I am guessing that you are working in Tainjin. All branches are not created equal and maybe the Tianjin branch is not as bad as the local Chengdu branch.

However for anyone considering this place please be sure to read the thread and also the thread over at Dave's ESL site.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=74104&highlight=hampson

I originally started this thread asking for information about Hampson after I had an interview with them. After speaking with them I declined the job.

I generally work freelance and the money they were offering for a full time contact was a joke. I don't remember the details, but it was about 7,000. The part time rate was 100 per hour. Generally speaking the standard in Chengdu for frelancers is 120 to 150 through training centers and 150 to 200 hundred for privates.

I passed because the money was crappy. I know teachers in Chengdu that can make 20,000 they have to hustle, but they are making 150 to 200 an hour working freelance. To do this at Hampson is almost impossible. You will need to have about 60 hours of classes scheduled a week to make up for canelations. Just to make 10,000 you are going to have to run around and deal with a lot of BS. WEB of Meten would be better, not that I am recomending either of those places.

tianjinrobbie has asked for examples of what happened and what makes a school a bad place.

Example number one lying in your recruitment advertisements.

Example two, Physically assaulting teachers! Yes the male manager of the Chengdu branch physically assaulted a female foreign teacher. The other foreign teachers had to break up the fight. Then the manager told the staff NOT to call the police. Eventually a parent of the students called the police.

Don't believe me? Want to accuse me of libel. Fine go to the police station and read the police report.

Example three, massive turn over! Schools that change their staff completely twice a year. With the sole exception of tianjinrobbie.

Example four, with holding money from people's pay. Not 100% sure about this but reasonalbly sure it is illegal. Most people leave jobs due to problems with management or managers and only occasionally for more money. Why do they have such a big turnover problem?

Recently a lot of teachers have left and I am sure they will be posting additional reasons of incidents of why they left.

Of all the posts on this thread and the one over at Dave's ESL cafe only tianjinrobbie had anything good to say. Maybe he is just an easy going guy and doesn't mind being jerked around, perhaps the tianjin branch is professional, and perhaps monkeys will fly out of my arse.

Please read this thread and the one in the link above before you make a judgement.