Foreign teachers hired by ILBC Yangon are given unforceable, fake contracts that cannot be enforced. Those who complain are fired. The contracts include the following:

1. Witholding 25% of a teacher's monthly salary for the first four months in case the teacher quits - then the money in non-refundable. In case of being "fired" on some fabricated issue by the foreign hating HR toad, it is also lost.
2. A return air ticket is offered in writing on completion of a 6 month/1 year contract. Teachers this year were told they would only get this if they left the school and did not renew their contracts. Several quit and still did not get their tickets as they were told they were "fired" as an excuse to keep the money.
3. One teacher who had worked at this pitiful excuse for a school was fired after six years for considering a job with another school - no severance pay or notice given. The excuse was fired for "disloyalty." Another teacher got escorted to the airport after one week for arguing with the HR toady.
4. Teachers have to fund part of their own visa trips to Thailand every few weeks as apart from the air ticket and visa fee, there is no money left over for hotels, transport or anything else.
5. The "curriculum" is a joke that is complete and utter rubbish. Local teachers cheat like crazy on grades to boost their favorite or most influential students.
6. There is no orientation program and foreign teachers are for the most part simply there to provide 'white faces' to keep parents happy. They are not consulted on anything, given proper directions or support and NEVER assessed. Everyone ensures they take their full ten days sick leave to get away from the dump.
7. Classroom are grubby, overcrowded and have poor acoustics with gaps between the walls. Discipline is poor and there is no proper play area as the owner of the school runs a garage right in the middle of the yard next to where he makes vast profits from selling unhealthy junk food. Of course, there is no canteen.
8. Moral is always low amongst local staff and foreigners as there are no labor laws and anyone can be fired at the whim of the useless HR creep, the MD or the space wasting "headmistress".

Avoid this place like the plague. The cost of living has shot up in Burma and the $30 a month taxi travel for getting to schools is nowhere near the real price of $150 a month. Nasty atmosphere and administration. Also no reference at the end.