Comments on: Go Teach in Korea: Canuck Magazine

By: kimchipig

kimchipig — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:14:30 +0000

No, Stacked, many restaurants in Alberta are paying such wages to keep their staff from working in construction or the oil patch.

By: Stacked

Stacked — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:48:24 +0000

$18 per hour? more like per shift or per day.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:11:18 +0000

…yeah, 2 million a month and they talk about getting ‘qualified teachers’. As you were saying, fast food restaurants pay as much as that in Canada now (heck, I read somewhere that they pay 16-18$ per hour in Calgary).

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:08:33 +0000

#12,

Either someone is misinformed or trying to pull a quick one on Canadians..

You should call and tell them you’ll take the job if you’re paid in Canadian currency. I bet they’ll be begging you to sign a ‘revised’ contract written in Korean only before they hand you your first pay.

By: kimchipig

kimchipig — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:18:00 +0000

With an exchange rate of W966 to a Canadian Peso, I don’t think there is going to be a huge influx any time soon.

Just as an aside, I looked at Dave’s ESL Cafe to see what salaries are for English entertainers. I found this:

-Salary of 2.0 million won and up / month - about $2,100-2500 US $2,200-2,600
CAN (depending on education and experience)

First of all, you can make that at Rotten Ronnies here. Second of all, does the poster think the Canadian peso is worth insignificantly less than the US dollar? I was making that kind of money in Korea eight years ago.

By: The_William_G

The_William_G — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:38:49 +0000

Guys it’s published from Edmonton.

A year in Myanmar would be an improvement for them.

By: WE

WE — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:12:54 +0000

#8,

That’s it, crucify me for mistakenly using the French spelling, tabarnak.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:10:32 +0000

I ignored the article and followed the link to their issue on sex.

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:27:27 +0000

Yup, i’ve been addicted heroines like Scarlet in _Gone With the Wind_ all my life long…

By: WE

WE — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:08:35 +0000

#6,
Laugh all you want, it’s not as if a considerable number of Americans aren’t addicted to crack, metamphetimine, or heroine, you know.