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[martinpil]

HI

There is this adult teaching job going at a recruiter and this is the conditions

Working Hours : 6:30am-12noon and 5:30pm-9:20pm

Monthly Salary : 2.1-2.3

Class Size : 12

Teaching Target : Adult

Housing : Single

Vacation : 10 days

# Of Foreign teacher : total 4


Is this a normal start time? I know you start early with split shifts but 6.30-12 noon?? Then 5.30-9.20pm
Is it taking the michael or is it normal?

[Carla]

[martinpil]

It's 9 hours 20mins a day. Is this normal for a split shift? Shouldn't it be 8 hours a day max? 4 hours in morning and 4 hours in evening or something like that. How can anyone do 9 hours 20 mins a day teaching?

[highdials5]

Those hours are the stuff of nightmares!!

[kiknkorea]

Yes. The salary isn't nearly enough for what they want.

I wouldn't want to do a split shift either, but I guess they're OK for some people. Having a good amount of time during the afternoons to do what you want does sound OK, but the rest of the time would be either work or sleep (for me anyway!)

[anbrainblasta]

decline decline decline. thems are crazy hours

[ontheway]

[E_athlete]

yeah this thing is fubar. It basically means you'll have to take 2 naps a day ensuring you will sleep deprived and be completely miserable.

Even if you took it, you wouldnt last it past a month. I'd only consider this bs job if they paid really well. Getting paid 2.1~2.3m for a 24/7 job is a complete and utter exploitation. I'd tell them to go f themselves.

[uk27]

I did something similar to this in Europe, albeit not as many hours. After working 6.30 until Noon - and knowing you've got to do 5.40 until 9.20 - there's no way that five hour break in between is going to be spent in relaxation. Do yourself a favour and pass on this job.

[E_athlete]

I'm curious... would anyone take a job like this if they paid you 4.0 mil?

[gaffe]

I did similar hours, except the evenings started at 7:30. Ending at 9:20 and getting up early almost killed me. It takes a while to wind down after teaching and the lack of sleep will destroy you.

[lifeinkorea]

This all depends on when you actually teach. They have set it up so that if things get busy, they can take advantage of you. However, just because you are scheduled for those hours, doesn't mean you will teach those hours. You are just being scheduled to be available. It's like a public school saying you have to come in at 8:30am to 4:30pm, but they only schedule 22 classes to teach for the week.

Who's gong to come in at 6:30am? I had 9:30am to 11:30am for my morning shift, and students said 9:30 was too early. So, they rescheduled and came at 10am instead. I feel you aren't going to have anyone in the early morning hours.

So, it's basically a late afternoon shift. I would counter offer them and offer to be available, WITH EMPHASIS ON EVENING HOURS FIRST, 5:30-10:30pm.

Then, I would suggest they schedule 9:00am-12:00pm. Anything earlier than 9am could be considered on a case by case basis for overtime.

If later you find you aren't teaching after 9pm, then you can use those1.5 hours and negotiate trading them for coming in earlier if the school gets more morning students who happen to come earlier than 9am on a regular basis. That's why I suggest you bump your working hours up to 10:30pm. Chances are, you won't get students wanting to come in that late, and it gives you something to work with later on if you want to go home earlier.

[Carla]

[lifeinkorea]

[Carla]