BRITS BEWARE
Please stay well clear of a company named English International, based at The Tay, Leeds.
Having seen yet another of their adverts on here I need to warn you before you consider contacting them...
Their websites are englishinternational.info and havefunteaching.co.uk
Very poorly ran company sending people to China to teach English.
Violent (one teacher threatened at knife point in order to make sure he paid money owed)
Greedy (they take 2/3 of your wages every month you are there)
Lying (they promise you weeks of training which never comes )
During my time in China they made my life a misery. They are taking advantage of the economic climate in UK and the fact that many Brits cant speak Chinese.
They lie about how much your salary is, then half that sum as well for 4 months, leaving you with very little. The schools they pick for you are normally in the middle of nowhere, with class rooms packed with upto 50 children.
One guy I know, they even had lined up to lecture at a university in Shanghai. This is just a regular guy with not even one minutes training or experience!! With this in mind he left less then 14 days after arriving.
They are based in Shenzhen, South China, and plan to send around 500 people within the next month or so for the new Chinese semester.
They dont care about you, the schools, the children or the parents, just their own back pockets. You go there thinking its a big organisation.....its not! Its just three incompetent people who dont have enough time to look after your needs let alone 500!
Stay clear of them at all costs. If you already have planned to go with them then please reconsider. It really isnt as hard as you would think to make a go of it on your own if you have already bought flights etc. Websites like E-China cities have many English speaking schools with English speaking principles.
Many brits have gone over and come back within a month due to their neglectful manner costing ?500+. They lie about getting working visas and also refunding visa/flights.
They place you in awful accomodation (one guy I know got things stolen from him within days of moving). Everyone I have met is disillusioned about the way they go about the company and not many still work with them.
China is a great place and these people are running a mock. Please email me if you need anymore information. China is a great place and it's easier than you think to make a go of it yourself.
Thanks for your time.
Phil Wilde
Nationwide,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, February 17, 2010
I concur with Andy. I stayed in China around 12 days before I had enough of their rubbish and went back to UK. They gave me no training and wanted me to lecture at University!! I am a bricklayer, not a university proffesor. None of them could speak very good English and didn't treat us well even bullying one guy who had a disibility. STAY CLEAR, Phil Wilde, Manchester
Andy
Nationwide,#3Author of original report
Wed, February 17, 2010
Well.... who is this, Tim or Adam? Or another phoney name used by the famous 3 named billy? The ring leader in China has 3 names which he changes when he needs to.... If you want more details you've got it. Maybe you are unaware that english international agent lucas came round to my friends school, when there are parents and children around, and threatened him with a knife, tried to climb over the school gates and also spat at him. Also claims he wanted to kill my friend and amongst other things Billy told my friend he'd "sort him out" when he went back to the UK. Hardly wise words to use on a text...
Add to this the fact that english international have made threats to other teachers families and there's a lot more to come.... I was on 9000 RMB a month, how much did i get? 3000 rmb, that isnt in any contract we sign in the UK is it? You're either the most nieve person ever or this is one of the well known idiots that run English International. It won't be long before this joke of a company has lost every shred of reputation it has.... They claim they can get you a working visa.... I'd like to know one person who they have got one for as, if you are who you say you are, you will know it takes around 3 months, countless forms, and a whole range of things to even be considered. Along with degree certificates, things from school etc.
You think they can support you when there is only a few employees yet hundreds of teachers coming over in the next month? I don't believe you are here with them, as i haven't met one person happy with english international. 2 weeks training, you are having a laugh arn't you, how long have you been over in China exactly? A long time you claim!? I guarentee they wern't doing this a month ago!! Billy himself is the worst teacher i've seen, can barely understand him as it is, and it goes without saying, Lucas and Silvia can't speak anywhere near enough English to sort out any problems.
"but it's not for everyone and they don't send every tom d**k and harry to China if they think that person won't be up to the challenge. "
you keep telling yourself that, Adam or Billy? Who is this? You know as well as I know that every person who attends an interview gets a "job" the amount of misfits i've seen you send over here is ridiculous. You are digging youself a big hole, more and more people will come forward and your pathetic company will soon be finished!
Anthony
Wakefield,#4UPDATE Employee
Tue, February 16, 2010
Hi