Experience really depends on school - Anonymous employee Gepik Employee Review

Great country to work in, co-teachers to share classroom management with

It can be difficult to co-teach with some co-teachers

Free housing If you are American full refund of pension Free flight to and from Korea and a free flight home with each contract renewal (this may have changed with the budget cuts) Co-teachers can be a plus depending on the teacher- I created Team Teaching Procedures to make class time more effective Much better opportunity to learn about Korean culture and society compared to working at a hagwon Great opportunity to become friends with Korean teachers. Higher compensation than EPIK Closer to Seoul than EPIK

GEPIK trainings were not as beneficial as EPIK trainings (lower quality of presenters and topics weren't as helpful/innovative). My recruiters knew this and therefore my first training in Korea was from EPIK in my first week in Korea. Where as GEPIK trains you after you have already started teaching for a couple months, which makes no sense to me. GEPIK is understaffed and isn't as helpful to help teachers in case of difficult situations. I was advised to do everything the "Korean way" Your job isn't stable; Budget cuts are a realistic and unexpected occurrence.