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TBirdMG · Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Location: SF, CA, USA

The job was for teaching corporate business classes, some at the corporation itself, some at "our academy." It was originally described as a "sole" contact with LG, then evolved to become..."You will teach classes based on need of contract."

Recruiter: How much do you want per month?

Me: Maybe we could discuss the job first?

Recruiter: You will teach business men in Gumi. It's a good job. How much?

Me: OK...so how many lessons a week?

Recruiter: You have to be flexible.

Me: OK. And housing?

Recruiter: Yes.

Me: Could you be more specific?

Recruiter: You'll probably get it. I need to know how much you want so I can tell my boss. But if it's above 2.1 he will say no....hello?

Too amusing. I just hung up. Laughed. There are so many other countries and cultures out there that offer comparable money, why bother with Korea?

Otherside · Joined: 06 Sep 2007

I've had a bit of contact with that crowd,

Who, might I ask, did you speak to?

ceesgetdegrees · Joined: 12 Jul 2007

Why did you post this 3 times?

Netz · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:05 am Post subject:

This agency/school is a joke. I talked with a guy named "Eugene" about 3 years ago. This is a typical case of the agency that screws it itself.

The class was 10 adults, in the morning, for the local Government. I told him the pay was low, and we'd need to increase the salary. I went in, met the contact person, and things went well. Afterwards Eugene says "no", they couldn't get any more money, but after talking to the "contact" I found out he did in fact negotiate higher payment (based on their interview with me), but decided to LIE to me.

I told the contact person what had happened, and that I could not work with an agency like that. The "contact" then promptly offered to hire me directly becuase he had no "contract" with the agency. lol

The contract lasted over a year.

Euegene threatened to have me "black listed"! oh noes!

Classic recruiter stupidity mixed with greed. The really funny thing is, I still work with the government people to this day (on translations), but have never heard another word from Lee Sin Ho (Eugene).

Typical lying goofball.

Just say no.

(This group should go on the bad recruiter list fo sho')

TBirdMG · Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Location: SF, CA, USA

The recruiter's name is Peter Moon. When I asked to see a basic contract with the salary left blank for negotiating purposes, he asked me, 'Why do I want to waste my time with you?'

Nice, Peter. Nice.

Ut videam · Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Location: Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Did you happen to get the name of the academy in Gumi?

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!