Hello, I have a schedule interview next week for DUX Pyeongchon in Anyang and was wondering if anyone has any insight on the school. I know they are supposedly a franchise and each location varies, but I’d really appreciate hearing anything I can about this specific school! Thank you in advance!
STAY FAR AWAY. Francis Parker Wirye literally tried to scam me into working for free. They (recruiter) did a total bait-and-switch on the school location and offered absolute bottom-tier pay, completely ignoring my Master's degree.
On top of that, they rigged the schedule with up to 7.5 hours of daily teaching plus "prep" time so it would structurally eat up my lunch break for zero pay. They also mandated unpaid weekend work, forced 4 days of unpaid training before the contract even officially begins, and wanted to take 50k out of my check every month for a housing deposit.
I have said it over and over again: being a teacher in Korea is the only job that expects you to do your work flawlessly while being expected to deal with someone who is always thwarting you, abusing you, sexually assaulting you, and insulting you while you are executing your duties and unable to do anything about any of it.
Ever do an office job with a literal monkey on your back when you're trying to fulfill tasks? Hell, I'd take that over teaching in Korea.
This all comes down to shitty discipline from parents, and the idea that their precious baby can do no wrong (even when they clearly do) and suggesting otherwise could affect their future prospects (btw, a big 🖕 to Oh Eun-young, may you fall into disgrace and your name become a curse because of this cultural cancer you fostered and grown rich off of).
Teachers are expected to grin and bear it, take the abuse, don't complain, keep your head down, and if you don't like it, there's always suicide (that might sound harsh, but this is happening more and more). Your school will not help you. The government will not help you. The parents look down on you and despise you (just like the old yangban did to the slave masses back during the Joseon dynasty–a mindset that has never left). The only succor you'll get maybe is through your country's embassy who will hopefully warn future travelers away from taking jobs in this hellish industry.
I may have a bottle of Kelly and a couple shots of 84-proof soju in me now, but this is the most sobering reality you will ever hear from a decade-and-a-half veteran about the true nature of this industry.
Hi!
Just wanted to know how these companies fair overall?
Or are they very location based in feedback.
Not me, but it’s in a lot of other groups. Absolutely horrible to think this happened. Receipts are in the blacklist Facebook group