Korean Job Discussion Forums

cruisemonkey · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject: I Could Retire!

Check out the Korean Job Board -
http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/korea/index.cgi?read=17281
Work 5 hrs. a week for a year and retire!

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

"(From 1:00 ~6:00) / 2.0M-2.5M won per hour!"
Shocked

Now, that is a quote.

http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/korea/index.cgi?read=17281

ubum · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Location: Gwangju

typo or bs, one or the other

guangho · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject:

Well I applied. After all, Korean employers never lie, right?

ubum · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Location: Gwangju

I applied too, I just didn��t want any other competition.

guangho · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:43 am Post subject:

Ahhh hopes for an easy life are dashed again. The salary is only 35,000 per hour. I told the lady that I wouldn't pass gas for less than 2 mil. You gotta have your standards.

But if anyone is interested, the gig is still open. Her first question: "Are you American?"

ontheway · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:03 am Post subject:

I looked at the ad. Remember this is Korea. They surely just meant 2.5 �� per hour. They used the M for man won. (10,000 Won). The Korean counting system is based on 10,000 instead of 1,000 as it is in English. We count 1 thousand , 2 thousand up to 999,999. Then we change to counting millions. Koreans count 1 ten thousand, 2 ten thousand up to �� which is 100,000,000. It's one of the things that makes my English language math and science classes interesting!