Jacket wrote:I'm working 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, show up ever second Saturday and because I'm a sucker I do that
to myself for 828 bucks a month...

Any suggestions?

9 times 5 is 45. That's 45 hours a week.
45 times 4 weeks, that's 180 hours a month.
828 bucks divided by 180 equals, OMG, you can't be serious.


I'd suggest you get a haircut and get a real job!

While my math skills aren't as good as UT's, it does sound like a bad gig (which you seem to already be aware of).

I can only assume the "9 hours a day" includes office hours, and not solely teaching hours?

Ok, evening hours.....

Off the top of my head, I would check out ELT. They have a branch a branch in Camko Center, which is pretty much Toul Kork area.

You can almost always get an hour from 5:30pm-6:30pm, called their "golden hour."

Pay can range from $12-15 for that one hour a day, Monday-Friday.

I would also be looking into landing a whole new gig and drop the current one completely.

Most shitty schools have negotiable wages too.

I think your story shows that it's still quite easy to land an English teaching job quickly, but takes more time to land a job you want to keep.

Remember to dress up as much as you can for interviews and ask for the director instead of just throwing your CV at the cutie at reception and bouncing.

I always thought the Tuesday/Thursday issues of the Cambodia Daily had some of the best current job offerings. They have to pay to advertise there and be organised to get the ad placed, so generally a good start as opposed to the places that let anyone post random jobs for free.

And definitely ask any teachers you come across if they know of any openings. The better positions usually fill faster, which shouldn't be a surprise.

Best of luck, and hopefully others can provide some more ideas here.

If those are contact hours it's a dreadful salary. I used to teach English but it was never for that low a rate, and I'm glad I got the hell out of that scene. Even PUC pays about twice that, they have a branch in TK.