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[shell_b]

Does anyone have any info regarding working for Comunicorp? All the discusions I have found seem a bit out of date.

Thanks,
Shell

[mattgpdavis]

Hello Shell, I was looking through here and saw that nobody had answered your message yet. Although I have not worked at Comunicorp for a year now, I was there for three years (Feb ’09 to Jan ’12) and so thought I would sign up and share my experience.

I was very happy working there and felt that I gained a lot of very good experience. I had plenty of classes with great students, had access to many good books and intranet resources, felt I could go to administrative staff or the academic director for help if needed, got lots of new teaching ideas at monthly staff meetings and was always paid the correct amount and on time.

Typically English teachers do not make as much in Santiago as in many other capital cities and there is a lot bus/metro travelling between classes, but this is not specific to any one school, rather the city itself. I believe Comunicorp’s pay was fairly in line with other institutes, but do not know exactly how much that is for a first contract teacher nowadays. Another thing I should mention is that even though being British meant my visa was the most expensive, the school paid for it each year.

I think an important part of my experience was that as I worked hard, was reliable and made sure my students were happy, Comunicorp reciprocated the behaviour and let me get on with my work. After three years I left because it was simply time for a change and so the next year I did mostly private classes and some part time teaching at a university. I have just been offered an in-house teaching position at a large Chilean company, and one of the things they said they were most impressed with was the number and calibre of businesses I had taught at here, which is largely thanks to Comunicorp.

If you would like to talk more, feel free to contact me.

Good luck in your job hunt!

Matthew Davis

[channelchanty]

I also got a job offer, from what I am reading there are mixed reviews, but to be honest I really like what I've read about the company. It's always hard to know how to judge, because people can be bias

[Sublime]

Was on here looking for information too, as comminicorp is the only 'agency' I've found with jobs in Chile.

As the above poster says, unless everything you find on the net is negative, it can be a matter of opinion (including bias) depending on the person etc. etc. Also as a general rule people are far more likely to go on the net to complain about something rather than to praise something (hell, check out some of the Korea postings).

Maybe just time to take a chance???