Oh I was actually asking @oneofdaroughs how long he’s been working at his uni, because of how he landed the job.
But anyway, I wish you the best @vanhoivanbinh. Let us know how it goes. @BiggusDickus might also be able to give you some advice.
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Yes, just started last fall. But my other co-workers have basically said exactly the same as what you said. They hunted for a long time in Taiwan to get where they got. But that said, I bounced around for years in my home country going from job to job. So, definitely felt like I was paying my dues.
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Lucky duck. Sounds like you deserved it though! 
This is the situation at my institution for professors who are 編制內. Actually, we have the option to apply for a 3 year extension after the first 5 years in case we feel we’re not ready to apply for promotion to associate at that time. But after those additional 3 are up, you have to get promoted or you’re out.
For those of you looking for a university job, Chang Gung University in Taoyuan county is looking for 2 full-time teachers. The applicant will need at least a Master’s degree, and 2 or more years college teaching experience. More details here:
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I like your meme, Rocket!
Here’s one more English teaching position, this one requiring a Ph.D.
https://fllcccu.ccu.edu.tw/index.php?option=module&lang=en&task=pageinfo&id=1065&index=1
It’s way out in Chiayi county. This video gives you a good look at the campus:
Here are two more university teaching positions, both jobs requiring a Ph.D.
Chihlee University of Technology (Banchiao area)
https://po100.chihlee.edu.tw/p/406-1006-83471,r6.php
National Tainan University (Tainan)
http://www.english.nutn.edu.tw/index.php?option=module&lang=cht&task=pageinfo&id=3648&index=1
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Here’s another full-time English teaching position at a university:
Ming Chi University of Technology (New Taipei City, Taishan area)
https://www.careerjet.com.tw/jobad/tw662e5ba4e3489eb36a7af68394365547
looking back at some old posts, it seems some unis offer really low salaries. One was like $47,000 a month for full time. I thought there was a national salary pay scale for university jobs in Taiwan. I think I saw this on the web once in Chinese, but can’t for the life of me find it again. anyone have a link?
I believe the starting range was right around $69,000 a month minimum for full time. Also, how could some unis pay less than this if it’s a national scale? I mean, if you work at a public school (elementary, middle, high), there is a national pay scale too and schools cannot pay less than that.
I think it depends whether it’s a public uni or a private uni. The base salary for my private uni is about 60k a month (but I get about 70 through committee assignments, extra hours, etc).
looking back at that old post, it was a public uni, offering $47,700 in Hualien, full time, back in 2013. I suppose private unis can pay whatever they feel like?
I really don’t know, to be honest. Just know what my private uni pays (which is not great…). I assume private institutions aren’t subject to national standards as much as public ones, but that’s just my speculation and not something I can speak about authoritatively.
Anything under 50k a month is crazy though. I don’t know what that’s about. Maybe there were some shenanigans at play there.
dug this up:
http://www.personnel.ntu.edu.tw/~persadm/english/form1.htm
there are two links in the middle for salary. it’s not that great. But if you’re part time you’re supposed to make at least $695 an hour for a day time class as a lecturer. I have heard of some unis offering only $600 for part time hourly classes.
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My uni pays sub $600 per hour for teaching that exceeds minimum weekly hours. Endless requests to improve this fall on deaf ears. 
In the public university system in Taiwan (i.e. at “national” universities"), there are two pays scales for faculty:
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so-called “full time,” with salaries largely set nationally based on rank and increment (universities though are getting creative at providing top up or merit pay); OR
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so-called “part time,” with scandalously low hourly wages paid to adjunct or other instructors not hired as “full time.”
The wage difference between the two groups is scandalous, and immense.
Guy
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I think that university in Hualian is the only one in Taiwan with an on-campus bar. The pay is ridiculously low, but I can see someone semi-retiring there.
Private unis are still subject to MOE salary ranges, but they can add in extras like research grants and meal allowance. I think that’s how they get the pay up to a level where they can attract horrid white men.
This is the case in the US now. It is quite appalling.
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What’s the average pay for each group?
I don’t have access to average (or median) pay for faculty at public universities. But we do have access to the documents linked above by @gavmasterflash:
- for so-called “full-time faculty,” who are paid a monthly salary, and who typically receive 1.5 months of bonus salary, have a look at this file. Keep in mind that such faculty are paid “salary” plus “payment of academic research”:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~persadm/english/fulltime.pdf
- for so-called “part-time” faculty, they are paid for each hour of classroom instruction, again with salary dependent on their rank:
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~persadm/english/Parttime.pdf
Even a quick eyeballing of these figures will show you the huge gap.
Guy
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