Experience working as an English Teacher in Russia - English Teacher Denis' School Employee Review

5.0
6 Apr 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Denis' School provides excellent support for their English teachers, including providing professional development for building better lessons and providing interesting teaching material as well as helping out with all things visa related. I highly recommend working at Denis School. I worked at DS almost 3 years and I had the opportunity to teach webinars as well as in person lessons, plus had the opportunity to write lesson material for ESL videos and business presentations.

Cons

The only cons are that sometimes you need to travel far for your lessons. There are also a lot of lessons that need teachers so you may be offered lots of classes, sometimes even on weekends. Be sure to communicate with the staff about how many you'd like to take on and what days you want to work.

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2.0
6 Dec 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule and hired me as an entry-level teacher

Cons

Low pay and unfriendly stuff

1.0
15 Oct 2017
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Trying to automate everything - Very very very easy interview process - Friendly recruiter (but dont get taken in) - Individually, staff can be helpful, but the culture is controlled by management. Big contrast!

Cons

__ Zero mgt contact __ Staff hiding behind the company name to become anonymous __ Former native teacher Testimonials on the website - mysteriously keep updating themselves and I’ve not seen nor heard of any of them at the company in 2017, so all of these references are out of date __ Contract - put your lawyers hat on to do this. Remember they don’t have your interests in mind __ Your fallback position. If they don’t keep any of their promises, after two months, simply go to another company (leave Russia and re-enter) and they will have wasted 100,000 rubles on the invite letter. But you will have gained valuable experience of being in a closed country. Them losing money is the ony thing that will make them take notice __ Main office to collect your cash - in the middle of nowhere - 1/2 hour bus journey after the end of the metro every month. Not funny at -(20) degree C.

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