S to T
Saha Kids Club
Pusan
A complaint about the kids being stressful! So probably a true report saying "apartment nice" and "paid on time". 7/00
Sang A Top
Ulsan
Bangojin One negative report of no overtime pay and other matters. See the attached letter. 6/01
Sangrok Foreign Language School Young-ju city
One person complaining that they had to live with the boss. Also that they lied and wouldn't give a release letter. Thats bad and I feel sorry for this person but as you should know, substandard housing, lying and not getting release letters is normal in Korea. This is a warning. Also theres some complaint about the teachers office having glass walls so everyone could see them. Now thats truely pathetic. Where do they find these people? Why do they go to Korea? Don't they do any research beforehand? Do they expect to be constantly pampered? Is there any complaints about being cheated on pay? NO. Were there any contractual breaches apart from not getting your own apartment? NO. Was management or the co-workers less than friendly? Not that was mentioned. In other words it okay by Korean standards. If it sounds like a rough deal to you then you would probably be better off not going to Korea. See the link to read this sorry tale. 3/02
Yang Sun City 30 minutes out of Pusan
Sejong
Seo-boo Language Institute
Ansan (outside of Seoul)
Seijong Foreign Language School
Seoul
Sejong Language Institute
Seoul
Apkujong
One report of not being paid but no details. 7/00
Sejong University
Seoul
Seattle Language Academy
One report in mid 2000 of not being paid over a million won.
Pochun
One unhappy trooper. 11/00
Shane Schools
Suseong gu
Shimbon Mrs Park Kuso Dong
One report telling of lying and of airfare not being  paid. 7/00
Pusan
Shin Sae Kye (SSK) One report of serious lying and contract breaches including monies owed and over-time not paid. 7/00
Chinch'oen
Ch'ungbuk-do
Silla University
One report of serious lying and contract breaches including unpaid severance and airfare. See the attached letter. 7/01
Sinhankuk
Seoul
Chongno gu
Sisa Foreign Language Insitute
In General
Changwon City A couple of reports of lying and cheating on things like  pay (see attached letters). 10/00
Kangnung
Sokcho
A report of lying and irregular pay. 7/00 Another unhappy trooper but no details. 4/01
One complaint but few details. 5/01
Kyung ju
Kwanchul dong
Seoul
Ulsan
Apparently they take out 500000 per month for four months just in case you run off or something. Sounds like they're stacking everything in their favour. If they still do this you can do better. 12/00
Youngju
Sisa Foreign Language Insitute (apparently this is not the real Sisa)
Koyang City, Kyonggi Do
One report of serious amounts of unpaid overtime and other complaints. See the attached letter. 7/01
In General
They have 17 branches in total. 9/00
SLP (Sogang University Language Program)
Chuyub 2-dong, llsan gu, Koyang city
llsan
Inchon
Sangok dong, Pupyong gu One report back from Jan 99 about nobody being paid for significant amounts of overtime. This seems to have been a common complaint back in those days.
Nam Pundang
Mr Choi (owner), Joy (director)
Several negative reports. One report (click on Pudang to read the details) of the director hiring a detective to follow teachers and see if they were doing privates! Also that all the rooms have security cameras and that they seem to have a rather high staff turnover and took out 500000 at the very end of the contract for taking 2-3 sick days despite the contract giving 5. 7/00
Seoul Nowon gu
One report that they fired a new girl because she was overweight. This sort of thing is common in Korea. However even in the West I read a study recently that found that overweight women had a net worth 40% less than slimmer women. 12/00
Mok dong
Kangnam
One unhappy trooper. See the attached letter. 7/01
One negative report of high staff turnover and other problems. See the attached letter. 7/01
Kangdong
Seocho dong, Seocho gu
Taegu
This one seems to have a good reputation. 9/00
Taejon Mannyon Dong
Seo-Gu
Soloman Christian School
Pusan
Seoul
Somang Language Institute
Ansan One report of unpaid monies and other troubles. 4/01
They have several branches, all fairly new to Korea, the two Pusan ones opened in 2001. They are an international christian school with an "American" curriculum franchised from the States. If you get sick of just teaching English and want to teach other subjects as well you could check them out.
SOT (School Of Tomorrow)
In General
Donghae, Kangwondo
One negative report. See the attached letter. 10/01
One negative report of troubles getting paid, threats, harrassment and so on. See the attached letter. 10/01
Pusan
Alock-dong
Apparently this place is fine. 10/01
Hadan
Their contract has a couple of dudious provisions including refusing to grant release letters so you can't transfer if you're not happy.  Still at least they're open about it I guess since probably most schools refuse to freely give it anyway.One report with several complaints including being fired with something like 24 hours notice. Another report of serious problems with management but they didn't say which branch. 11/00
Seoul
Spiel Gabe Co ltd
One complaint about pay and other matters. See the attached letter. 7/01
Pusan
Sung Gyon Gwan Institute, Pusan
Mandok, near Dongnae
Nice people but... see the attached letter. 7/00
Sung Moon Hagwon
Changwon
Sunshine English
Masan
SungSim College
Pansong Dong
Busan One all too typical observation that they're just in it for the money and don't care about education. I would say if this bothers you then you might be better staying at home. There will always be things to complain about in Asia if you want. See the attached note. 7/01
This company places for apartment classes. A couple of reports of not getting paid. 7/00
Sun Ja Byung Bub
Taegu Catholic University
Taegu
Taejon National  University Of Education
Taejon Dukmyung Dong
TLS or Trinity Language School
Pusan
Kaegum or Gaegum
A couple of negative reports of things like lying, unpaid severence and airfare. Another report of a serious nature including lies, cheating, threats and actual assault. Ever wonder where the term "hagwan from hell" comes from? 7/00
Top (Junior)  School/English Club
Kongju
Kwangju
Pusan
Pyongtaek
Somebody called Ricky Jung recruits for this branch but apparently it doesn't even exist. A bit of a mystery. 4/01
Taegu
Ulsan
Seabu Dong, Dong gu (Sang Ah Top School)
21st Century Foreign Language Institute
Suwon