My Name is Ron Hunter from TEFL International Education Consultants. I do not read these forums as I don't have a lot of time but a friend of mine asked me for to comment on the rubbish that's on the forum.
To start with I know Bruce has been around a few years and has many friends that will try and support him, I on on the other hand have only been back in Thailand for 2 years prior to that I was a DOS in China.
I know you guys have a right to your say and I don't have a problem with that, here is the story....
Last year I made an agreement with Bruce to build TEFL International in Thailand as he only had 4 centers, some not doing very well( his words at the time, not mine) we agreed to put money into a new operation and I gave up a contract to the company that was worth over 120000THB a month to help develop the business on top of my investment, I was to be paid from TEFL International... 4 months later I was still waiting for my salary and the investment from TEFL International.
This was the cause of the break up from TEFL International.
I am not running a placement agency for teachers at 5000THB profit a month, we are marketing our programmes to schools and colleges all over Thailand, we do supply some teachers on a supply only basis but the bulk of our income is from our own school programmes which are paid for by the students, we have signed contracts with the schools and colleges and we have over 7000 students which pay for this service, we have also registered 3 Language schools with the MOE and we have added a further 3 centers as joint ventures with commercial colleges in the South of Thailand.
Bruce would have you believe that I am a one man ban.Todate we have staff in offices in Hat Yai, Songkhla, Nakorn Si Thammarat, BKK and Mukdahan, all of these are legal registered offices and schools.
We pay the teachers on a monthly basis on the 14th of the month, we give them a 12 month contract with paid holidays and sick leave, we apply for work permits and visas and we look to take care of the people who work with us.Can other schools or agencies say the same?
Now Yes I was the assistant Director of TIFL at Thaksin University, I spent 11 months and 3 weeks employed there, I did not leave because of expense claims/fraud as suggested and when I left the Universities/Language Centers biggest client gave me a new 17 month contract to continue with my work there, the University was not happy but , thats life,this contract still has another 8 months to go, so whatever my beef with the University it did not spread to my clients, they still support me as I give them a very good service.
I have not had any other jobs in Songkhla or Hatyai so to say I have had a chequered time there is rubbish.
I believe I have built one of the best education companies in Thailand over the space of this last year, all this was through hard work and not scamming teachers.
Bruce has said he did not work with me, what he means is he never paid me...and it was me that pulled the plug, I registered TEFL International Education Consultants and I registered my trademark in Thailand after spending over 2million baht building my business and I see no reason to change my company name, Bruce has threatened me with Jail, he has told me that he has the connections and that he will close me down and many many more threats..I'm still waiting, he is still using his connections to try and stop me recruiting teachers,
www.ajarn .com was a very good example, Phil knows the story but he is a business man and Bruce is his biggest client, I agreed not to use the TEFL International name but I was not happy that Bruce could pull these strings...
I more than welcome any teachers or visitors to this site to come to my offices, look at the way we do business and the professional image we try to portray, our staff speak 3 languages and are all helpfull, Go to the offices of TEFL International and compare.....
I am not here to bash anyone or another company and I will not be entering any comments after this, just to let you know why we are here and what we do...if you don't know then ask us, we are happy to help but please don't listen to gossip,
Bruce is well pissed off because we are doing well and we are not letting him scare us with his threats, I don't like the man, he was prepared to let me, my wife and baby go without food while he went on about no cash flow to pay me....and having lots of debt, I had to get money from my retirment fund to keep this company going while he tripped round the world saying, next month, next month.....
Oh by the way, we have registered offices in England and a partnership agreement in Hong Kong and China, not alot but it is International .
Please be aware that TEFL International carries out the business of TEFL Training Courses, we do not, we train Thai Teachers and have a contract to train 140 over the next month but we do not copy by marketing TEFL Courses ....this is the only teacher training we have done to date.
I know you guys will have your say on my comments and Bruce will slutter and spit but this is it in a nut shell, have fun knocking me if thats what you want to do but try and keep an open mind, it is possible to build a good business and be honest
Sorry its a little long winded and I just hope it puts the record straight
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