Buddy, going by the rubbish you have wriiten here, it seems pretty obvious to me that hampson are becoming desperate to make a good impression here and on other sites.

1 I work for Hampson, I have worked there for over a year now. I am on a full time contract, set 40 hrs with a set salary. I get 3 bonuses a year taking the yearly income up much higher as well as the following benefits:

SORRY, BUT THAT IS A LOAD OF CRAP. HAMPSON, OR HAMPSTERS, WHAT EVER NAME THEY GO BY NOW, DO NOT, I REPEAT,DO NOT PAY THREE BONUES A YEAR. OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SO CALLED BENEFITS THAT YOU HAPPEN TO MENTON.
also having read a thread from another site, only yesterday, you and the other idiot, possibly you are the same person, have written much the same , but you have added more in your stupid thread. to put it in short, your post here and also the other have similarities.. and for those reading this post, please take a look at the link in my last post here, then you can come to your own conclusions.
quite possible, both posts were written by the same person, but using a different name.
it beggers believe that hampson have managed to get some dumb heads to write posts on the internet for them.
why! simply because those who have tried before have failed to fool others here, the English they wrote was pure crap. I think it's called Chinglish.

SICK PAY, FOOD ALLOWANCE, no deductions for classes cancelled,
just look at all this bulls@@t thats written here.
- No deductions for classes cancelled by the student as full time, and no deductions for classes cancelled by myself provided its within a reasonable timescale - i.e I let them know before the student has set off to the school.

if this is the best that you can do,, then God help your students.

What branch of hampson do you work for.so perhaps you too can show some solid proof!! please remember, there are many teachers here who have worked in wankson, sorry, I beg your pardon, hampsters schools.
listen buddy, I am laughing so much right now, that I cannot continue writing to someone who without any doubt in my mind, is talking a load of utter rubbish. please act like a real man, not a prick.
just remember one thing. looking at your writing, I would say that your a western person, in which case your an insult to your own nation. also, a real Qualified teacher having read the many posts concerning HAMPSON ENGLISH TRIANING, would never write such a stupid post here, has you have done.
I for one am awaiting your next post, pray tell us all whats new on offer from Hampson, free condoms, a night with one of the female bosses. free hospital treatment for brain deads, like you !
there has always been treacherous people who can be bought or won over so easily, they simply don't have any morals or shame.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER, FLOCK TOGETHER.

Anyone who believes the utter RUBBISH you have written, needs to have their head examined.

there is another post here, same crap.
http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?p=877230

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- Sick Pay
- Paid National Holidays plus an additional two weeks paid holiday which I use for visiting home (I can take an additional two weeks unpaid if required)
- Visa/Working Permit/FEC Paid For
- A Food Allowance every 3 months (this is nothing special, just a couple of hundred RMB of junk, snacks and things - Although the manager at my outlet said they used to just pay the staff the money to buy what they wanted and is trying to get them to revert back to that way of doing things)
- No deductions for classes cancelled by the student as full time, and no deductions for classes cancelled by myself provided its within a reasonable timescale - i.e I let them know before the student has set off to the school.

Overall I am very happy with them, they are pretty fair compared to some places around. They do not enforce a strict dress code like for example "Wall Street English" do, so you do not have to wear a shirt and tie or anything. The staff all speak pretty good English and are great fun to work with.

We go on staff outings a couple of times a year, to the beach, to a restaurant. wherever really. The one on one teaching is fairly easy and if you do run into any issues with your students, Hampson are pretty good at helping out and solving the problems.

It is true that they take an initial deposit from your first wage. You can thank other FT's for this, Hampson have had many FT's simply decide to stop turning up, take another job without any notice or leave China without a word. That leaves Hampson in the position of having angry students turn up for classes with no teacher available and this sometimes results in loosing the business and Hampson in the position of not being able to do anything about it. The idea is that if they take a deposit from you, you are more likely to play ball and take a little responsibility as a teacher, if you decide to leave you will give them some notice, allowing them to find another teacher before you go. In my opinion, I think its pretty fair, you do get the money back again when you leave.

It's also true as a part time teacher that you will have to come in and give some free demo classes to get some students. It is not a school, it is a training centre. Training centres tend to get their business from people passing by, or reading an ad somewhere and telephoning the centre, unlike a school that always has a given amount of students attending. Therefore, initially, you may feel a bit like you are doing a lot for nothing, but it does not take people long to build up a schedule and start earning money. Once you have a handful of students they always try to ensure that demos are arranged when you are going to be on site. They do not, as some people seem to believe, make you stay on site all day unpaid on the off chance someone will walk through the door. Generally, if a potential student simply walks through the door unannounced and wants a demo, someone like me, as a full time teacher, will give the demo as I am there for set periods of time and paid for it.

They do not offer accommodation, they are not a school or a recruiter. To be honest, many of the schools/recruiters who do offer free or extremely cheap accommodation will have you living in a complete disgusting hovel anyway, often way out of the city limits to keep the cost down. Many teachers end up seeking out their own accommodation in the end because they cannot stand the living conditions they have with the school.

Some people have complained that Hampson are false advertising by stating you will earn 20,000RMB a month, technically they are incorrect and should learn to read a little better. Hampson clearly state in the ad's that you CAN earn up to 20,000RMB, list the salary range from 6,000 to 20,000RMB, and also state that it is dependant on how many classes you teach.

You earn per class, classes are either 50mins or 100mins. Hampson are open 7 days a week as well as most of the holidays. They are open from 10am (sometimes 9:30am) until 9:30pm. If you do the math, you can see how some teachers, willing to put in the hours can earn that kind of money a month. I work with at least 3 people who are happy to work that long and they most certainly get paid well for it, the choice is up to you, I personally wouldn't want to work that amount of hours but thats just me, everyone is different and everyone has different reasons for being in China.

I would certainly recommend Hampson to anyone, you should at least check them out to see if it will suit you. It really depends on the individual at the end of the day, some people are much more suited to a school, some to a training centre. Go see them, ask questions, get answers. It's also worth mentioning that a training centre is very useful for supplementing your income if you work at a school that has long summer and winter holiday periods as most of them do not pay you during the holidays.