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malinkyhoy · Thu 08-Mar-07, 04:46 PM

I'd like to add to this review, that i managed to hack 4 months of a 1 year contract with Santis, which were the worst foru months of my life. I was told the same thing that Santis were high payers and and that we might have to work the occassional Saturday, which I had to start doing immediately when I arrived in UB.

I had to work 9 out straight sometimes without a break and on 1 occassion I worked from 9am - 9pm, solid! After leaving my contract early Santis tried to deport me and Orgilmaa demanded that I hand over my passport to her, so she could "Cancel" my work visa on my behalf. I couldn't leave because the salary was so bad that I couldn't fly home and I also wasn't warned that I'd need an exit visa to leave the country again after my arrival.

Santis are not to be trusted, they pay bad, they treeat all their staff badly and take everyone including the students for a ride. What's more the faculty head, David is an abusive alcoholic and the only teaching experience he has is based on his experience at santis. The worst thing is, we had a staff meeting in June of 2006, which was just before I left and Orgilmaa actually said "I don't care what you do in your classes as long as the students come back and pay".

Thu 08-Mar-07, 04:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
malinkyhoy Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Occupation: teacher Location: Posts: 5	Re: A real life nightmare: Santis and Orgilmaa- Stay Away I'd like to add to this review, that i managed to hack 4 months of a 1 year contract with Santis, which were the worst foru months of my life. I was told the same thing that Santis were high payers and and that we might have to work the occassional Saturday, which I had to start doing immediately when I arrived in UB. I had to work 9 out straight sometimes without a break and on 1 occassion I worked from 9am - 9pm, solid! After leaving my contract early Santis tried to deport me and Orgilmaa demanded that I hand over my passport to her, so she could "Cancel" my work visa on my behalf. I couldn't leave because the salary was so bad that I couldn't fly home and I also wasn't warned that I'd need an exit visa to leave the country again after my arrival. Santis are not to be trusted, they pay bad, they treeat all their staff badly and take everyone including the students for a ride. What's more the faculty head, David is an abusive alcoholic and the only teaching experience he has is based on his experience at santis. The worst thing is, we had a staff meeting in June of 2006, which was just before I left and Orgilmaa actually said "I don't care what you do in your classes as long as the students come back and pay".