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[quote=GUEST42205,481383]A previous poster wrote "sounds like sour grapes to me..." In light of all the negative feedback here, and based on personal experience, that post is irresponsible especially towards the uninitiated seeking the truth.  If you are prepared to fly halfway around the world for a job you are owed honesty. As a cautionary side note: WEB and recruiters will post on this forum...Don't believe their hype!

In my opinion, the name WEB couldn’t be more apt. You will understand that if you are unfortunate enough to fly into their trap. The overwhelming odds (I urge you to read all the comments) are that whatever WEB International centre you choose in China you run a very high risk of coming off worse.

Of course, the choice is yours. I ignored the negative comments here before working for WEB because I just wanted to get over here as fast as possible...how I rue that day!
 
Firstly, let’s look at the subject of money. Most WEB's offer about 8000 Rimbi per month, plus 1000 for housing. "Not bad!" I hear you say, that's what I thought too: and after food, rent, bills, socializing expenses you can look at saving between 5 and 6000 Rimbi per month. However, factor in the hours you will be working. Work hours: 15 hours prep time plus 25 contact hours = 40 hours... tough, but do-able, right?!
 
If you are a teacher worth his or her salt, those 40 hours quickly escalate once you realize that you have to’re-plan' WEB's lesson plans because they're so lame (BTW there about 400 of these that you "must" teach.)
 
In addition, you have your English corners which you will have to totally plan from scratch (average around 5 a week x 12 months = 240 new lessons for you to prepare). Then of course there are the student 'parties' which bite into your free-time.

All in all, you are easily looking at a 50 hour week, for at least the first two to three months. And that is if you already have a few years teaching experience under your belt...for a new teacher, I pity the soul!

So to work out how much your going to be realistically working for your salary: 8500 Yuan Rimbi (that's after tax but before expenses) then divide that by 200 hours (50 hours x 4 weeks) = Approx 40 Yuan Rimbi (6.5 US Dollars) per hour.

I haven't even started to tell you how they treat you...digest the above first.
 
In conclusion, WEB International is a sweat shop, and to reiterate previous posts...AVOID!! If you’ve already accepted...I urge you to rethink, you can do a lot better. However, if you don't care about teaching, are just looking for a pay check, don't mind being put over a barrel and royally screwed at every twist and turn...it's perfect!

PS The inevitable slew of recruiters whom will post after this will say such as "It varies from WEB school to WEB school"...This is a ‘preferred’ lie, for just as all the lesson plans are 'standardized' throughout WEB centres so is their managerial stance. We, students and employees alike, are meat for their grinder...nothing more.
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