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amcnutt
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:34 am Post subject: Overtime limit? |
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I'm thinking of going to Seoul, and I was just wondering if there is a limit to the overtime hours people must work.
I know they pay extra, but I don't want to end up working overtime all the time, although I wouldn't mind it occasionally to make some extra bucks. That's the main reason I'm going, plus to travel. But if I'm working nonstop I will end up getting stressed out and not enjoying my time there as well.
Is there a cap on overtime, or can they make me work as much as they want? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Overtime limit? |
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| amcnutt wrote: |
I'm thinking of going to Seoul, and I was just wondering if there is a limit to the overtime hours people must work.
I know they pay extra, but I don't want to end up working overtime all the time, although I wouldn't mind it occasionally to make some extra bucks. That's the main reason I'm going, plus to travel. But if I'm working nonstop I will end up getting stressed out and not enjoying my time there as well.
Is there a cap on overtime, or can they make me work as much as they want? |
In a public school you work your 40 hours (22 classes before extra pay kicks in) in the school and mostly you are home by 5. There IS a cap of +6 classes per week (giving a maximum of 28 classes).
In a hakwon (remember - it is a business) you will work anywhere from 30-60 CLASSES per week (120 CLASSROOM HOURS) per month.
Be VERY careful when looking at a hakwon. ASK how many classes you will be expected to teach each day, week and month.
As an example, I was just offered a position in a hakwon in Ulsan that was pretty standard (120 teaching hours per month) until I asked the question about classes and received the answer, "Classes are 30 minutes each and you teach for 6 hours per day. Yes, you teach 12 classes per day (240 classes per month).
No thank you !
The usual after-school hakwon will ask you to teach 30 classes of 50 minutes per week.
Kindy hakwons can be worse if you are not careful - up to 45 classes of 40 minutes per week.
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