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80daze · Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 118 Location: China

Just saw a video on linkedin where one of the main managers at EF was talking on foxnews and said they will be opening 1000 branches in China over the next few years and will need more than 10,000 teachers to fill the vacancies.

If EF is doing this then you presume that all the other mills will be doing similar. I guess it just shows how big China is getting.

This is the link (but it's through linkedin)

http://www.linkedin.com/share?viewLink=&sid=s281949739&url=http://fb.me/V2oVXkW7&urlhash=mFKR&pk=nprofile-view-success&pp=1&poster=65866131&uid=5447793024459345920&trk=NUS_UNIU_SHARE-title

Laurence · Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 401

1000 branches ~

That's a big expansion.

This could be an indicator that the English learners of china are collectively mired in the 'intermediate plateau'

(linguistically speaking, of course).

vikeologist · Joined: 07 Sep 2009 Posts: 600

Their problem will be recruiting the teachers. It is mind-boggling to think of 1,000 schools, but I suppose if they had the teachers it would be possible.

I wonder if the CEO regrets going down the franchise route. It certainly allows them to open a lot of schools, but as widely discussed on this and other sites, if you accept a job with them you don't know what you're going to get.

I'd love to see an interview with the guy where he was asked the questions we'd all like to know his answers to. I wonder of he would ever agree to answer the questions. Maybe I should email him and ask.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

'intermediate plateau' in the 'middle kingdom' yep works for me.
Seriously, to staff that number of new outlets is going to take a turnaround in the attitude of teachers to EF which seems pretty well negative.
The franchise v company owned outlet has been dealt with elsewhere and it's a good question.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but I understand McDonald's started their expansion in PRC using a franchise model but had to turn that around to company-owned. The reason of course being that the Chinese franchisee saw quick bucks by cutting corners.

Skyblue2 · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 127

This is too bad. EF pays some of the worst wages and has some of the lowest standards of any big chain school. They are fast food equivalent of language education.

seamallowance · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:54 am Post subject:

Good heavens, Man! It is not necessary to insult fast food.
Unlike the EF schools, at least Fast Food is warm and filling!

TexasHighway · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 779

EF is the pits....the bottom of the barrel in the world of ESL. Heaven help us all!

davidjfrancis · Joined: 09 Dec 2010 Posts: 14 Location: Bangongshi

EF is a long way from being the bottom of the esl barrel.

deniserita · Joined: 03 Nov 2009 Posts: 50 Location: Chicago, IL

Wow all this is scarying me! I just interview with EF last night and it seemed great. Now I know that they of course want it to seem that way, but am surprised at how bad some of you believe this company is. Can it really be that bad if its been around since the 60's? They seem to have a lot to offer.

I am new to search of looking for a job abroad, but thought this one was a contender....should it not be?

She told me they pay 12,000 RMB a month. I haven't done too much research on cost of living, but she said that that was a decent salary. Is it??

TexasHighway · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 779

deniserita wrote: