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[pidgin]

Sorry if it's been asked many times over, but what's your rate for overtime classes? What's the average O.T. per hour for a haggie?

[denverdeath]

The last place I worked at, I was paid my regular hourly rate when I had to do overtime. My current contract says that an amount will be reached by "mutual agreement," but I can't see any OT happening where I'm working. What does your contract state and/or what is it worth to you? If you're working 120 hours and are getting 2mil, your hourly rate would be ~16,700. I think you should be getting at least that much if you are required to do OT.

[pidgin]

Haven't signed a contract yet. Just making comparisons of 2 offers. Both salaries are at 2.0. One offer states O.T. at 17,000 per class. (seems reasonable compared with your info.) The other offer (get this) states O.T. per hour at 30,000 won per hour!! Same basic salary. Are they just yanking my chain!? Everything else in the offer seems standard. I've already requested a copy of the contract, but thus far only have this email offer to stare at and wonder about.

[denverdeath]

No, they may not be yanking your chain. I've seen all kinds of different rates. I've seen a university that offers as low as 7,000 for "overtime" for certain classes, while offering 30,000 for other classes at the same school, but at the hakwon of the university. Depends on the place and the contract. Just because they offer 30,000 doesn't mean it'll always be available to you. You also may not want to do overtime. Unless you're a machine, you'll find that you won't want to do much more than 30 hours per week, at least not for many months unless you really want the money. I think there are other things more important than the overtime rate such as good housing, good co-workers, good schedule, good management, and benefits(severance, health, pension). What about if you don't want to do overtime but they force you to do it? If you've talked with teachers at both places and both of the contracts are basically the same, I guess I'd go with the 30,000OT one as well.

[pidgin]

Good, strong points, and I'm not really considering it JUST for the O.T. I'm pretty much a lazy bazterd after 30 hours of stand-up. But it's nice to have the option.
Thanks for the input.

[joe_doufu]

A lot of contracts are in the 15000-20000 range. I get 20,000 but I have negotiated more in special cases (e.g. a 7am class)