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[bbrennan]

Backstory

I was going through Aclipse to teach in South Korea, everything was going fine until I sent in my materials to get a placement, the materials were sent in close to a month ago and I was supposed to receive a placement within two weeks, but it took them until this past week to send me my placement. When I was sent my contract they were demanding I come to South Korea a week earlier than I told them I was available, the contract was for an hourly rate which did not include housing, health insurance, or paid vacation days like the monthly salary did. In addition the contract had some shady wording in regards to payment:


The hourly rate for the Instructor�s services shall initially be set at TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND (_28,000_) Korean Won, which shall be paid monthly only upon full completion of all duties and obligations arising from the applicable month. The Instructor shall be entitled to payment calculated on the hourly rate only for actual teaching hours but not for any other time spent in other any activities, including but not limited to time spent in preparing for or traveling to and from scheduled classes. The Company shall designate the teaching schedule and hours for the Instructor, but the total teaching hours shall not exceed One Hundred and Twenty (120) Hours per month unless the Instructor has consented to such.


Am I mistaken or does this give the school too much power? I flat out refused the contract I was given and they're currently coming up with a new one, but now I'm worried that if they're this disorganized before I even get there, how will it be once I'm in South Korea?


I searched google and could not find much information on CDI and Aclipse, what I did find was a mix of good and bad, and what I found on here was the same but it was also from about 2 or 3 years ago. So if anyone has any more recent info on the two it'd be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[English Matt]

[Luciddreamer]

I'm also waiting for my contract from CDI.

I thought that they offer an hourly plan as well as the salary plan and you get to pick one.

[Tommy]

They altered documents (cut and past my signature) and submitted a different contract than the one we agreed upon to immigration. 'Nuff said.

[Tribal]

[enns]

Yeah, I imagine a lot of apps. A 2.0 public school offer doesn't look pretty with a 1400 won exchange rate.

[anynag]

[linky123]

Except for the unnecessaraly stressful intensive traing, the Chung Dahm experience has been awesome. I wouldn't want to work anywhere else.

[Tommy]

[anynag]

Thanks for the information, Tommy. At least you have a direct negative experience from which to base your opinion. Posters on CDI threads on here seem to be quite polarized, either totally for CDI or totally against it, even though many of these people don't have any firsthand dealings with the company.

[Golem]

I have had first hand dealings and no one I know who has had negative experiences. I had one negative experience with the recruiters but my working experience as a whole was fantastic.

[bbrennan]

The problem with the contract is this line mostly:

The hourly rate for the Instructor�s services shall initially be set at TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND (_28,000_) Korean Won, which shall be paid monthly only upon full completion of all duties and obligations arising from the applicable month.

I interpret this as them saying they can just not pay me for a month's worth of work if they don't feel all duties and obligations were completed.

Also unhappy that they can just spring unpaid training on me out of nowhere above and beyond that first week, and the fact that I'm REQUIRED to arrive 30 minutes early but won't be paid for those 30 minutes.

[Tribal]

[Tribal]