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"No babysitting!" What's the "catch"?
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Mike S.



Joined: 18 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:47 am    Post subject: "No babysitting!" What's the "catch"? Reply with quote

Sounds too good to be true.

Here's the ad:

http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/korea/index.cgi?read=35037


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Tobias



Joined: 02 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:35 am    Post subject: Still available Reply with quote

I remember seeing that ad here two years ago. And 18 months ago. And a year ago. And 6 months ago. Sounds like one of those great jobs we all want to get. Go to work there today. Quit tomorrow.
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Mike S.



Joined: 18 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought it was too good to be true. What do you think the "catch" is?
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Tobias



Joined: 02 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:26 am    Post subject: Don't know Reply with quote

Mike S. wrote:
I thought it was too good to be true. What do you think the "catch" is?


Don't know what the catch is, but we know there is one. And that is all that matters.

Replace a quitter today, BE a quitter tomorrow.
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Kimchieluver



Joined: 02 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:31 am    Post subject: Re: Don't know Reply with quote

Tobias wrote:
Mike S. wrote:
I thought it was too good to be true. What do you think the "catch" is?


Don't know what the catch is, but we know there is one. And that is all that matters.

Replace a quitter today, BE a quitter tomorrow.


That job is not that great.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

2.395 mil if you work M-F. Yay.


Kimchielover and Tobias.: Your avatars are similar and confusing, it's like 2 twins conversing.


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Mike S.



Joined: 18 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I dunno, I kinda like the "dueling nimbuses" effect meself Cool
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mountainous



Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Location: Los Angeles

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
SALARY

�Minimum salary 2,000,000 won a month (Base Salary)
�Bonus for teaching more than 5.2 hours a day (50,000 won to 350,000 won per month)
�Bonus for working a split shift (200,000 won to 300,000 won)
�Saturday work optional - 2 Saturdays = 300,000 won / 4 Saturdays = 600,000 won
�Overtime: 18,000 to 25,000 won per hour

HOUSING: TWO OPTIONS

1. Non-shared housing provided (Key money and 500,000 won rent paid by employer.)
2. If applicant does not need company housing, employer will pay 400,000 won housing allowance.




The 2.0 million minimum includes the housing allowance. Wink

You will NOT earn more than the min salary unless you work like a dog

Are you catching on?
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cdninkorea



Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From what I've heard about English Channel, there's no paid vacation. That's a catch right there, wouldn't you say?
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ChinaBoy



Joined: 17 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone who's been on this board knows that English Channel is one of the worst. I'm not sure why the OP didn't put "English Channel" in the title of this thread.
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Tobias



Joined: 02 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:59 pm    Post subject: It's fitting Reply with quote

Bibbitybop wrote:
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Kimchielover and Tobias.: Your avatars are similar and confusing, it's like 2 twins conversing.


It's fitting, given this 'end of the world as we know it' atmosphere closing around us.
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Thewhiteyalbum



Joined: 13 Nov 2008

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Bibbitybop"]2.395 mil if you work M-F. Yay.


Kimchielover and Tobias.: Your avatars are similar and confusing, it's like 2 twins conversing.[/quote]

Brillant.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The catch is that they've obviously scheduled classes for Saturdays and will be none too pleased if you refuse to work Saturdays.

Well, that's one of the catches. Almost every item in the proposed contract seems to be a catch.
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Kimchieluver



Joined: 02 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CentralCali wrote:
The catch is that they've obviously scheduled classes for Saturdays and will be none too pleased if you refuse to work Saturdays.

Well, that's one of the catches. Almost every item in the proposed contract seems to be a catch.


Any job adds that states 5.2 hours or has some decimal place in the hours worked, you know they are going by minutes taught , and not by classes taught. That right there is the kicker.
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ChinaBoy



Joined: 17 Feb 2007

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kimchieluver wrote:
CentralCali wrote:
The catch is that they've obviously scheduled classes for Saturdays and will be none too pleased if you refuse to work Saturdays.

Well, that's one of the catches. Almost every item in the proposed contract seems to be a catch.


Any job adds that states 5.2 hours or has some decimal place in the hours worked, you know they are going by minutes taught , and not by classes taught. That right there is the kicker.


yeah, 312 minutes which just happens to be.... twelve 26-minute classes (been to the website)

sit around all day waiting for them, too
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