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hugo_danner
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Location: korea
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 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: Anyone Re-upping With EPIK? What's the Procedure? |
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| Just wondering, what are the steps to re-up with EPIK? I'm finishing my 1st year contract in Feb 2008, but haven't heard a word about if I'm staying. When does all this happen? |
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xtchr
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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Step 1: Wait
Step 2: Wait some more.
Step 3: Bring it up with your co-teacher.
Step 4: Wait longer
Step 5: Ask again.
Step 6: You'll hear something "maybe, sometime"
Step 7: Wait a little bit more.
Step 8: Feb 28th. Sit back and watch as your co-teacher, V.P, and Educ. Dept people run around like headless chickens, demanding that you do things "now, now, hurry".
Seriously, these people don't know what they're doing next week - you're asking the impossible to have them planning for next year. |
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hubba bubba
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| This goes for all of Korea. |
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andrew
Joined: 30 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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marlow
Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Re-upping With EPIK? What's the Procedure? |
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| hugo_danner wrote: |
| Just wondering, what are the steps to re-up with EPIK? I'm finishing my 1st year contract in Feb 2008, but haven't heard a word about if I'm staying. When does all this happen? |
Like two or three months before--Decemberish for you I guess. The pay scale hasn't changed in four years BTW. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| It's a game of cat and mouse. If you can't get a straight answer there's a good chance that you should look elsewhere, This programs extremly badly organised. Most of the supervisers have a very poor understanding of western culture. On more than one occaision teachers have been led on that everything is O.K. only to find out when there is only a few days left that their contracts won't be renewed |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Tell them they have a week to make a decision atfter that you will take that as you are not staying and look for work elsewhere. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone Re-upping With EPIK? What's the Procedure? |
Drop pants.
Bend over.
Spread cheeks. |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Re-upping With EPIK? What's the Procedure? |
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[quote="marlow.... The pay scale hasn't changed in four years BTW.[/quote]
But your pay will go up 100K p/m if you re-sign, upto a max of 2.5.
Please correct me if I am wrong! |
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marlow
Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Re-upping With EPIK? What's the Procedure? |
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| nobbyken wrote: |
| marlow wrote: |
| ... The pay scale hasn't changed in four years BTW. |
But your pay will go up 100K p/m if you re-sign, upto a max of 2.5.
Please correct me if I am wrong! |
Yeah, ever been maxed out for four years?
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boyne11
Joined: 08 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
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| Anyone Re-upping With EPIK? What's the Procedure? |
Drop pants.
Bend over.
Spread cheeks. |
Agreed!  |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| EPIK policy is to wait until the absolute last minute as far informing you that your contract will not be renewed. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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As I said before it's easy. You lay down your terms and conditions. Give them a time limit. Make sure on the deadline that you do go and speak to them. If they say not sure, not ready, no, ???? or anything other than yes. Start looking for another job.
Start looking anyway just to be sure. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| andrew wrote: |
| My EPIK contract ends in 30 days and they still haven't told me anything yet. Is this typical? |
Yes.
Ask them for the money to pay for your ticket home. Tell them that the ticket has to be paid in 48 hours or your reservation gets canceled.
That should start the ball rolling (one way or another). |
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Jizzo T. Clown
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
Location: at my wit's end
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
Drop pants.
Bend over.
Spread cheeks. |
You is a funny muthafukka. |
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