Viewing topic: What the...STEEP!?

Had an “enlightening” talk with a bloke from ILA (International Language Academy) today. They have Americans and Canadians working there at the mo – no British...so they wanted to get me onboard. For qualified teachers with experience they’re prepared to pay max. 320 roubles per academic hour. Some individual daytime classes but mostly evening groups twice a week each for three academic hours each time. So that’s max. 960 roubles (3 aca hrs – 2.15 hrs) a lesson. I’ve been “warned off” ILA by a couple of people (ask me no questions – tell you no lies!). But, maybe working “off-contract” is an option if anyone’s short of teaching hours and looking to fill their timetable. I picked up a leaflet on the way out – turned out to be the latest price list for students. What the...STEEP?!

1 aca hr – native-speaker, before 18.00 = 600 roubles (so, 1.5 hr lesson = 1200)
1 aca hr – native-speaker after 18.00 = 700 roubles (so, 1.5 hr lesson = 1400)

Makes you glad to have English as a native language! Funnily the ILA bloke had a few harsh words to say about certain people managing Liden & Denz at Ligovsky – I’m off to see THEM next week (just spying!)! So, it seems everyone has EFL skeletons in their closets.

They had a mass walkout of teachers a couple of years ago. I happened to walk in at that time and wound them up to about $20/ast. hour for classes in JTI (edge of town, past Veteranov).

Didn't stay very long, for various reasons.

Would love to get some reviews on that place.

If you want a review just don't ask Mike Deasy, head of english studeis there, he's a bit too "happy & American" - very much on the school's side (probably pay him nuff dollar). I know an American girl, worked at Aspect. They refused to pay her over the holiday...though it stated in her contract that teachers would be paid. She got the law book out and made them pay. All very unpleasant - she's leaving this month...going to Lang Studio as far as i know. I ask Mike D about that incident and he said it was all a big misunderstanding - that ILA had an agreement with native-speakers that the xmas hols were unpaid...so they could go home and relax (UK, USA). But why unpaid?! Didn't really make anything clearer to me at least - sounded a bit like PR. I'm more inclined to believe people i actually know. Don't reckon i'll be working through them any time soon - pay too little, treat like shit, and demand too much. Sounds poo.