Wow...some interesting responses here!

The "decision to exploit teachers" at Aston is not exactly new. It's more like a founding cornerstone of the company. They've been laughing about it for years. So, brave talk to the contrary, there's not really much hope of them improving their program or offering better compensation packages to teachers...they're too dedicated to short-term profits and squeezing out every drop they can get. And they know that, to paraphrase P.T. Barnum, "There's an expat English teacher born every minute." It's cheaper to find another fool than to offer anyone a real career.