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For People Considering Working At Hess In Taiwan
Due to an unfortunate series of events which caused a major lack of funds, I ended up signing on to work at Hess language schools in Taiwan.
During Training in Taipei(which was informative but annoying) I found out that I was not going to get the contract I wanted (contract C, two kindergarten classes) and that instead I would be working split shifts, beginning at 8:30 am and ending at 8:30 pm, and teaching classes I did not want to teach.
I refused to sign the contract but said I would try out the new schedule anyway. At the end of training I got another surprise which was that Hess had made no arrangements to transport my surfboard with me to my new home even though they had repeatedly promised that they would do it. When I became suspicious and asked about it they told me to stop worrying - if they would have just told me the truth (that they weren't planning to transport it) then I could have made my own arrangements.
Arriving at the branch I discovered that the job which paid 'hourly' required you to work way above and beyond your paid hours- and that my two co-workers were working 12-14 hour days and only getting paid for 6 of those hours. I refused to work so many extra hours but soon found that the only people who suffered when I didn't do the extra work were my underpaid co-teachers and the children- so I ended up working hundreds of unpaid hours for Hess.
After 10 months of increasingly ridiculous work situations, I finally left Hess (but not until after they threatened to take 20,000nt from me, told me I'd have to leave the country, neither of which happened). And now I am much happier- the end. Oh and by the way there are of course good things about Hess- it's just a pretty raw deal for the teachers. I write more about the positive things at Hess in my long version.
If you want details, keep reading. I do get pretty long-winded though- I figure this is cheaper than therapy =) For the sake of reading ease, this blog is kind of written backward- meaning the beginning posts are at the top, and if you want to continue reading, you have to click on 'older posts'. Go to my blog to read more.
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