Used and abused
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Contact with students, pleasant classrooms, staff speak decent enough English
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
- Hourly rate (13€/h) markedly inferior to that of other language schools; no extra pay for travel time or work outside of Erfurt
- Income very unreliable- courses postponed or cancelled at the whim of the client, sometimes for months at a time
- Regularly paid late
- Expected to maintain full weekday availability for ELT despite the above points
- Crap rate of pay leaves trainers unable to pay for essentials such as health insurance, social security and income tax; company seems to make a point of hiring people from abroad who don't know the system and aren't immediately aware of the extent to which they are being exploited
- Expected to travel up to 3/4 hours in a day to visit company clients, sometimes with a 5am start and private classes in Erfurt in the evenings. For a 7.5 hour teaching day one can expect to earn around 130€ untaxed
- 'Hours guarantee' (20 per week) mentioned in contract means nothing
- Trainers often treated in an unprofessional manner by management and reception staff