Lets not forget a very important thing here...a lot of damage is done by schools as well who keep on paying teacher salaries to agents while these same schools know that certain agents don't pay teachers under contract with that agent! An excuse will follow but still the school pays the agent...the agent doesn't pay the teacher...teacher leaves disillusioned...agent gives the school a replacement teacher...no headache for the school...very good profit for the agent...teacher gets nothing while doing all the work!!! Any plans to work as a teacher in Thailand cq teaching in Thailand? Watch out for these schools in Bangkok: Streesmutprakan School Sarawittaya School ChanHunBamPhen School or Chan Hun BamPhen School Wat Nongchok or Nong Chok School

Kirk Pathumanun's Smartkurve, Edknovate, Axiom, Exact Academy...seems to have changed name again (and probably again): Complaintsboard says new fraudulent job or teacher agent or agency QUEST or quest language. Foreign teachers you are warned again for this scam job agency in Bangkok! Different name, same face and same scam. Find his ads on ajarnjobspace.com, th.incruit.com, teachingthailand.com, eslteachersboard.com Quest Language Center Contact name:Quest HR Contact phone:6621150889 Contact email:[email protected]

my name is gustav fogarascher/fogo, i'm an austrian teacher since 5 years in thailand and was working all the time under correct/legal conditions - NonB visa and work permit. end of october 2010 i signed a contract with edknovate/smartkurve, which has a contract with streesmutprakan school in samut prakan/thailand. from the very first begin of this employment i tried to get the correct papers from this agency to change my vialed NonB visa and work permit - both are running on the name of my former employer - youth exchange school - to the new school - streesmutprakan school. 10/15 times while 4 month i urged the agency owner, but nothing happen! middle of january i searched for support/help by the head of my english department/some thai teachers and the principal of SSP. this was reason enough for this agency to terminate my employment with 09.th of february 2011 - a absolute illegal termination against all laws. for january and february i just get a small part of my salary and for march zero - my contract actually ends end of march.
kirk phatumanun shows zero respect for his employees - people from europe - this is his original comment - are just trash! his behavior he shows daily by acting with his employees. all teaching material he prepare is useless and all promises he has done to his teachers/and the school are "hot air"! he is backed by his father, which is adviser of the minister of natural resources - suwit khunkitti - and both - khunkitti and his father are shareholders of this criminal teacher agency. but his "connections" makes him believing he can do what he want and thai law doesn't exist for him.
i strongly warn all foreign teachers in thailand to get in touch with edknovate/smartkurve!!!