“When They See Us” Language Link Edition provided by Schoolslink - Schoolslink Teacher Language Link Vietnam Employee Review

Don’t believe all the hype that you hear from their “positive reviews” that have been written and rewritten by management on a few occasions as they are trying to persuade you that they are not sly and they are good to hide their previous misdeeds and mishandlings of their prior actions and intentions. This company is currently under investigation and facing lawsuits due to multiple incidents that are dated back from 2013-2018 as this probably won’t be their first or last. Before you sign any contracts, make sure you read up on all of The Vietnamese Labor Laws, Contracts, and everything else that they give to you before signing anything as you will know exactly what to do when they consciously start violating you and therefore go beyond the Vietnamese Labor Laws in the process. A small number of violations include: 1. Privileged westerners in positions making threats of violence to minorities as this stimulates from pure jealousy and envy as this is an educational institution for parents to bring their innocent children that are supposed to come to the center to learn English as a 2nd language as privileged westerners in position are trying to turn Language Link Vietnam into, "The Wild Wild West." 2. Privileged westerners in positions bringing minorities into rooms 1 on 1 behind closed doors in what is supposed to be MANDATORY performance evaluations ONLY to be discussing the fatalities of minorities in America among police shootings while the privileged westerner in position says, "I know that's a messed up way to build a rapport." Furthermore, the privileged westerner talks about bringing security guards in the room at the same time in the beginning of the meeting as if minorities are a threat. And to top it all off as this is the first time ever to "introduce" and to have a MANDATORY "meeting" with the privileged westerner in position, their are talks to fire the minority as the privileged westerner in position apologizes to the minority with his head down as he shakes his head from left to right and just continues to talk on and on and on while his hands are shaking while the minority sits there quietly and listens. 3. Privileged westerners in positions telling minorities 1 on 1 behind closed doors in MANDATORY meetings that, “You are the younger version of me back then.” “You are a team player.” “You are ambitious.” You have to wait your turn." "Anyone can do what you did." “It feels so good to be around you.” 4. Privileged westerners in positions having MANDATORY private meetings for degrading credibility directly to minorities and to scold their personal achievements behind closed doors. 5. Going inside the locker of minority teachers and replacing their teaching materials with toilet paper and laughing about it when confronted. 6. Privileged westerners in positions and HR giving mixed evaluations on the same exact evaluation. For example: A privileged westerner in a position telling you to your face that you “passed” but does not give you the teacher evaluation report. Then the privileged westerner discusses with HR that you “did not pass” as HR is in on this as well. Not to mention that HR is sending out CCed emails among your colleagues to discuss that you “did not pass” and is saying that you “cannot get a raise.” 7. Imagine that the privileged westerner in a position looks you in the eyes and tells you that, "Observations are meant to be negative and that you will not get any observations this year." Following that comment, imagine that you get a surprise observation the next following day. 8. Privileged westerners in positions using rhetoric to encourage colleagues to marginalize, bully, pick sides, and physically fight instead of working as a cohesive team as certain colleagues that hang around management are easily persuaded and influenced by positions of power without objectively looking for motives as the thinking is herd-like and can be easily manipulated as the privileged westerner in position plays victim while the threats and abuse continue on for the minority teacher. And when threats are made verbally by privileged westerners in positions of power and those being surrounded, then minorities must find ways to protect themselves by any means necessary as teachers are role-models and they should never have to think about their safety in such a safe country with lovely and friendly people and in a company where innocent kids go to learn as this goes beyond violating dignity which is in The Vietnamese Labor Laws. 9. Imagine that colleagues that have surrounded themselves with those in management are getting in your face in saying, "We were just playing with you!" In addition, imagine that the colleague points his fingers to the back of your head as he makes a gun gesture while you got your back turned. And from the moment you turn around, he puts his hands down. How would you protect yourself then? How would you protect yourself in a company that parents trust to send their innocent children to go learn English? 10. When these situations took place, an email was sent to HR about the incidents. Nobody in HR asked questions or replied back to the email. As long as parents did not find out, they were ok with anything that happened as they allowed these behaviors to continue. The only time HR replied back was on a separate email when a Vietnamese Labor Law violation had been caught up on their end. 11. Never dealt with these ideologies on racism, racial profiling, or discrimination in Vietnam until these situations at this company happened as these are not the only incidents within the company that took place as these incidents clearly violate The Vietnamese Labor Laws as these close-minded ideologies come from privileged westerners that move to Vietnam as those set of ideas and beliefs get embedded into the company as they are supported from the top and trickle down through others. The only time questions such as, “How hard is it to be ‘a certain race’ living in Vietnam” come up, is when you enter into Language Link Vietnam. Otherwise, you just don’t get those types questions in Vietnam. This is not a company based on fairness or education, but based on The Wild Wild West. 12. And if you think that this is company based on fairness or education, then continue to allow toxic privileged westerners in positions to call your kids, “stupid” outside of class. 13. You still think this company is based on fairness or education? Imagine that you are in another MANDATORY meeting and you are told that "65% of Vietnamese are boring and aren't going to go anywhere in life." Without having any empathy or compassion for all of the challenges that they had to face in the past. 14. With all the reasons stated above to include reasons that are not even stated, it's no wonder why minority teachers don't come to the company unless it was MANDATORY. 15. Lastly, privileged positions of power are STILL allowed to be maintained and kept despite all of this.