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Name of School: BFITS
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| Bangkok | Thailand |
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(67 votes, average: 2.88 out of 5)
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I worked for BFITS for a little while, and I found them to be very professoinal and supportive. I liked the friendly family feeling I got there, and I also worked for BITS in the evening. This made it possible to make about 75,000 baht and this was my first teaching job in Thailand. Nothing but good memories of BFITS.
Deadbeat, your facts are all wrong.
1. Job ads are repeated because the number of teachers needed at a school increases every year. At one school, eight specialized teachers are needed.
2. Bits pays 600/hr, not 500. And you do get work from them IF you pass a grammar test and come recommended by your program manager. Additionally, Bits will give you all the work you can handle.
3. The BFITS ads clearly spell out salary, benefits, and bonuses. There are no exaggerations.
Sounds like you had a bad experience.
I worked for bfits for three years.It was the biggest mistake i have made in Thailand.The management do not care about there teachers and they only seem to care about the number of contract they are keeping.The contract gets worse every year.If you are a good teacher they will not like it because they don’t want the schools to like you.They think the teacher will take the contracts from them the following year I have seen a few teacher get the boot for this.
Pay rise was one thousand Bht a year.
They will give you a warning over a petty little things.
Most people that work for the company only get on well with the management if they kiss there ### and say the right things.
The management use this intimidating voice when they speak to you,they like to feel superior.
I’m not saying all of this just to spite them,but I’m now working for a small company and doing less work and getting payed 20,000 more a month with no one squeaking at me every five minutes.
I give them a big fat ZERO.
Yes,Bfits will give you all the work you can handle….More…… and more….Where’s the money?
More work no more money!
I had an interview with them in April for a job in the Intensive English Program. The manager I interviewed with printed me up a contract, but when I wanted to take it home to study it overnight, he refused, saying previous applicants had done so and then taken the contract to competitors. I thought not being able to review the contract was unfair, so turned down the job.
Not very impressed with them. The manager told me a story how one teacher on a team had not gotten some paperwork done in time, so he was withholding the pay of every one else on the team until the paperwork was done.
Comments are all over the place here. BiTs work never happens?? but I got it and like it said – You must pass a general grammar test and also meet BiTs requirements which are not the same as BFITS. The corporate work is nice but the companies are VERY particular about the teacher that is sent to them.
With regards to guy who said he worked for them for 3 years, well that is enough said. Who works for 3 years for a company that is “intimidating” and “petty”? With regards to pay raises, I know that they write in the paperwork that the basic raise is based on cost of living which is usually 3% and the rest is meritorious. That is light years ahead of my last place that wouldn’t even tell me if I had a job next year!
With regards to contracts being taken home, I have been on interviews where you have to beg to see ANY contract. And most people know that competitors send out employees to “shop” the competition so most keep the paperwork close to home.
Regardless, I guess people should just meet them and make their own decision.
Despite Deadbeats protestations, I stand by what I said above. Just the facts, ma’am!
Dear all,
I am currently an ICT teacher with Bfits. The interview process was done well and they ensure all my documents were correct.
Throughout my time with the company there has been constant support from Visa to lesson content. The company itself is constantly updating its content, taking the feedback and ideas from its teachers to further improve their courses and teacher support.
As an example, two weeks before the end of the semester I had to have emergency surgery on my eye. The school quickly covered my classes, approved my leave and agreed to move my holidays so I had no loss of pay for that month. Another time, I had a Visa issue with overstay and the company gave me a personal loan to help me with the cost. This again re-iterates the point of them supporting their teachers.
In my opinion, Bfits is one of the best companies to work for as a teacher, it supports its teachers, takes comments on board and actually makes changes. Many of the teachers that have left to continue traveling or for personal reasons come back to Bfits…
Hope this helps,
Carl
Some people have bills to pay, and a families to feed.
I would work in a carrot factory if it pays the bills.
Also i wood take it up the *** if i had to.
Don’t you just lover teaching in Thailand!
I have extensive experience in Japan and now teach in a poor SE Asian country. I barely get by here. I worked in Thailand in ’97 when jobs were scarce – hi-tailed back to Japan!
Bfits has asked me to apply online.
I wonder if it’s worth it. I dumped everything in Japan last July – so I’m not so eager to jump another fire into another fry pan!
BTW – Japanese employers always kick back any overpaid taxes – sometimes $1,000 or more – a nice x-mas bonus some years.
Any advice regarding dumping this place and Bfits would be appreciated. Thanks
This company has just come in, and even before the contract was signed had posted all of our jobs. Nice surprise!
We had a meeting with them which deeply disturbed me. As a qualified teacher I find it difficult to believe a company which allows teachers to give 2 weeks notice to be interested in the students’ development. I speak from experience as I was a DOS in Thailand for many years. One of the main reasons the school I was DOS at did so well was the longevity of our teachers. They cared, the owners cared, the administration cared, I cared!
