Hi Dan, could you tell me, honestly, how is HESS as far as legality and workload? I was really excited about the company - I've been pouring over their website and it seemed really great. Then I got the forums and started seeing horrible stories about how they aren't legit (that the kindergarten classes are actually illegal??? and that teachers have gotten deported?). I also read that during the training process (after you've already paid to fly to Taiwan) you can still get kicked out?

But other than the legal issues (then in other places I read that they were legit or that the kindergarten issue was a "gray" law and because HESS was so big they were able to "protect" their employees for the most part...) I am concerning about how a great deal of people mentioned having to work at least 40 hours on a 20 hour contract (with 20hrs worth of pay)?

I was really excited about applying there but now, quite frankly, I have read so many bad reviews that I'm a bit terrified... If you or anyone else could give me some honest, straightforward, no sugar-coating about HESS legality and work demands, I would really really appreciate it. Thank you so much.