Be very careful signing anything... Look out for Scams from the schools!

[doggie1955]

YES schools well try to pull a scams on you!  How?  

I have a BA & MEng and the school I was working for two months, was asking me back because the students loved how I was teaching them... Only 12 hrs a week (4 days), for 25,000 a month. Not bad for my area in Thailand. Now for my new contract with the school, they wanted me to do 22 hrs a week for the same pay per month??? (This was a private college here in my town).  Baht in there pocket, not in my pocket! SCAM!!!

I told them "HELL NO" So now they are looking for a new teacher to teach English.

 

Now I have a friend who is Thai with a Master in ED who was making only 10,000 baht a month at the same school, now she is in America making 10,000 baht a day at a coffee shop!

[allane]

A scam is something where you are not given what you were promised.  This is not a scam.  It might be called an unacceptable offer to renew a contract.

As for your Thai friend, it doesn't appear that she was scammed either.

[Scott]

Trolling spelling post removed.

 

[cyril sneer]

majority of schools will try to pull off similar stunts to this, it's the norm here

[ChipButty]

Thats not a Scam come to Phuket you will see some real scam's 

[Scott]

A post about grammar/spelling has been removed.  Stop or face a suspension.  

 

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

“scam” definition includes “dishonest scheme”.  OP is describing dishonest and common “sharp” school contracting practices so yeah that’s a Scam all right. 

[itsari]

I do not see the increase in hours a scam . More that they want more from you for the same money . Take it or leave it .

Many in Thailand would be more than pleased with 25000 baht for 22 hours work .

Your friend in Thailand living and working in the US for 10,000 baht a day . Good for your friend but Thailand is not the US 

Education is no guarantee for wealth in these modern times . I think that is progress 

[BangkokReady]

It's not a scam. Just plain old exploitation. Sadly some people see foreigners as being here solely for that purpose. The real heart breaking part is that they don't seem to care if the kids lose out as a result.

[JustAnotherHun]

Where's the scam?

If you got 25k for a 12-hours week, you were overpaid comparing to other teachers.

[doggie1955]

4 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:

Where's the scam?

If you got 25k for a 12-hours week, you were overpaid comparing to other teachers.

Teachers here are making 35,000 and up for 14 hrs.  When $$$ is going in their pocket, and not yours… That is a scam!

[JustAnotherHun]

53 minutes ago, doggie1955 said:

Teachers here are making 35,000 and up for 14 hrs.  When $$$ is going in their pocket, and not yours… That is a scam!

If they give you a contract offering a specified salary, you can sign it or not. It's up to you.

If they want to pay less than you expected it ain't no scam.

A scam would be if they'd offered you say 35k and then payed only 25.

 

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verb (used with object), scammed, scam·ming.

to cheat or defraud with a scam.

Amusing if an English teacher does not know the meaning of "scam", isn't it?

[JeffersLos]

If you think that's a scam, you never met my ex and their family.