APAX English Reviews

1.8

14% would recommend to a friend

(493 total reviews)

12% positive business outlook

APAX English has an employee rating of 1.8 out of 5 stars, based on 493 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a poor working experience there. The APAX English employee rating is 52% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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493 reviews
2.0
14 Nov 2019

Takes their teachers for a ride

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hours are steady Little lesson preparation Centers are well equipped

Cons

The curriculum is terrible and boring for students and teachers With the new contract, the pay is below average for Viet Nam Impossible to take time off soul crushing way more administrative busywork then they lead you to believe poorly trained staff and extremely under-qualified management

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APAX English Response
6y
Thanks for your review. We're sorry you find the work soul-crushing. Our curriculum has been in constant development since we began in early 2015, with feedback about its pitfalls and successes coming from teachers, students and parents alike. It is on the strength of this that we make changes. The model isn't for everyone, which we try to make very clear upfront, but demand says it all: our students keep coming back for more! Moreover, there's clear progress with students across the board, which is very encouraging to see. In line with our striving for improvement, our thorough and rigorous training program was extended earlier this year to include a full two-weeks of training, with on-going support and professional development thereafter providing teachers with as much guidance and growth potential as they want for themselves. Additionally, our pay structure allows for those who want to really get out what they put in to achieve and earn as much as they can. If anyone feels the desire to take advantage of the many career opportunities on offer with APAX, please do apply today and join the hundreds of other teachers across the whole of Vietnam living and loving life each day. Don't let us try to convince you; try it and see for yourselves!
1.0
8 Nov 2017

Awful company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Only positive is they pay you most of the time but it usually comes late or your pay slip is not correct.

Cons

Many people in the head office of Hanoi will make you feel like pax english is a company that cares about its teachers and students. However they do not and are a terrible run company that is very cut throat and political. Many people are fired and the teachers are abused. Only positive is if you can tolerate being degraded daily you will get paid eventually although it will come late most of the time. They also take in students with disabilities and trick the parents into thinking they can handle them.

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APAX English Response
6y
Thank you for your feedback, some of which has been shocking to read and demands immediate internal auditing - we'd be grateful if you could provide a contact number or email so that we can reach out for further details. You can send to recruiting@apaxleaders.edu.vn. It will remain completely confidential. In terms of payment, the unique and terrible COVID situation affecting the world has really put a strain on both APAX as a company and the industry as a whole. Thankfully, it looks like things are beginning to look up, especially in Vietnam which took big precautions early on. Sales figures have been very promising and student demand is back on the rise. We are optimistic things will be returning to normality within the next month or so. In any case, it has always been company policy to provide payslips 3 days in advance of pay with a request to address any abnormalities ahead of the payment actually being made. This provides the employee with the opportunity to correct something amiss ahead of time.
1.0
7 Feb 2022

Massively avoid this company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good teaching materials/system. Some teachers found it too mechanical but I liked it.

Cons

The management is just sick. They don't pay, they don't want to pay, they don't like to pay. Example: I got told off by the head of HR for asking for some back pay since I was running out of food money. They do not care about you. At all. I also did some part time stuff and would generally say that you should entirely avoid Vietnam. Mayyyyyyyyybe south Vietnam is better, I heard it's really different. But the north is just full of snakes and rats, and I'm talking about the humans. Yeah yeah some people are nice. But the ratios of nice to truly scum are way off. Just don't do it.

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