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Donald Frost
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 Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:22 am Post subject: Avalon School in Incheon City |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: |
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There's probably more than one Avalon in Incheon so you'd have to be more specific to get a better answer.
overall, Avalon seems to have a fairly good reputation. |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| PigeonFart wrote: |
There's probably more than one Avalon in Incheon so you'd have to be more specific to get a better answer.
overall, Avalon seems to have a fairly good reputation. |
Good reputation???? 
They pay crap wages (almost minimum wage now) and expect you to work close to 40 hours a week as you jump through hoops to please the hogwon managers. |
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jackson7
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Location: Kim Jong Il's Future Fireball
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| The original Avalons are great, I hear. However, I worked at a franchise in Incheon (Gyeyang campus) and it was crap. Bled students like crazy, and the managing director is a lazy, worthless drunk. |
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Stann
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:11 am Post subject: |
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| DCJames wrote: |
| PigeonFart wrote: |
There's probably more than one Avalon in Incheon so you'd have to be more specific to get a better answer.
overall, Avalon seems to have a fairly good reputation. |
Good reputation????
They pay crap wages (almost minimum wage now) and expect you to work close to 40 hours a week as you jump through hoops to please the hogwon managers. |
Where are you getting this information from? |
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theatrelily
Joined: 03 Jun 2004
Location: Haeundae-gu, Busan
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| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Stann wrote: |
| DCJames wrote: |
| PigeonFart wrote: |
There's probably more than one Avalon in Incheon so you'd have to be more specific to get a better answer.
overall, Avalon seems to have a fairly good reputation. |
Good reputation????
They pay crap wages (almost minimum wage now) and expect you to work close to 40 hours a week as you jump through hoops to please the hogwon managers. |
Where are you getting this information from? |
I was wondering the same thing.
I am in my third contract with Avalon. It is a pretty good place to work, you could do much worse.
You must be talking about a franchise. |
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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Jongno
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I thought the general consensus on Avalon was that they're a good place to get your start in Korea, esp. if you have no experience, but that in your 2nd or 3rd year there are a lot of better jobs out there.
If I'm wrong, someone plz correct me. |
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Stann
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| waynehead wrote: |
I thought the general consensus on Avalon was that they're a good place to get your start in Korea, esp. if you have no experience, but that in your 2nd or 3rd year there are a lot of better jobs out there.
If I'm wrong, someone plz correct me. |
I think it boils down to your director/campus.
I think it's safe to say that Avalon pays you relative to how much you have to work. Officially, you may be asked to teach up to 30 hours of classes a week - that's the maximum. However, during my time there, only one person was asked to teach 30 hours/week for 2 weeks due to a runner. Other than that, people generally teach about 3 classes a day at 75 minutes a piece (less than 4 hours/day). Keep in mind that this does not include prep time. Prep generally takes me 30 minutes or so a day. Your mileage may vary.
This has been my experience at 2 different campuses over the course of a year and a half.
Cheers, |
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jurassic82
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Location: Somewhere!!!!
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| Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:30 am Post subject: |
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| I just got finished working at one the corporate Avalon campuses. In my year and a half there I can say it was a pretty decent job. Got everything I was promised and was never asked to work any insane amount of hours unless I wanted the overtime during the winter or summer. I heard some of the franchises though could be hit or miss so I would do your research before signing anything. Best of luck to ya! |
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