are [sic]standardazied) will be hard. The [sic]negociation point was linked to the 2nd and 3rd year part of your wide open and under-informed question.
Good luck. |
Exactly. What do you bring to the negotiation? Many need to ask themselves this question. |
Brit spelling, Carbon -- not as Sic as ya thought.... |
Erm, no it isn't. I can assure you that, if I'd spelt it that way at school, I'd have been corrected for it. |
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Patrick Bateman
Joined: 21 Apr 2009
Location: Lost in Translation
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| siwawalter wrote: |
| Can you guys list how much money you can make with your qualifications? |
You want to know how much YOU can make teaching in South Korea.
You should post your qualifications and then we can help you with that. What you ask for doesn't really contribute to what you want to know.
What is your:
1. Educational background (degrees earned)
2. Experience in the field
3. Certifications
4. Visa eligibility
5. Desired location in Korea
6. Desired job classification |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| siwawalter wrote: |
| Can you guys list how much money you can make with your qualifications? |
I make thrupence ha'penny, but only on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. I'm supplied with food on Wednesday and Friday in lieu of pay. I am locked in a cage when I'm not in work so weekends tend to leave me quite hungry. On the upside, I save all my money - nothing to spend it on.
Congratulations, sir. You've managed to trump all other trolls in the category of 'the worst trolling attempt in the history of the internet'. |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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my gross taxable income was 36000K won last year. my other taxable but unreported income was over 30000K won last year. 
my qualifications? this is my 5th year in korea.  |
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thegadfly
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: Re: How much can you make in South Korea |
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| wawawawonder wrote: |
| thegadfly wrote: |
| Carbon wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
You can [sic]negociate your salary if you have LEVERAGE. From your post, you seem to be a newbie with no experience and non-education related qualifications. That means you have zero leverage so [sic]neogicating conditions with a Hakwon (you cannot [sic]negociate with a PS as contracts are [sic]standardazied) will be hard. The [sic]negociation point was linked to the 2nd and 3rd year part of your wide open and under-informed question.
Good luck. |
Exactly. What do you bring to the negotiation? Many need to ask themselves this question. |
Brit spelling, Carbon -- not as Sic as ya thought.... |
Erm, no it isn't. I can assure you that, if I'd spelt it that way at school, I'd have been corrected for it. |
Ok, fair enough -- I guess I should have said, "Alternate, acceptable spelling that also annoyed me the first time I saw it, but when I Googled it before slamming someone for the spelling, I found it in several places, and was forced to admit it was ok, if bothersome."
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/negociate
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/negociate
http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/negociate.htm
Like I said, *I* don't like that spelling, but it has become acceptable, depsite my preferences....  |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
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| Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Depends on the exchange rate as well. When I came in late 2007, I got 2.6 a month at a PS. Now at a uni, our base salaary is 40 mil a year, but all of us make more since we teach extra hours or camps. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:02 am Post subject: |
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The exchange rate is relevant to a degree naturegirl. Its relevance will really depend on what you do with your income.
If you need to send a lot of your income out top pay for debts back home then the rate affects you.
If that demand is minimal, the rate is not very important as you can always wait it out and transfer money when the rate is better. |
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Swampfox10mm
Joined: 24 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| As probably mentioned, having an F2 (marriage) visa helps a lot. Base at our school depends on time served, and ranges between 2.5 and 3 million plus housing. Most married teachers at our school seem to average around 4 to 4.5, but they do that by adding a few hours from side-jobs that are not allowed by contract. The rule is not to talk about it, but sometimes you hear people blabbing in small groups. In summer and winter months, some of us might hit 5 million per month, but that's just two months out of the year. If you're an E-2 and jealous of these numbers, don't be. Much of what I earn goes right out the door to child and apartment expenses. Raising a child in Korea on a teacher salary alone is not what I'd call easy, and you don't have a Korean wife complaining about how poor you are because you don't own a W450,000,000 roach motel in a highrise building. |
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PastorYoon
Joined: 25 Jun 2010
Location: Sea of Japan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| So again, the "feed my family" excuse is convenient but not all that solid. |
Do you have a wife and/or kids? I highly doubt it, but I'm sure you know everything there needs to be known about it. |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:40 am Post subject: Re: How much can you make in South Korea |
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| siwawalter wrote: |
The first year.
The second year.
The third year.
What is the normal salary, not max. |
In a public school with GEPIK, you start at about 1.8 million won/month with no experience. Pay raises of 100,000 won are at the end of each completed contract (max salary is 2.7 million/month).
Other public school programs are SMOE and EPIK. You can run a search of their pay scales on google. Recruiting websites like Reach to Teach or ESL Planet give quotes for payscales.
Hagwons pay a bit more. Maybe starting at about 2 million won/month. |
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Swampfox10mm
Joined: 24 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| PastorYoon wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| So again, the "feed my family" excuse is convenient but not all that solid. |
Do you have a wife and/or kids? I highly doubt it, but I'm sure you know everything there needs to be known about it. |
Who said I was including "feeding my family" in that?
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| PastorYoon wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| So again, the "feed my family" excuse is convenient but not all that solid. |
Do you have a wife and/or kids? I highly doubt it, but I'm sure you know everything there needs to be known about it. |
Wife and two kids.
Thanks for trying however Pastor.
Oh and next time, try to quote the context of the post as opposed to clipping one sentence from it to try and attack me.  |
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shifty
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| So again, the "feed my family" excuse is convenient but not all that solid. |
Do you have a wife and/or kids? I highly doubt it, but I'm sure you know everything there needs to be known about it. |
Wife and two kids. |
Hey Paddy, you must be on a regular growth spurt. Your usual response to such an observation is chapter and verse.
I think we can do something with you yet. |
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PastorYoon
Joined: 25 Jun 2010
Location: Sea of Japan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| So again, the "feed my family" excuse is convenient but not all that solid. |
Do you have a wife and/or kids? I highly doubt it, but I'm sure you know everything there needs to be known about it. |
Wife and two kids.
Thanks for trying however Pastor.
Oh and next time, try to quote the context of the post as opposed to clipping one sentence from it to try and attack me. |
Hmm. I stand corrected. |
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yuyake79
Joined: 26 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| 2.1~2.3 million won with housing. Without housing about 2.8~3 million won. |
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