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littlebowblogs
Joined: 19 Mar 2011
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 Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:33 pm Post subject: No Public Holidays? |
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After numerous other job offers with various hagwons I thought all my dreams were anwered when I found a very reputable sounding school. They really do sound amazing, excellent resources, lots of career development BUT and it is a big BUTT  I would have to work on public holidays, how normal is this? I would get a week's holiday but still.... |
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jcan
Joined: 08 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Without providing overtime, isn't that illegal? I've never heard of that. Sounds fishy. |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: No Public Holidays? |
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| littlebowblogs wrote: |
| After numerous other job offers with various hagwons I thought all my dreams were anwered when I found a very reputable sounding school. They really do sound amazing, excellent resources, lots of career development BUT and it is a big BUTT I would have to work on public holidays, how normal is this? I would get a week's holiday but still.... |
Work on public holidays and only one week holiday? Doesn't sound that great to me. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:18 am Post subject: |
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Not unheard of. It's up to you OP. You list some pros, do they outweigh the cons?
Flip side of this, slight thread derailment, how much would you be willing to sacrifice in wages for additional vacation time?
If a hagwon offered two weeks in winter AND two weeks in summer, how much less pay would you be willing to work for? How low a salary would you accept for two weeks in the winter AND a MONTH in the summer?
Curious is all....  |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| Let me take a guess. It's CDI? |
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movybuf
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
Location: Mokdong
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
| Let me take a guess. It's CDI? |
I was just about to ask the same thing. |
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littlebowblogs
Joined: 19 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Yes indeed it is a CDI, at the moment we have the choice between an iSponge in Jinhae, GnB English in Osan and a CDI in Ulsan. We were lucky enough to get offered three couple positions  they all have the same pay and hours so it is hard to know which one to pick. I am guessing we should forget about CDI...  |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| CDI will work you into the ground. No Mercy. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:47 am Post subject: Re: No Public Holidays? |
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| littlebowblogs wrote: |
| I would have to work on public holidays, |
Nothing at all wrong with working on public holidays, but if you do, they must:
a) give you day off later on in exchange for the holiday you had to work, OR
b) pay you overtime for working the holiday (and not "overtime" how the company calculates it, but actual overtime as specified by the LSA) Haven't checked in a while, maybe time and a half?
Unless they've changed things, CDI does neither. A labor complaint would be in order at that point. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:43 am Post subject: Re: No Public Holidays? |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| Unless they've changed things, CDI does neither. A labor complaint would be in order at that point. |
CDI is being sued over violations of labor laws, somebody posted a link here around a month ago |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:13 am Post subject: Re: No Public Holidays? |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
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| Unless they've changed things, CDI does neither. A labor complaint would be in order at that point. |
CDI is being sued over violations of labor laws, somebody posted a link here around a month ago |
Sure took them long enough to get the balls to do it.
From what I've seen of the suit's details, and what my ex-student at Labor says, CDI should lose. In a big way. |
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Gamecock
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| After numerous other job offers with various hagwons I thought all my dreams were anwered when I found a very reputable sounding school |
You really need to upgrade your dreams...  |
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littlebowblogs
Joined: 19 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| Dreams upgraded, check! Contract for iSponge Jinhae signed, check! Ridiculously excited about the big move, check! Thanks for the advice everyone I had not heard about the case against CDI. |
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