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[naturegirl321]

I JUST received a phone call from them after going through the three phone interviews, a lot of failed attempts at MSN interviews, one demo lesson at my kitchen table with no students and not hearing from them in over a month.

They offered me the job at Suwon campus. yea! I'm dancing for joy (Hope the fact that my MA degree is somewhere in redtape heaven in Spain won't disqualify me)

I have already signed a good faith agreement with a unigwon, BUT haven't signed a contract, because I have yet to receive the contract and it's been a couple of weeks since the good faith thingy. So does that mean I could accept another job?

Anyone have any idea about the pay, conditions, housing, vacation, etc at SKKU?

Thanks so much

[Chaucer]

Not sure this year but last they offered me 2.5, 300,000 for housing, 16 hours a week, at their Hyehwa campus. Not a great deal, not terrible.

[hajima 99]

That's great news Naturegirl! Only heard good things about that position. Good work environment, and really strong reputation (top 5) so your students should be very bright (side note: they're Samsung's official affiliate university in Korea, so they recieve a ton of funding from them. If it's good enough for Samsung... )

This year, I heard the base salary is 2.835/month for 15 hours BUT they provide an additional "special allowance" equal to one-month's pay at the completion of your year (Most universities don't provide this. "Severance pay" as you may know is typically provided in hagwon and PS contracts).

So do the math, and that essentially translates to over 3.0 million + lots of opportunities for on-campus overtime I've heard.

Housing not included, but I believe that Suwon has their own rooms nearby, so you wouldn't have to worry about key money at least. Someone else would have to confirm that though.

Vacation- think you get full vacation (ie. approx 4 to 5 months a year), with the option, but maybe a "hope" that you will at least elect to work one of the 5 week camps in either the summer or winter break. Hope that helps.

[naturegirl321]

[Konglishman]

[Profesora]

Naturegirl...are they offering airfare too? Housing allowance? Sounds like a great position if all that is included too.

[Konglishman]

[hajima 99]

[KoreanAmbition]

I believe the original job ad stated the overtime rates as follows:

-15,000 or 18,000 won per hour for credit classes
-28,000 won per hour for non-credit classes at the institutes

*Note, the overtime is mandatory apparently, and non-credit classes are at something like 8am and 6pm. (If I recall)


I can also provide some information that I learned from talking to the hiring professor a number of times:

When I was talking to the professor in charge of hiring about the job, she said my salary would be around 3.1 million for the 15 hours. So I asked them about the idea of a MINIMUM of 15 hours and how OT worked... and upon really prying for info, they told me that, on average, most teachers work a total of 24 hours a week.

I figured that in the end the salary was worth about 4.0 million per month if I was doing the non-credit type of OT. Of course, that's only for the 7 months that I would have been teaching...can't count it on vacation.

The above information was for me working at the Seoul campus because that fit my major. I'm not sure if the Suwon campus workers are logging the same number of hours or not.

Vacation was going to be 5 months (20 or 22 weeks) and I was told there was something about having to work a camp at some point. If I recall properly, it was mandatory.

Also, they told me what I would be teaching...first semester would be writing classes, and second semester would be presentation classes.

The good thing about the Suwon campus is that the housing will be cheaper than in Seoul.

I think the job is better for you in the long-run than the other job you turn down.

[hajima 99]

[KoreanAmbition]

Hajima,

If those numbers aren't accurate, that's one thing. However, I'm not confused about the job. If those numbers weren't in the job ad, then I can 100% guarantee that is what I was told.

I spoke to them several times... I turned down the interview.

Also, I never said that the salary of 3.1 was posted... I said that was the salary they told me I would be offered.


Can you verify my comments about the average teacher working 24 hours with their OT each week?

I assume you don't work there, so they might have changed the OT payments. However, I confirmed everything I was told, and those numbers were the main reason I declined the interview. I've searched for the job ads online, but unfortunately they've all been taken down.

[hajima 99]

[hajima 99]

[KoreanAmbition]

Hajima,

For Naturegirl's sake, I also hope I'm wrong. At the same time, I'm going to be disappointed if that's the case. And I'll be more disappointed that the information was given wrong when an applicant was calling about job information.


Also, I've actually seen a number of ads include the overtime rate.

[hajima 99]