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[Ya-ta Boy]

At the end of May, when the school rep was asking if people wanted to extend, there was the (spoken) promise of a 'slight raise'. Now that end of contract time is two weeks away, this is the memo that came round...

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Please understand our side- public education

If we raised some, even little, the private institute would be angry and get the higher payment than now-----and at the end, the payment for foreign teacher in Korea would be getted the inflation. Whole part of Korea, that's not good...

So give us a break.

You might think that's natural to get a raise for another next period.
But that simple thing make problems because we are very first special education district in Korea.

Many province/city/county now copycat of us.

So we feel that is very sensitive, so we need restraint to mention that matter now.

I feel sorry for you. But Please understand us...

Sorry for late answer..(withous any excuse)
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If someone were to decide not to take it, they have until July 31 to find a new job. Not a lot of time, hunh? And the school learns a good lesson...lead 'em on with promises until too late for the teachers to make other plans. And if it works once, it will work again next year.

[wwidgirl]

That's stupid reasoning - That they can't give raises because hagwons will just increase the salaries of their teachers. The reason that raises are given is to encourage retention of teachers. They're only given to teachers that resign, right? And even if all salaries of teachers were raised, what's the big deal? I mean, if the market can handle it, then salaries should be raised. If demand is higher than supply, than salaries should be raised to increase supply. blah.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[mack the knife]

And yet some people are still on my ass for dissing GEPIK for pulling this same s**t on me.

I'm afraid those are same people who will continue to renew their contracts under these unacceptable conditions, thus allowing employers to continue to deny us raises when raises are rightly due.

[Ilsanman]

I just got a full time last week. With the salaries that have been thrown around these days, there is no reason to stay anywhere that won't give you at least 100,000 a month raise.

100,000 a month might end up being 60 cents an hour more, depending on how much you work. It's not that significant. It just barely keeps up with cost of living increases.

If you accept the low balled no raise, you are volunteering to live at a lower standard of living than last year.

[Grotto]

What a crock of shyte!

You should send a memo to that dummy saying:

It is good that private institutes should have to raise their teachers salaries....often teachers work long hours and get little benefits.

If you expect teachers to stay at public schools you will HAVE to give raises otherwise you will be suffering a teacher shortage. Hiring a new teacher means another rectruiter fee, a gamble as to whether the new teacher will stay for an entire year and whether or not they will be as good as the one you lost.

Your inability to see these things is extremely short sighted!

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[sheba]

The foreign teachers wil be able to find another job a lot quicker that the school will be a able to find a replacement teacher.... right!?

[Ya-ta Boy]

[laogaiguk]

They are really pushing it. Lucily, I work outside any of these stupid systems. I get a 200000 raise next time along with 2 extra weeks vacation (tacked on to my 4 already). Plus other perks.

Seriously, it would have been better if they just said you are not getting a raise and left it at that. The reason is complete crap.

[Octavius Hite]

My contract stipulates that I get a 100k raise if i resign plus a two bonus holiday and a free roundtrip tickect for it. I love public schools, at least when i sign a good contract.

[tzechuk]

[Sody]

That reasoning is BS. There is no way in hell that anyone could consider that logical. It isn't natural to offer a raise to someone every year but it is very important for teacher retention. This isn't like a normal job, we are half way around the world where life is more difficult for us. I wouldn't accept that crap. They lied straight out. I would ditch them and go work elsewhere. You will be helping yourself and other teachers if you do.

Sody

[Sody]

[mack the knife]