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[Gollum]

So I've been searching to work at a Summer Camp, and thought I had a great deal. Got it all approved by my boss, etc., and was talking about getting the addition to my E-2 from immigration, which they said they would do for me.

However, as I was discussing more in-depth details about the job, I noticed the director of the summer camp quickly mentioned under her breath something about working Saturdays too!

So they're expecting to find teachers for 2 million won working 6 days a week from 9:30 to 4:30pm. I was about to sign, and was lucky I was paying attention when she spit this out.

The thing that angers me is that this was passed to me by a recruiter whose ad said the hours were Monday thru Friday 9:30 to 4:30.

Needless to say, I'm a little ticked. I told them they'd have to pay me 3.0 million won for the month of work, and to call me today around noon if they decide. They haven't called. I also told them they should make sure the ad mentions Saturdays, but told her that to be honest, she probably wouldn't get any calls for such a poor offer. She agreed as if she already knew that... hmm...

Someone is a lying bastard.

I called the recruiter to complain (Ft. Union) and they said that the ad was originally posted by a "friend", and that they were just helping the friend out. I actually believe this to be true (I got bounced around on the phone a few times), and don't exactly hold them responsible, but I'm still upset about it.

[chronicpride]

[Gollum]

Maybe so.

Ft. Union did agree with my telling the manager of the camp that I expect at least 3 million, though. The said that the minimum for such hours at a camp is about 2.8 million won.

I think the recruiter just got caught up in someone else's mistake here, but Still, I got the sneaky feeling that this camp has been having difficulty finding people for such low pay, and that they weren't being very forthcoming because of it.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

I am doing a camp right now. The camp hasn't attracted many students, so they are thinking of cancelling it right now and only paying me for what I have done so far. I doubt this will happen, but it just shows to go ya. We need real jobs.....