A Russian
- 2016-08-12
Point???? A Russian can be a very good teacher, most probably better than you Ben.
Odd Bob Job
- 2016-08-08
backpackers on a tourist visa, to dance around and make the kiddies laugh like a clown. 
Pick a few apples, teach a few students helps a backpacker see the world. But those Russians taking the crust out of the mouths of Chinese English teachers is racist and not a little bit evil.
Ben
- 2016-08-08
This is a crappy language school that employs Russians and backpackers on a tourist visa, to dance around and make the kiddies laugh like a clown.
susan
- 2016-08-06
Dear "Poster",
I want to present an alternative train of thought to the one you have posted here- and that is rather the the centre being rude and inconsiderate in not responding to your questions after interview, in fact you are the rude one! My perception is your actions are akin to badgering the centre with questions- mail, skype.....rather than merely accepting your quest for a job was unsuccessful.
It is unfortunate that a great many employers fail to have basic courtesy to inform interviewees about unsuccessful results..... However, how we behave during an interview or after can also be judged as right or wrong.
San Migs
- 2012-08-05
This disgraceful state of affairs is quite common on the Chinese mainland, and Hong Kong, though a differnt entity from the mainland of China, is still Chinese- governed, after all!
Silverboy has said it, and I will also say it, HK is going downhill. A HK guy I know has moved to Macau, because he hates the way HK is going, and a lot of HK'ers I spoke to when I was there, resented the recent placement of leung as the governor. It won't even take until 2047 for it to become a part of guangdong or a province outright, perhaps only 10 years.
foxy
- 2012-08-05
I find this utterly abhorrent, and appalling manners by an employer, and I feel that this sort of thing needs to be stamped out before it spreads any further. He – and others – must not be allowed to treat potential employees with such disdain.
Stamped out before it spreads any further? This disgraceful state of affairs is quite common on the Chinese mainland, and Hong Kong, though a differnt entity from the mainland of China, is still Chinese- governed, after all!
Private employers in China are not trustworthy and have bad manners in many cases. Best to stick to the public sector for job hunting. Just to add that Taiwan has an equally poor reputation in this respect.
I'd rename that private school "Chancer's English" as the boss is clearly a chancer!
Fellow teachers, this is a message I sent to the British Council in Hong Kong.
Let me first say that this is in no way a critique of Chancery English itself, or the courses it provides. It could very well be an excellent school, with excellent working conditions. My point is about how I was treated after my interview. Judge for yourself.
To whom it may concern,
I am writing to you today in order to bring to your attention the poor conduct of the owner/manager of Chancery English, a private language school in Hong Kong.
Around the end of May, I had an interview with Mr. Billy Koo for the position of English teacher with his school. I believed the interview went well, and was told by Mr. Koo that if I had any further queries or questions in the days following the interview I could send him an e-mail.
Having thought of a couple of things a couple of days later, I duly sent him an e-mail. I got no response, but waited for about a week. I then sent another e-mail, to enquire as to whether he had received the original one. Still no response. I then proceeded to send some short messages via Skype – this after about two weeks having heard nothing. I noticed him come on-line (on Skype) and tried to get in touch that way (which had been the medium used for the interview). I was ignored several times.
Not wishing to jump to conclusions, I decided to ring (telephone) Chancery English from where I am in the U.K. I managed to speak to Mr. Koo, who informed me that he had ‘someone else on the other line’, and told me to call back later, which I did, after about 30 minutes. I spoke to a woman, who fobbed me off with some excuse that Mr. Koo could not speak at that time.
I have applied for several positions over the past year and have become accustomed to the fact that very few employers are polite enough to take the time to even give a simple rejection. This is wrong and poor, but what Mr. Koo did was an egregious lack of courtesy and respect to me. To hold an interview with me and fail to reply on several occasions, not to mention the fact that – to this day –, Mr. Koo has never officially informed me of the result of the interview i.e. that I had been rejected for the job. I find this utterly abhorrent, and appalling manners by an employer, and I feel that this sort of thing needs to be stamped out before it spreads any further. He – and others – must not be allowed to treat potential employees with such disdain.
I thank you in advance for any and all action that you may deem fit to take.
Yours faithfully,
(signed).