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BJ · Joined: 03 Dec 2003 Posts: 173

Suggestion Darotker, with such a negative attitude about Hess it makes me wonder if this is a Troll post, Another persons continuing tirade against Hess, or someone who really needs to think about another country than Taiwan.

Everyone wishing to leave, wow such a large judgement from one not here. I have never worked for HESS but i knew many who did, some for seven or eight years. MAny also how did 2 or 3 years then found other more lucrative work.

I wish you luck finding that PERFECT first job.

forest1979 · Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 507 Location: SE Asia

JZer's comments about Hess and start uploans is really something that can be discussed more and more. Personally, I think it's a very clever ploy of Hess, one not to attract broke people but to help the settling in process, because a housing deposit and rent, prior to any income necessitates a chunky volume of savings to fall back on. From my own perspective I wish the university I worked at would have done such a thing to help me when I first arrived. All I got was 2 free nights in a crappy hotel full or roaches and then the bills arrived!

I would like to state that Darokter adds to the overall debate but he doesn't. I knew some Hess people and most people knew what they were getting into, acceted it and tolerated the work, and were happy. I knew people like BJ who had been at Hess for years so the argument that it's a revolving door is not quite true. For anyone out for a year's experience in Taiwan, and limited TEFL experience then Hess is a decent enough starting point. As much as Hess isn't great, there's worse companies.

spamghod · Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Korea

Hess: Dare to suck!

timmyjames1976 · Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 148

pinkflyd7 · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject:

I worked for Hess for over 2 years. I never worked for their Kindergarten (thank God), but from what I heard, the way they got around the law was by telling the government that the foreign teachers were not the actual teachers at the kindgerarten, but basically the equivalent of "guest speakers." Of course, this was total BS.

Hess also doesn't report your salary accurately. I once found a government form with my name on it which said I made 400NT an hour. (I actually made 600). When I asked them about it, they said "Oh, that's just what we tell the government."

Hess is just as sneaky as any other bushiban.

You can read my Taiwan blog here:

http://kenberglund.blogspot.com/

(like most blogs, start from the bottom and work your way up)