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Psychologic
Joined: 09 Feb 2009
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 Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:31 am Post subject: Should I take this offer???!!! |
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Hey everyone. I just received this offer from Chungdahm learning. Either 2.3 mil Won/month with provided rent and insurance. OR 28k Won/hr without paid vacation or paid rent and health insurance.
Is this a decent offer? If so, which option should I take, the monthly salary or the hourly wage?
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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If you are in a position to find your own apartment and arrange to get insurance on your own, then you should do that. It's nice to have the security of controlling where you live and knowing that if the job goes south, you will still have a place to live.
However, if you can't speak Korean, don't know the neighborhood and have no idea where to find a place or how to get your own insurance, then take the package deal. |
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berrieh
Joined: 10 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: Should I take this offer???!!! |
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| Psychologic wrote: |
Hey everyone. I just received this offer from Chungdahm learning. Either 2.3 mil Won/month with provided rent and insurance. OR 28k Won/hr without paid vacation or paid rent and health insurance.
Is this a decent offer? If so, which option should I take, the monthly salary or the hourly wage?
Thanks8) |
I don't know the answer (not in Korea yet - still mulling through, like you), but here's what I'd think about: How many hours and how much can you get elsewhere? Doesn't Chungdahm work their people like crazy and give them virtually no vacation the whole year? Or did I hear wrong (I thought they were CDI, and I thought there were also issues with some of the franchises)?
What is the housing like when they provide it? Where will you be? How many hours? What benefits? What kind of students? From my point of view, there's so much to consider beyond just the number given. After all, money is nice, but you're committing to something for a year, so there are other things to consider. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Basic searches can be really helpful. This has been discussed numerous times already I think. |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Doesn't sound to good to me. The university by my house pays 30000 a class with free housing. But many of us won't work there because there is no pay in the holidays. If taking this job go for the 2.3 as long as that is for a max of 30 classes and no Saturdays. |
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Luciddreamer
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| D.D. wrote: |
| Doesn't sound to good to me. The university by my house pays 30000 a class with free housing. But many of us won't work there because there is no pay in the holidays. If taking this job go for the 2.3 as long as that is for a max of 30 classes and no Saturdays. |
Well, isn't that because it's a university? CDI consists of elementary, middle, and high school students where the pay is understandably lower than if you were to teach college students. |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| D.D. wrote: |
| Doesn't sound to good to me. The university by my house pays 30000 a class with free housing. But many of us won't work there because there is no pay in the holidays. If taking this job go for the 2.3 as long as that is for a max of 30 classes and no Saturdays. |
Well, isn't that because it's a university? CDI consists of elementary, middle, and high school students where the pay is understandably lower than if you were to teach college students. |
I have no idea what you are on about. My point was that 28000 with no benefits is not that great an offer. Actually teaching university usually pays less than hogwans. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Actually teaching university usually pays less than hogwans. |
No it doesn't.
It's not a great offer, but it might be better than his other offers. |
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Luciddreamer
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| D.D. wrote: |
| Doesn't sound to good to me. The university by my house pays 30000 a class with free housing. But many of us won't work there because there is no pay in the holidays. If taking this job go for the 2.3 as long as that is for a max of 30 classes and no Saturdays. |
Well, isn't that because it's a university? CDI consists of elementary, middle, and high school students where the pay is understandably lower than if you were to teach college students. |
I have no idea what you are on about. My point was that 28000 with no benefits is not that great an offer. Actually teaching university usually pays less than hogwans. |
28,000/hour for the minimum of 96 hours at CDI = about $2688 US dollars.
Subtracting housing from your income would leave you around $2000...a little more than if you were to teach at a public school. However, CDI seems to require less working hours than pubs because pubs are 40 hours a week no matter what. When you're at CDI, you spend most of your time teaching so it seems like you are making the most out of your time since you're making money for the teaching hours.
But, how much is health insurance per month in Korea? It is safe to say it's around $50? |
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