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drizzt048
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 Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: Has anyone heard of Princeton Language Academy? |
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| I have an interview with this school tomorrow and was wondering if anyone knows how it is. I searched the site, but couldn't find much information. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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Oooh! Ivy League hagwon.  |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you mean the Princeton Review SAT prep place? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: Has anyone heard of Princeton Language Academy? |
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| drizzt048 wrote: |
| I have an interview with this school tomorrow and was wondering if anyone knows how it is. I searched the site, but couldn't find much information. |
It is just another run of the mill hakwon.
The usual caveats apply.
IF you still decide to to with the hakwon...
Then, talk to MORE THAN ONE of the foreign staff and ask POINTED AND SPECIFIC QUESTIONS (*when the boss is NOT listening over their shoulder).
No foreign staff references to talk to = walk away now. Accept NO EXCUSES for any reason.
The hard questions to ask AND get acceptable answers to ARE:
-What are the hours? (start time / stop time / breaks).
-How many classes per day, week, month? NOT hour many hours per month. 30 classroom hours can mean anything from 1350 -1800 minutes per week standing in front of the class. The difference can be up to 7.5 HOURS in front of the class EACH WEEK.
-Do they ALWAYS pay on time?
-Do they pay at the end of your month or do they have a hold back period (5-10 days after your month end) to prevent runners? (no=red flag 1)
-Do they really pay overtime or avoid it with creative book keeping?
-Do you get credit for classes on the national holidays or do you get the day off but still have to work your 120 hours before you get overtime? (no=red flag 2)
-Do they have national medical (with the little booklet)? (no=red flag 3)
-Do they pay into pension? (no=red flag 4)
-What about the holidays? 10 or more WORKING days? (legal requirement here) (no=red flag 5)
-When and how do you get your holidays?
-What extra stuff do you really have to do - mentioned or not in the contract.
-Then consider the quality of life issues - things that are important to you that aren't mentioned here (housing, furnishings, THE BATHROOM, access to recreational facilities, shopping, banking).
Do they take additional deposits in addition to the delay in payday? (yes=red flag 6)
I would also like to mention for comparason:
My co-worker who is a green as grass, fresh of the boat newbie gets a base salary of 2.1 mil per month for 22 classes of 40 minutes each.
She gets 20k won for each 40 minute class over 22 per week and works from 8:30-4:30 each day. She usually averages 26 classes per week and her salary works out to about 2.5 mil per month.
She also gets (as required by law and ignored by most hakwons) NHIC medical, pension, severance, non-shared housing, airfare and 4 weeks annual PAID vacation.
Do NOT be in a rush to sign anything. There is NO rush or urgency in spite of what your recruiter may tell you.
Take your time. The job (or more likely a better one) will still be there next week and probably next month too.
There are 30,000 openings in Korea each year and only about 25,000 applicants to fill those jobs each year. |
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drizzt048
Joined: 03 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Saxiif wrote: |
| Do you mean the Princeton Review SAT prep place? |
No, it's a hagwon teaching elementary school children.
ttompatz thanks for yor post. Where do you work that offers 4 weeks vacation? Even the public schools I've looked at only offer 2 weeks or so. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| drizzt048 wrote: |
| Saxiif wrote: |
| Do you mean the Princeton Review SAT prep place? |
No, it's a hagwon teaching elementary school children.
ttompatz thanks for yor post. Where do you work that offers 4 weeks vacation? Even the public schools I've looked at only offer 2 weeks or so. |
GEPIK offers 14 WORKING days and if you are at a rural school add 5 more.
19 WORKING days is 1 day short of 4 calendar weeks. Bank 8 overtime classes and you have 4 calendar weeks.
SMOE/ETIS is now offering 21 WORKING days - 4 calendar weeks + 1 day.
Time to look closely at the fine print in those contracts. |
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