A Word About Blacklists or Other Sites

One unfortunate thing is that a teacher could post on some site today warning people to never work for a certain hagwon. For example one could write "Never work for Fun Fun Kids Language Institute in Su Mi, Korea (names not real of course)" Readers could take note. More readers would visit the site and see this post over time. And then a year later the hagwon name could be changed. The owner could change. The manager could change. And they could advertise for teachers with their new name. Those who read the post wouldn't realize it's the same place.

Also hagwons can change locations. That could confuse people. Owners, directors, managers, teachers and others can move. A hagwon could keep one name but change management changing it overnight from a good place to work to a bad one or vice versa.

YY is one place that has kept their name for a long time. The ownership I'm pretty sure has been the same since the start. The management and teachers change. Likely they have few of their original employees, possibly none.

Most new teachers in Korea don't know this. Hope this post was helpful.

Update

I'm still here. I love the new templates. I want the blog as comfortable to read and straightforward as possible. Again I welcome comments, I love that we can publish so easily, and I think all teachers in Korea should try blogging about their experiences. Blogging about your work situation can be helpful to others. I hope this blog has been helpful. I hope that hagwons or other workplaces for foreigners in Korea are aware of the ease of blogging one's experience and think carefully about how they treat foreigners.