Then we have the matter of 1 weeks vacation per year. What teacher in their right mind (in particular a public school teacher who is at school all day) would sign a contract which not only disallows them to visit their families, but also disallows them to experience the culture of Thailand… to say I am shocked would be an understatement.
If you’re looking for a job in Thailand, there are many other opportunities. If you’re a newbie and afraid of a government proper school, try out a private school. Most give short term contracts these days, which are renewable. Often you’ll come and find out that government schools, universities, etc. are within your teaching ability. The English level is relatively low outside of Bangkok, and if you’re a responsible person, love the students, and are creative, you’ll do just fine!!!
Don’t fall for the idiocy of taking a job that gives you a week per year, only cares about it’s contracts with outside places, is willing to take teachers who can leave within two weeks of arriving, and is completely basing it’s content on Thai curriculum and not problem solving learning! It’s literally the only school I’ve ever heard of that does that!
If this is what education in Thailand has come to, go elsewhere!
I worked for BFiTS for 2 years and found them to be quite professional. I would work for them again. Once you are set up and working they leave you alone to get the job done but are there to help you if you need it with occaisional reviews.
Reasonable contract with yearly salary increases and bonuses. The contract says a week for your 1st year and 2 for second etc but in actual fact all teachers get about 3 weeks off every year, long termers more, but for some reason they just dont like to tell you this. I only left because I wanted to go home for Christmas(not celebrated in Thailand).
Very professional with visas and work permits.
All in all, a reasonabley good company to work for.
There are some shockingly bad schools to work for, basically I would recommend keeping away from the Thai run companies/schools, broken contracts and unproffessional attitudes are the norm.
Edoriented:
Let me understand:
“…a company which allows teachers to give 2 weeks notice”
-Would you rather they didn’t allow teachers to give notice? I think it is pretty common business practive to ask for and give an employee the right to hand in a 2 week notice. Also, teachers have family, medical, etc., etc. emergencies that means they sometimes have to leave but you would prefer the company not allow teachers to leave or ask for/give a notice? Would you prefer a school/company to penalize teachers that ask to leave? or I guess you don’t hire anyone as a DoS that may have some sort of desire to leave to go back to their home country…regardless of the reason. What is your point?
“…basing it’s content on Thai curriculum”
-What country are you teaching in and, as a DoS, what did you base your educational learning outcomes on? And please don’t spout “problem solving activities” (glad to see you at least know some buzz words…) because that has nothing to do with a curriculum or learning outcomes…as a DoS, you should know that a curriculum is the contents of a course…maybe you were confusing it with a syllabus which is what the teacher plans on doing to meet the demands of the curriculum such as problem solving activities or VAK activities to faciliate learning? :-S
All this is on top of the point that according to the Ministry of Educaton, ALL schools (accept officially recognized international schools) are required to meet and document their meeting of the Ministry of Education Strands/Learning Outcomes for every subject taught. As an “educator” and “DoS” in Thailand, you should be aware of this…but if not, maybe you should contat ELI to get a copy of the English version of the Thai National Curriculum since they usually provide English translations of all official MOE documentation and prepare your curriculum AND THEN ask the teachers to prepare their syllabus on how they plan to meet the curriculum:
English Language Institute
Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC),
Thailand Ministry of Education (MOE)
(02) 280-5563 or (02) 288-5891
moe.english@gmail.com
I can’t recommend working for BFITS.
The man who interviewed me and who eventually was my boss wasn’t an honest person. He withheld important information about the job until after my contract was signed. I was told I’d be working in air conditioned classrooms. After he signed my contract he sheepishly told me the school was “mostly” air conditioned. The truth was that mostly it wasn’t air conditioned.
The interviewer neglected to tell me that the students I was being assigned had already had 2 teachers within the last few months and that they’d both left the job. It’s not easy being the 3rd teacher in a single term, especially when it’s your first job teaching.
The interviewer (who later became my boss) had almost no teaching experience. How can you manage employees who are more experienced than yourself?
Overall not a good experience. Stay away!
If you are well establshed in Bangkok with a residence, have knowIedge of the culture and are acclimated, this might be an OK company to work for. I came to Bangkok to teach for BIFTS as someone who has never been here before. I had been promised all kinds of support, in finding an apartment, in curriculum review, in getting the correct visa and work permit, etc. The only meeting I was invited to was three hours of secretarial work inputing data into BFITS’ grading software. After a month of being promised support – zilch. I was told there was nothing else planned until school started 12 days hence. I did get a hand drawn map, mostly in Thai, showing me where my school was located and the name of the bus to take. When I voiced my concerns and suggested I might resign, the instant response was, “sorry you feel uncomfortable and we accept your resignation”. So after six days my employment ended. It was so nice to be a vlaued employee. As I said, if you are well established, this might be the company for you. And lastly, I checked ajarn.com and found a BIFTS ad offering a position at the same school for 20% pay. I won’t hold my breath for the six days of pay I’m owed.