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ausloretta
Joined: 04 Dec 2005
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 Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:37 pm Post subject: YBM - English Village |
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Sorry i cant find anything through the search engine and I am sure this has been asked about before...
has anyone had experience working at English Village?
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SOOHWA101
Joined: 04 Mar 2006
Location: Makin moves...trying to find 24pyung
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UncleAlex
Joined: 04 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject: YBM English Village? |
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The YBM Seoul English Village was looking for teachers a month ago, but I
rejected the ad. If I recall, the workdays are too long, Saturday classes are
occasionally required, and the accommodation could be a dormitory with a
shared communal bathroom. I doubt anyone could find this job offer attractive.  |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey Alex...are ya back in Korea now? |
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Milwaukiedave
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Location: Goseong
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rmparent
Joined: 11 Dec 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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SOOHWA101-That's the wrong English Village. The YBM English Village is the one run by the Seoul City Government. I think this is the correct link: http://hiteacher.com/index.php?post_id=4032
Not bad considering you don't have to pay utilities, get three free meals a day, and work only 96 hours. A friend of a friend who work in Paju said he works 140 hours a month!! |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:24 am Post subject: Re: YBM English Village? |
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| UncleAlex wrote: |
The YBM Seoul English Village was looking for teachers a month ago, but I
rejected the ad. If I recall, the workdays are too long, Saturday classes are
occasionally required, and the accommodation could be a dormitory with a
shared communal bathroom. I doubt anyone could find this job offer attractive. |
Yeah, who could stand to live like this? College is over and I don't need a dorm and also I heard there is a 1AM curfew even on a Friday and Saturday night for your guests. The teachers, managers and kids all stay at the village. Can you say no privacy? A communal bathroom is disgusting!!! |
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simon77047
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject: way back when... |
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| YBM had a bad reputation. Sorry to hear it still does. How they stay in business is a wonder for sure. |
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fortysixyou
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| A friend of a friend who work in Paju said he works 140 hours a month!! |
Is this a lot? At my current construction job I work 180 hours a month. Isn't 40 hours/week the standard?
If you're getting paid 31,200,000 KRW a year to do something, you should expect to do it for at least 140 a month. Right?
Just sayin'. |
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pgplummer
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| fortysixyou wrote: |
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| A friend of a friend who work in Paju said he works 140 hours a month!! |
Is this a lot? At my current construction job I work 180 hours a month. Isn't 40 hours/week the standard?
If you're getting paid 31,200,000 KRW a year to do something, you should expect to do it for at least 140 a month. Right?
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Welcome to Korea! If you really work any more than 100 hours in a month then you are not making enough money or enjoying your time. Back home the regular amount of hours is 40 -50 per week to make ends meet. In Korea should ALWAYS be less then 30 per week. Cost of living is very cheap here and you will have plenty of money to spare and ship home or save. Remember , you are only paid on teaching hours not working hours. You are generally required to work hours preparing that you are not paid for. Main things in your contract to ensure is less then 120 hours per month, over 20,000 won per class overtime, private non shared apartment with no shared facilities and no curfews.NO WEEKENDS and NO SPLIT SHIFTS. Other things are important also but these are the main things. ALso make sure taxing is correct, pension contribution is right and make sure that medical is register with the proper insurance. Make sure everything in the contract is clear and precise with no room for judgement on either end.
GOOD LUCK |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| fortysixyou wrote: |
Is this a lot? At my current construction job I work 180 hours a month. Isn't 40 hours/week the standard?
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I would suppose it depends on the industry. Most teachers here do not work that amount and the few that do are either lucky and raking in the big bucks, or duped by their school.
Teaching is a demanding job (unless you just sit in class and read the paper) and even teachers back home do not have 40 instruction hours per week. |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Busan
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Since I liked the Village concept, I almost signed with YBM. However, after further investigation, I found a few deceiving lines in the contract.
First, like many prospective teachers, I found the 96 hours as an enticing deal because I equated one hour with one class. However, 96 hours is not calculated as 1 hour = 1 class but .75 hour (45 minute class) = 1 class. So, Village teachers are actually teaching more than 130 45 minute classes per month.
Second, teachers are not protected by there contract against arbitrary and excessive overtime. There are no clauses in the contract that guarantees a teacher the right to turn down overtime. I asked for a protective clause but the company refused to include in the contract.
Lastly, free meals are offered by the village. But, many new teachers do not take into account that food in Korea is cheap. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:11 am Post subject: |
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| Lastly, free meals are offered by the village. But, many new teachers do not take into account that food in Korea is cheap. |
And also that three meals a day of K cafeteria slop would drive anyone insane....shudder! Imagine eating rice, kimchee, grass clippings, seaweed soup and some sort of squid-crap for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week.  |
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