Hello,

I'm writing to blacklist a hagwon that I just finished a contract with. The school is a privately-owned "branch" of Poly School, located in Bucheon, South Korea. There are numerous problems with this school.

There are a host of problems with this school. The pay is not always on-time; some months, teachers have been asked to wait an extra week for their paycheck. The Poly School organization itself in the middle of a class action lawsuit about an illegal division of payment on their contracts, and they have changed their contracts, but the Bucheon branch continues to use these contracts, since they aren't part of the actual Poly organization. On top of all this, the director has fired three good teachers within one month of their contract ending to avoid paying their severance and plane fare home. Those who make it to the end unscathed are those who have the ability to kiss her you-know-what without it hurting their pride. She has terrible people skills, frequently yelling in the literal face of her staff, when she is frustrated (which is often), sometimes even yelling in Korean. What else...? She takes out more for the apartment deposit than is in the contract. Also, the contract promises prep time for classes, but teachers are so bogged down with NON-contractual grading that the Korean staff is supposed to do that many classes end up being taught on the fly. Resources are virtually non-existent. All in all, this is not a professional school by any means and it discredits the Poly reputation, which throughout Seoul, is good on the whole. Salaries are at least 600,000 won/month lower than other Poly Schools offer, so my recommendation is: if you're going to work for Poly school, find one in Seoul and don't come to Bucheon.