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hochhasd · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 422

They seem to offer great deal,but too good to be true?

samhouston · Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 418 Location: LA

slareth · Joined: 29 Jun 2010 Posts: 82 Location: Shandong

If those hours you mentioned are actually what they expect..it is not far off from the worst gig I could think of.

Their ad mentions an 8-14k range...yeah, expect to be on the low end of that. It does not mention hours per week though and the completion bonus is weak. Plus the ad sounds like you'd be teaching mostly or exclusively children. Definitely not a dream job by my standards and I thought mine were fairly low. I can't say how 8k a month stands with the cost of living in the cities listed either but too good to be true?

Maybe I am missing the boat on this one but I can't see why anyone would think this is some kind of a great deal.

samhouston · Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 418 Location: LA

Yes, it's all children, ages 4-7 or something like that. When I was there in 2008, I remember thinking that if the job paid 10k instead of 8k, it would be a decent gig. Here we are in 2011 and they still pay 8k. I wouldn't bother thinking about the 14k, since that would involve taking up all the free time around the already crummy hours. Not sure how voluntary the extra hours are.

But the materials were pretty good, and if you like teaching kids, it's ok for someone under thirty. I was 35 at the time and felt way too old to be goofing on the street handing out fliers in the boiling rain.

Too good to be true? Yeah, I don't get it either.

Scott543 · Joined: 29 Jan 2011 Posts: 11

I interviewed for a position with them, its not a bad deal I guess but you will be working 6 days a week. 8 hours Sat & Sun and 2 hours a night from Tuesday-Friday

The apartment is not shared (or wasn't for the position I applied for)

I could be quite happy with those hours & the 8k / month except the fact that your 6 day working week .... is damn near a permanent fixture. There are no holidays at all except for the Chinese National days off.

If there was a couple of week or 2 week breaks between a semester for example, I would accept. As it stands you pretty much cant travel more than a couple of hours from your home because you will be working the next day.

samhouston · Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 418 Location: LA

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

My first (kinda) job was with these guys. I signed a contract with them 6 weeks before I stepped off the plane in Shanghai only to be told that the teacher I was replacing had changed his mind a few hours before and decided to stay!

I had to hit the internet to find a job and find one quickly. Naturally I always tell people to avoid them but that is just my experience. I'm sure it works out for others.

Little Tiger · Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:03 am Post subject:

I remember reading a VERY bad review about a franchise of this company, that involved managers breaking into teachers apartments physical and verbal assault and other things. I believe the campus was hangzhou, I would make sure you search the web as much as possible for reviews before taking the plunge.