Comments on: The European Center Saudi Arabia http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/the-european-center-saudi-arabia-2007336.html Independent Information on TEFL Life, Opportunities and Schools Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:04:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tannhauser http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/the-european-center-saudi-arabia-2007336.html/comment-page-1#comment-105043 Tannhauser Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:48:43 +0000 http://www.teflwatch.org/336/the-european-center-saudi-arabia/#comment-105043 I work there and robustly defend the place because for all the poor attitude of the fat controllers at Riyadh HQ, the man on the front line Mr. A, is a decent chap and does the best job with little support and no thanks at all. Often, the business is personalized and Mr. A takes a lot of flack from people. Alot of that is all over the internet. What often doesn't make the front pages however, are the stories of liars and cheats who take advantage of his good faith and generosity and do runners owing him and others loads of money. The EC is small and quirky. It is not a branded outfit. It runs on a small budget and moves along thanks to the mostly good guys and the man driving forward the Panzerfaust. You can live a spartan existence in Jubail and if you're man enough you can survive the Saudi students who in spite of their gregarious nature are for the most part stroppy tossers. The money is OK and you get paid more for time served or your qualifications. The housing is good in some places and pretty awful in others. The bad parts are often habited by rugged backpacker types and the nice places are where you meet the prissy hoity-toity types. There's something for everyone! :P Go on - give it a go... if you think you're hard enough. 4 / 5 I work there and robustly defend the place because for all the poor attitude of the fat controllers at Riyadh HQ, the man on the front line Mr. A, is a decent chap and does the best job with little support and no thanks at all.

Often, the business is personalized and Mr. A takes a lot of flack from people. Alot of that is all over the internet.

What often doesn’t make the front pages however, are the stories of liars and cheats who take advantage of his good faith and generosity and do runners owing him and others loads of money.

The EC is small and quirky. It is not a branded outfit. It runs on a small budget and moves along thanks to the mostly good guys and the man driving forward the Panzerfaust.

You can live a spartan existence in Jubail and if you’re man enough you can survive the Saudi students who in spite of their gregarious nature are for the most part stroppy tossers.

The money is OK and you get paid more for time served or your qualifications. The housing is good in some places and pretty awful in others. The bad parts are often habited by rugged backpacker types and the nice places are where you meet the prissy hoity-toity types. There’s something for everyone! :P

Go on – give it a go… if you think you’re hard enough.

4 / 5

]]> By: Leicester Ice Cream Seller http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/the-european-center-saudi-arabia-2007336.html/comment-page-1#comment-88322 Leicester Ice Cream Seller Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:38:31 +0000 http://www.teflwatch.org/336/the-european-center-saudi-arabia/#comment-88322 Yes, it is true. If you do have the misfortune to go, calculate how much money is disappearing. Unpaid bonuses, outrageously high electricity bills, various unclear deductions for this and that. The Lord of The Manner does have sole access to the company accounts, which explains a lot. How much can you siphon off into your own personal treasury? The interviews may be a at prestigious hotels in London. Staff accommodation in Saudi Arabia is in 4th class hostels for immigrant workers, or the cockroach occupied houses in Jubail. Yes, it is true. If you do have the misfortune to go, calculate how much money is disappearing. Unpaid bonuses, outrageously high electricity bills, various unclear deductions for this and that. The Lord of The Manner does have sole access to the company accounts, which explains a lot. How much can you siphon off into your own personal treasury?
The interviews may be a at prestigious hotels in London. Staff accommodation in Saudi Arabia is in 4th class hostels for immigrant workers, or the cockroach occupied houses in Jubail.

]]> By: desertfox http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/the-european-center-saudi-arabia-2007336.html/comment-page-1#comment-63790 desertfox Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:28:42 +0000 http://www.teflwatch.org/336/the-european-center-saudi-arabia/#comment-63790 why the defence? at the ec, teacher is used by chalk and not board marker. what is good faciliti.. he he he he sorry for the speling and gramar.. :) why the defence? at the ec, teacher is used by chalk and not board marker. what is good faciliti.. he he he he sorry for the speling and gramar.. :)

]]> By: anthill http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/the-european-center-saudi-arabia-2007336.html/comment-page-1#comment-57859 anthill Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:53:15 +0000 http://www.teflwatch.org/336/the-european-center-saudi-arabia/#comment-57859 I still don't get it guys, what is this stuff about the Thai wife and JIA? What am I missing here and what's it got to do with the European Center? Sorry,but I am totally confused. I still don’t get it guys, what is this stuff about the Thai wife and JIA? What am I missing here and what’s it got to do with the European Center? Sorry,but I am totally confused.

]]> By: dc10 http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/the-european-center-saudi-arabia-2007336.html/comment-page-1#comment-57512 dc10 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:31:28 +0000 http://www.teflwatch.org/336/the-european-center-saudi-arabia/#comment-57512 The EC is clearly the only school with any class. The EC is clearly the only school with any class.

]]> By: Contributors http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/the-european-center-saudi-arabia-2007336.html/comment-page-1#comment-46839 Contributors Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:29:50 +0000 http://www.teflwatch.org/336/the-european-center-saudi-arabia/#comment-46839 I heard from a friend that this school has good facilities and only good on papers, but gives less regard to teachers. They employ teachers on visit visas and deploy them to other parts of the kingdom according to the requirements of their clients. Teachers will find it hard to settle in one location and will constantly adjust to culture, location, etc. In most cases, they send their teachers to Bahrain and give them UNPAID leave when there are no students at the school. How true is this? I wanted to know from people who knows this school. Please add this school. I heard from a friend that this school has good facilities and only good on papers, but gives less regard to teachers. They employ teachers on visit visas and deploy them to other parts of the kingdom according to the requirements of their clients. Teachers will find it hard to settle in one location and will constantly adjust to culture, location, etc. In most cases, they send their teachers to Bahrain and give them UNPAID leave when there are no students at the school. How true is this? I wanted to know from people who knows this school. Please add this school.

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