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MITCH
Joined: 18 Aug 2006
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Location: China
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 Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:55 am Post subject: |
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No exit, the idea of EF English First franchise was to provide standardized contracts through out China, but that quickly disappeared due to "very friendly" EF Head Office in Shanghai as well as rather "independant EF centers". The Head Office wouldn't dare to rattle the EF investors cages...they'd do virtually anything they could for the rules-bending EF investors. DOSs were (and still are) to sell that "uniformed idea" to the EF investors, and the ones that "went with the flow" lasted longer in their positions at centers Mind you there are fewer and fewer DOSs around and there are more and more "senior teachers" available to do those jobs The center were you've worked, is the one where a DOS once worked. He was first shafted by EF Fuzhou than promoted to DOS (at your place) and then promoted to the EF Head Office to assistant AOM in a spin of a couple years. That center you are talking about had once very good connections with the EF Head Office.
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EG, I agree with you.
In my opinion and fact that the EFF's hire SFT's (senior teachers) and FT's to fill the roles of DOS's. The EF's that i visited have wonderful DOS offices, which remain "available" for the right candidate.
They hire FT's wholesale, at less than 6 grand including all allowances, and then sell them at retail. It's makes good business sense for the independent investor.
Head Office is losing it's control. It's just a matter of time, when the EF's become too Chinese that we are going to get horror stories. With any EFF, it's all about keeping the system the same. As soon as you replace the ketchup, it's no longer the same burger.
When you have interviews in different centers, you get different offers for monthly salary for the same position depending on the local managers ability to negotiate your salary down.
At one center i was offered a position as SFT to sit in the DOS's chair, and at another i was offered a standard FT position, and their DOS office was vacant. Both got the same resume. How can that be? Are there any standards?
When you meet with an infamous center manager, and they say no no no to your requests to implement the right contract, then it's next. |
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