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[martinpil]

Two companies doing business English/corporate english and pay is roughly the same but pagoda dont pay accommodation except give you 100k towards it and BCM do (from their adverts on here they say they doo anyway)

so how does pagoda get away with it? Is there some other benefit to work there over BCM? what about YBM do they offer free accommodation?

[Big Mac]

Seriously, Martinpil, learn English before you come over here. I'm sorry, but your posts are really annoying me. The title of this thread makes you look really stupid.

[Jeff's Cigarettes]

Yup, BCM tower in Sadang sta is where u would live for BCM Gangnam. I stayed there a year apt's ain't to big but its at the foot of the mtn and generally a nice area.

[OneWayTraffic]

First, are you sure it's 100k? When I was there, it was 200k then 300k after a year. Either that or a choice of 5mil key(maybe more now?) plus some things for your apt (TV, washer etc.) Obviously the allowance was the better option for those able. I worked at the main Pagoda branches of Gangnam and Jongro, not a franchise.

Second at the time, though perhaps not now, Pagoda was a pretty good place to be compared to most of the options out there. There were a lot of guys who were there 5 years plus. Not any more. I was making 2k (doing 4-5 hours a day.) up to 3.5k (working hard plus a weekend class.) That compared very well on a per hour basis to kiddie hagwons money wise and was even comparable to unis (who had less work but unmotivated students.)


Third, having your own place eliminates daytime boss visits, nasty suprises about the quality of employee digs, unwanted roommates and having to vacate suddenly should the shit hit the fan. It's worth the extra IMO.

Having said all that, if the BCM contract compares well with Pagodas, and the workers there are all happy with the situation then it may well be the better deal. Caveat emptor.

[plynx]

[plynx]

[Ilsanman]

Pagoda offers 250, or 100 and key money/furnishings.

Things were great last year, and at our branch, we all made 3-4 mill a month each, but things have really gone down the tubes with the current useless Korean economy.

[yingwenlaoshi]

Because Pagoda suck. They only pay like 2 million to experienced teachers for basically a 15-hour shift. Cause don't let the teaching hours fool you. You're on splits and that's terrible.

Bunch of tightwads.

[martinpil]

[Ilsanman]

He's trashing your general grammar ability, which I must concur, isn't very good. Being from the UK won't change that.

[madoka]

[wesharris]

Martin,
I'm going to have to agree with the others. A mistake here or there is acceptable, but a purposeful mistake, unless for comedic purposes is unacceptable.
We appreciate your negative tone, and understand that you represent what amounts to a negative persona in Old Great Britain, but this is Dave's ESL Cafe, and Dave's Board. We are talking about Korea, so your accent would be unacceptable, please learn American standard english before applying sir.
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Thanks
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Wes

[Easter Clark]

Because Pagoda hates foreigners. It's true, Crusher of Heads.

[martinpil]

Now you last two trolls have made me laff. I almost fell for it and chucked a chair through the window as well.