Pros
The only pro I can think of was that I was able to get out after the training was over rather than actually starting as a teacher
Cons
Started a training course this year with a number of other teachers. We were all told during our Skype interviews we would be offered either contract or freelance positions. This was a total lie, and everyone was made to start the process of becoming freelance, against the majority of people's wishes. The 2 week training course was stupidly intense and time consuming. Unpaid, 9am-6pm and then around 4 hours of work to do once you arrived home. No guarantee of a job at the end of the course at all and scare tactics used throughout to let people know they dispose of teachers easily if they don't 'fit'. Not a two way relationship between employer and employees at all, it's all Vaughan Vaughan Vaughan. The trainers and office staff seem to all be under a spell, following their great leader Mr. Vaughan and his perfected language learning method. Having had experience teaching for many years prior with other agencies, I wish both students and teachers were able to avoid this absolute mess of a company. No fare given to teachers whatsoever. I was offered hours which would have involved 4-5 hours of traveling per day, for 4 hours of teaching. You do the maths. So I never did teach for them. The pay wasn't as competitive as other companies and everything is so clinical. Teachers are treated like disposable goods, when realistically they are the ones making all of the money for this con of a company. Before applying or going to Madrid to start the training course, ask yourself, why are they recruiting so often and in such large numbers? All the negative reviews on here are 100% true and valid - very high turnover of staff, unhappy staff members, long hours and pay for less than half of those hours due to travel and planning time. Avoid at all costs while you have the chance, plenty of other agencies where you will be treated with respect and like a normal human being.
