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Jotun_Symph
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
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 Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:37 pm Post subject: YBM Premier Jongno? |
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| I have taken a job with YBM Premier one-on-one in Jongno. Has anybody ever worked at this branch or a similar one? If so, could you share some of your experiences, positive and negative? I know the split shift hours are brutal, and I've gotten past that. I am mainly excited about teaching adults one-on-one. It seems the better choice for me than teaching screaming hagwon tots for another year. |
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OHIO
Joined: 16 Aug 2011
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Never worked for them, but I've never heard anything good about YBM either. If you teach adults, it's the dreaded split schedule. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Can't comment about Premier, but one-on-one with adults is a huge crapshoot. Fantastic if you have a great (or hot) student, absolute nightmare if you have a 40-year-old virgin with grammar fever or uni freshman who can barely manage to speak. |
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chillout121
Joined: 26 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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It's worse than a split shift because you have to be available to work the whole friggin' day - from 7am to 10pm!
You don't even have the "luxury" of having the middle of the day free to chill out, or do whatever you might want to do. You're always on call just like a true English ho.
I've known a few people who've worked there but they couldn't handle the hours and quit a few months in. |
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coetivy89
Joined: 07 May 2011
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| I had my heart set on working for YBM at one point. I got a contract offer from a great location, but there's really better work out there. From everything that I've learned since coming to Korea, YBM employees work more hours than most other hagwon employees and in a lot of instances get paid a lot less. |
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Jotun_Symph
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:57 am Post subject: |
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| chillout121 wrote: |
It's worse than a split shift because you have to be available to work the whole friggin' day - from 7am to 10pm!
You don't even have the "luxury" of having the middle of the day free to chill out, or do whatever you might want to do. You're always on call just like a true English ho.
I've known a few people who've worked there but they couldn't handle the hours and quit a few months in. |
Yes I hear the hours are the worst part, especially since you have to wear dress clothes. Hopefully in between classes I can take some Korean language classes and work on my golf swing at a driving range. The class size was the deal breaker for me; I've had one-on-one classes before and I can say that I actualy enjoyed them. |
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Vix
Joined: 18 Jun 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| There are so many YBM's on esllist.com. Why not check if yours is there and get an honest insight? |
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Jotun_Symph
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Vix wrote: |
| There are so many YBM's on esllist.com. Why not check if yours is there and get an honest insight? |
Thanks for the tip, but my school is not on that website. |
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AngelSky
Joined: 30 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Hey Jotun_Symph!
I've been called for a interview with YBM Jongno, and was wondering how your experience there has been so far?
Any insight would be great! Hopefully, those split shifts haven't been a killer for you. |
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sing81
Joined: 09 Apr 2011
Location: USA
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Zyzyfer wrote: |
| Fantastic if you have a great (or hot) student, absolute nightmare if you have a 40-year-old virgin with grammar fever or uni freshman who can barely manage to speak. |
I guess that's why there are so many Korean women with socially awkward ESL teachers, whose face looks only slightly better than the dude from The Mask, but the woman looks like she could be a face model. In the states these dudes could never get girlfriends. Originally, I thought these women were prostitutes, but teaching English doesn't pay that well. One of my sister's friends told me they were desperate for American passports. Perhaps this is true. Maybe it's low self esteem. There is some strange reason for this. I was weirded out to find there is a higher ratio of men to women in Korea. Is living in Korea for Koreans that bad?
For the OP, if the job description doesn't bother you, take the job for the pay and the teaching experience. Whether you are teaching adults or children, both have their ups and downs. One on one can be a good experience because teachers can make a lot of money doing that almost anywhere in the ESL world. |
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stickfigure
Joined: 06 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hi!
I see you've been working for this school for a few months now - I was just searching for some info on this school as I'm considering the adult teaching life in Seoul. Care to share your experiences so far?
It would be really helpful! |
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