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barmadu · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 43

Hi there, does anyone out there have any experience working with EF in Hanoi? Any information would be great! Thanks.

moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

EF will grind you into hamburger. Six days a week. At least 40 hours. Just say NO.

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

EF Sausage Factory in Vietnam? That must be a tough job, any experiences? Cool

Healer · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 71 Location: In Beijin

to what I know, EF is a franchise, and they all have their distinctive reputation.
Hanoi has a good one.

waxtadpole · Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 186 Location: Suzhou

There's a lot of EF bashing on this forum but bear this in mind. They hire more teachers than most other schools put together, so it's logical that they will get more bad press.

Most schools have a five day week now, with a consecutive 2 day break. They have good resources, nice offices, and helpful staff. You usually only teach 20 or so hours a week, preperation time is up to you. You get the same class for 32 hours, if you haven't taught them anything by the end of it the finger shouldn't be pointed anywhere but at yourself.

I left EF two months ago, which I now know was a huge mistake. If you are a new teacher, or new to a country, you can do far far worse than EF.