Horror Story - The Truth About BKC Moscow

There was a lady who began a contract with BKC Moscow in September 2009. She is no longer with the company, since BKC Moscow (apparently) fired her illegally. According to the blogosphere, she is taking her case to Russian court.

Read the incredible story here, on ESLCafe.com.

The Truth About BKC Moscow

The Russian Government is Now Throwing Teachers Out (it wasn't the government after all - BKC Moscow threw her out).

As promised, here is a true-to-life field story about the type of health care BKC Moscow offers you. This is from the teacher's personal blog:

A Teacher's Story of What Happened When She Got Sick and What BKC Moscow Did About It (close to nothing, it seems)

Take a moment to look at your payslip to see the money that is going into your "insurance" fund. It is, as you may have already guessed, a joke.

We also regret to inform you that part of our crew of contributors to this blog  no longer work for BKC Moscow. This happens every year. In January or February of every year, there is a mass exodus of teachers. Half-way through the contract, many teachers finally decide that enough is enough and they take leave.

As the author of this particular blog post, I wish to congratulate you on finding this blog. If you are planning to come to Russia to teach English - please do not choose BKC Moscow. They promise the moon and they hand you a pile of rocks. Then they take the rocks back and throw them at you.

If you insist on coming to Moscow, and BKC Moscow is the only job you can find -- take the visa. .Get into the country. And then run to another school. Run and do it quickly.

Bad things happen to teachers who come to work with BKC Moscow. That is why you will almost never find a teacher who has been here long-term.

Teachers are harassed, threatened, and intimidated by BKC Moscow. They quite literally do not care if you live or die.

If you would like to become a contributor to this blog, we will withhold your name. Just leave a comment and we will do the rest.

Teachers get kidnapped here. (This did happen to three new teachers last year, and BKC Moscow treated it as a joke although it was quite scary to the teachers involved, though they later developed a sense of humor about the situation -- we will post that story in an upcoming post). Teachers get sick here. They develop alcoholism and drug addiction. In some unfortunate cases, BKC Moscow teachers quite literally go crazy. It has happened.All of it. This is what they do not tell you when you are first hired. This is what they do not tell you when you are in Orientation.

Good luck to us all.