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petitshallot
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
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 Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 7:48 pm Post subject: WONDERLAND Sangin stn/Dalseo/Daegu |
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Hi, I'm digging for info for a friend.
Please respond if you have experience of this particular branch of Wonderland:
Starting Date : 2010-8-25
Location : Sangin stn/Dalseo/Daegu
Working Hours : 9:15am-6:45pm
Monthly Salary : 2.0-2.5
Class Size : 10
School Type : Private School
Teaching Target : Kinder Elementary
Housing : Single
Vacation : 9-10days
# Of Foreign teacher : 5
Thanks very much for your input! |
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djz
Joined: 17 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't work for Wonderland. Probably the only thing that everyone on this board agrees about. |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| djz wrote: |
| Don't work for Wonderland. Probably the only thing that everyone on this board agrees about. |
I don't agree.  |
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petitshallot
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Is this a consensus about the whole franchise? I find it difficult to believe that they are all bad, surely it varies ... Sangin/Daegu branch in particular anybody...? |
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wesharris
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Bad chain, bad rep, and teachers treated badly. |
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frankhenry
Joined: 13 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:15 am Post subject: |
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| petitshallot wrote: |
| Is this a consensus about the whole franchise? I find it difficult to believe that they are all bad, surely it varies ... Sangin/Daegu branch in particular anybody...? |
I talked to a teacher who worked there a few months back.
Basically:
Was fired in the 11 month. Yes, in the 11th month. I don't know if the teacher pursued this firing with the labor board.
Was still owed about 4 million won.
I think I recall the teacher saying the vacation days were never received. I'm not sure about this one.
The teacher also stated other issues, I just don't remember them all. |
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Von Ludwig
Joined: 01 Sep 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| I walk past it on the way to work...place gives me the heebie jeebies! |
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TheChingu
Joined: 08 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:46 am Post subject: |
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check out EFL-Law.com
Despite people badmouthing the site its pretty useful. It explains some of the scams that schools (especially hagwons) try to pull and you may be able to avoid some of them. Being fired in the 11th month is pretty much the most rotten one, they fire you so they dont have to pay your return airfare or severance pay, saving them a few million won.
Just make sure to review the contract or better yet post it here or forward to a friend who can look it over for you. Contracts in Korea have been described as loose agreements rather than binding legal documents, but its best to have everything in writing the way you want it before you fly out to work for a hagwon.
If you are a new teacher your 2.0-2.5 salary will almost never be above 2.0.
Hagwons are a business, not a school. |
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caesar
Joined: 12 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:26 am Post subject: |
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From personal experience, I wouldn't recommend a teaching job at Wonderland to anybody. I worked for the Pohang branch, and they mentally and emotionally harrassed all of us teachers, made us work longer hours without pay, took extra money from our paychecks, and withheld money from certain employees.
When I was looking for a job, I too didn't find anything specifically bad about my branch, so I thought it would be fine. After working in the hell that it was, I can honestly say with good confidence that I would not recommend working at ANY Wonderland branch to anyone.
There are much better jobs out there that pay better and treat their teachers like human beings. I would err on the side of caution and find a different job.
Good luck to you! |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| caesar wrote: |
| From personal experience, I wouldn't recommend a teaching job at Wonderland to anybody. I worked for the Pohang branch, ... |
So you're basing your recommendation to not work at an entire chain of of almost 100 schools based on your experience at ONE of them? Good logic. |
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tophatcat
Joined: 09 Aug 2006
Location: under the hat
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| Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| kprrok wrote: |
| caesar wrote: |
| From personal experience, I wouldn't recommend a teaching job at Wonderland to anybody. I worked for the Pohang branch, ... |
So you're basing your recommendation to not work at an entire chain of of almost 100 schools based on your experience at ONE of them? Good logic. |
Are you happy with your experience at Wonderland? |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| kprrok wrote: |
| caesar wrote: |
| From personal experience, I wouldn't recommend a teaching job at Wonderland to anybody. I worked for the Pohang branch, ... |
So you're basing your recommendation to not work at an entire chain of of almost 100 schools based on your experience at ONE of them? Good logic. |
I'm sure that there is probably at least ONE good Wonderland out there (maybe, it's possible). I've met dozens of people who have worked for Wonderland schools and none of them had anything good to say about their schools, but there's always the exception to the rule. (Although, if there aren't any good Wonderlands, it wouldn't surprise me.) |
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crazyjames1233
Joined: 20 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| i work at a wonderland in Daegu and i dont have any significant complaints. it all depends on the owner. from my experience and talking to other teachers at one nearby its not bad at all for your first year. just make sure they talk to one of the current teachers there, they are the most unbiased source of information about that particular school |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| TheChingu wrote: |
check out EFL-Law.com
Despite people badmouthing the site its pretty useful. |
Who is badmouthing them and why? |
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hryoung08
Joined: 06 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:48 pm Post subject: Icheon? |
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So I have a contract offer from Wonderland in Icheon, it doesn't look to promising but if anyone cares to look, it's posted under the sticky of contracts.
After reading all this, I'm a little, nay, a big worried about this job opening.
Heather |
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