English First Zhengzhou is a terrible place to work. The bosses are the most untrustworthy people I've ever met. If you're considering coming to Zhengzhou to teach at EF, I would highly recommend against it. Zhengzhou is a wonderful city and there are dozens of English Training schools in the city, as a result there are hundreds of experienced ESOL teachers here. However, EF Zhengzhou has to rely on overseas recruiting due to the horrible reputation it has here for abusing and lying to employees.

The Bosses at EFZZ are the reason people from Henan pr. have a reputation as cheats, swindlers and liars throughout the whole of China. They will not think twice about screwing over each other and especially foreigners. They are known to promise you thing, and then fail to deliver. They claim a competitive salary, what they don't tell you is that every other school in the city pays as much, if not more than EFZZ, while having a much lighter workload. They claim to have a competitive bonus system, which translated means that they give extra money each quarter to the teacher they like the most. They are known for violating Chinese labor laws as they see fit, as most foreigners are ignorant of the fact that they're protected by these laws as long as they have a legal visa. They will deduct money from your pay as they see fit, with only the most vague explanations. "Your landlord says you damaged the apartment."

EF is a franchise school, which makes it a business first and foremost. It's main goal is to make money. That means your job is a salesman first and a teacher second. The second you stop making them money, they will toss you aside for the next pretty white face that walks in the door, ignorant of the way things work.