Korean Job Discussion Forums

[endo]

This thread is designed to comapre the various aspects of ESL in Korea between teachers on this forum. Below is a simple chart that you can copy and paste in order to present your qualifications and benifits.


Nationality:

Education:

Years of experience in ESL:

Age:

Sex:



Job Description:

Place of Employment:

City of Employment:



Age of Students:

Classroom size (maximum):

Number of foreign co-teachers:



Monthly Salary:

Number of paid vacation:

Any extra benifits:



Is flight to and from home paid for:

Medical Insurance:

Do you contribute to the pension plan?:




Work hours per week:

Teaching hours per week:

Do you teach intensives?


Size of appartment:

Length of commute to work:

Bills total per month:

Saving per month:

[endo]

[spliff]

Really, what's the point.

[robot]

Are you serious?

[endo]

I'm totally serious. I'd like to see what other people are doing and earning.

It will make looking for another job easier in terms of putting a value to yourself in regards to other posters answers.



We can't form a bloody union in this country. So the best and only way to determine ideal work conditions is unfortunately on an internet message board.


I realize some will not want to divulge personal information like this. And that's cool. But for others a thread like this could really help out.

[Homer]

You have had good intentions with this thread endo but I would never post so much details about my work, pay and such.

Most of the people here are pretty decent but there is a hard core group of freaks who know nothing of decency and who would not bat an eyelash about using the information that would be posted to harrass a person.

It would be wise of you to edit the information you just posted.

[ChopChaeJoe]

Man, korea is a weird place!

[agoodmouse]

Asking a man how much he earns is like asking about his wife's bra size.

[Voyeur]

Nationality: Canadian

Education: 3 year BA

Years of experience in ESL: 4.5

Age: 35

Sex: Male



Job Description: full time teacher + teacher manager

Place of Employment: Won't Disclose

City of Employment: Won't Disclose



Age of Students: 8 to 17

Classroom size (maximum): 15

Number of foreign co-teachers: 12



Monthly Salary: 4.7 Million to 5.1 Million

Number of paid vacation: 0

Any extra benifits: None



Is flight to and from home paid for: No

Medical Insurance: No

Do you contribute to the pension plan?: No




Work hours per week: 5 prep hours + 5 managerial hours + 27 teaching hours (4.7 million) or 30 teaching hours (5.1 million) = 37 to 40 total hours / week

Teaching hours per week: 27 hours to 30 hours depending on term

Do you teach intensives? Yes


Size of appartment: not provided

Length of commute to work: 5 minute walk

Bills total per month: ~ 800,000 incl. apartment and fees, utilities, gas etc...

Saving per month:[/quote] Varies Wildly

[bejarano-korea]

Nationality: British

Education: BA (Hons) Linguistics/TEFL, University of Wales, Swansea

Years of experience in ESL: 4 months

Age: 35

Sex: Male



Job Description: Hagwon Monkey

Place of Employment: Castle Greyskull

City of Employment: I'm not sure but I can hear duelling banjoes... help!



Age of Students: 8-13

Classroom size (maximum): 10

Number of foreign co-teachers: none



Monthly Salary: 2.2 million won

Number of paid vacation: 10 days (ha!)

Any extra benifits: Not as far as I'm aware - Oh hang on, the boss gets us dinner on a few occasions and is a fair looker! The rest of the staff are very nice and civil!



Is flight to and from home paid for: Yes

Medical Insurance: I doubt it.

Do you contribute to the pension plan?: I do but it probably ends up in my directors pension plan.




Work hours per week: 30

Teaching hours per week: 25

Do you teach intensives? No


Size of appartment: Swing a rodent around by its tail and it would get brain damage and green mold on its head!

Length of commute to work: 10 minute walk

Bills total per month: around 70,000

Saving per month: 1.2-1.5 million per month.

[Mi Yum mi]

[Oreovictim]

My first contract is over, but I'll answer, anyway.

Nationality: American

Education: four-year degree (English major), tech. degree: guitar building

Years of experience in ESL: 1 year, 1 month

Age: 34

Sex: M



Job Description: Hagwon punching bag

Place of Employment: I'd rather not say.

City of Employment: Cheongju



Age of Students: 6 - 15

Classroom size (maximum): the max is supposed to be 12, but I had one class with 19.

Number of foreign co-teachers: 2



Monthly Salary: 2,100,00

Number of paid vacation: can't remember

Any extra benifits: no



Is flight to and from home paid for: there, yes, but I got screwed for the way back and had to pay about $300.00 out of my own pocket.

Medical Insurance: no

Do you contribute to the pension plan?: no




Work hours per week: 30

Teaching hours per week: can't remember

Do you teach intensives? yep


Size of appartment: large but filthy and old

Length of commute to work: 5 minute walk

Bills total per month: maybe 200,000 won

Saving per month: about 1,100,000 maybe a little more

[endo]

[boyne11]

Nationality: American

Education: High School Graduate (But have 4 different fake degrees MA or above)

Years of experience in ESL: 10 years

Age: 69

Sex: Now male. sex change 5 years ago



Job Description: baby sitting. forced to act like a clown.

Place of Employment: public school

City of Employment: throughout Korea



Age of Students: 8-12

Classroom size (maximum): 50

Number of foreign co-teachers: 0



Monthly Salary: 1.8 million

Number of paid vacation: I feel like I'm on permanent vacation

Any extra benifits: Getting screwed on over-time, summer/winter/spring camps, teaching xenophobic Korean teachers, 2000 won lunch in school cafeteria, getting screwed on airfare and severance.


Is flight to and from home paid for: They will reimburse the airfare by wire transfer only after I've left Korea.

Medical Insurance: Yes

Do you contribute to the pension plan?: Yes




Work hours per week: 40

Teaching hours per week: 30

Do you teach intensives? No. Just listen and repeat.


Size of appartment: Yes. 3 pyong.

Length of commute to work: Total about 60-65 minutes. 15 minute by taxi to a bus station. 20 minutes by bus. 30 minutes on foot.

Bills total per month: Fixed deduction of 500K won every month for utilities and maintenance fee.

Saving per month: None. I have to tap into my social security retirement funds to cover living expenses.

[cruisemonkey]

Mine's bigger tham yours.