Firstly if the business model was that terrible then they wouldn't be in business. Not only are they in business the are expanding at a rapid rate. Personally i couldn't give two hoots if the business model is sound or not. They pay my wages and allow me to live the kind of lifestyle i want.

Secondly, I agree that if you are a fully qualified teacher you would not want to go and work for EF. It would be a waste of your time. However, to claim that everyone who works for them is educationally and socially sub-normal is fasical and further illustrates my point about people who make general statements like this.

People come to teach in China for a number of reasons - to learn the language, to teach & travel their way around a part of or all of the world or simply because they can't think of anything else better to do. I very much doubt many of them continue in education after the year they spend with as you put it 'a language mill' so they probably don't care how it looks on their CV. What they care about is that they can make enough money to live in and experience China and that get fairly treated in terms of living & working conditions. I'll reiterate that not all EF schools will provide you with this but from my actual experience i can confirm that some will.