American International School of Vietnam (AISVN) Ho Chi Minh City
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I'am a graduate in dual major Master of Science in HR Management in 05 and another MS in Forensic Science in 2010, and my dual degree leads me here currently got successfully enrolled/offered, and worked and retained his position here as Recruitment Specialist from early August 23. My labor contract with this school ends in late October 2025. So I got five more years working here and experience all the good stuff here PROS I feel a sense of belonging in my company. The staff from different department and the school treat their fellow staff/employees and their family with great respect. For example, my husband loves this school and happily interacts with the school and its staff and provides the school with unlimited assistance, because the school was friendly and support of outsiders like him. Able to accesses healthcare and the school is always ready to assist and support of staffs with health issues. The work environment feels inclusive and respectful of all people. Very friendly environment. A lot of employment and employee benefits. Labor contact can be extend, with employment and employee benefits. Receive good pay and high payment gatherings. Attractive welfare regime helps the company "retain" talents. High rewarded and many competitive allowance. Earn bonuses and commissions. Access to different kinds of books: novel, non-fiction, etc for employees/staff and students alike in both free time and work period. A lot of flexibility in food chooses in canteen. Diversity in workforces; lots of opportunities to interact with different departments. Productive and friendly workplaces, where employees/staffs are always ready to support each other, even when you are from different departments. The staffs environments are inclusive and welcoming, with staffs come from all kinds of countries: United States, British, European, etc, and all of the staff were welcoming and friendly. The Recruitment Office where I work were friendly; the chief human officer, who is our boss, was really nice and supportive of the other members low-ranked than him. I and the Recruitment Office have seen in several different KPIs his school had establishes 80% recruited candidates qualified candidates for both non-office and office positions. 70% recruit staff meets expected policies. My fellow Recruitment office staffs were ready to assist me, their fellow office member, in other HR functional administrative tasks CONS Workplace anxiety when dealing with different recruitment candidates. It can be challenging for me to maintain a work-life balance. There're lots of deadlines, and many international staffs from all kind of different countries means you have to be good at many different languages. Experience burnout and stress; us the staff are requires to a friendly demeanour at all times, regardless of how people, except for us recruitment candidates act or how you personally feel

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I worked there previously in this school - in Counselling Department before moving to Edu4life Educational Company in Ho Chi Minh City PROS Talented faculty, lovely students, wonderful city, generally a good international school experience. Very easy and efficient. They called me after I applied by sending my CV to their email. Then we had an in person interview. Finally they sent me an email with their offer. CONS School did have financial issues the last 2 years, unable to pay local staff on time at first and then expat staff’s salary became 60% at the end of the month, 40% at the middle of the month (so 2 payments per month rather than 1) ADVICE TO MANAGEMENT School counsellors are developing curriculum much of the time which does not allow them to meet the needs of students daily. A Wellbeing/SEL Coordinator is needed to help school fully develop the Depends which division your friend is applying to but lots of leadership changes in the last few years.

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Please be wary of AISVN (American International School of Vietnam) in Ho Chi Minh City. Below is an example of just some of the things that have happened: For the month of November, Vietnamese staff were paid 6 weeks late and have currently not been paid their 13 month salary (TET bonus) or December salary. Healthcare for Vietnamese staff cancelled despite this being a legal requirement where Vietnamese staff pay 20% of their salary towards this each month. Admin refuses to address current financial situation. Extremely high staff turn over last year. Low staff morale, staff are scared to voice opinions. Some parent protests at the school because they believe the school owes them money. Healthcare for expatriate staff cancelled for a week with only a days notice due to financial difficulties. Staff contracts state that staff members earn below 400 USD each month in order to stay below the tax threshold.

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Unfair treatment in middle school / high school. I wore some piercings to school not visible somehow the assistant principal found out and forced me to take it off or there would be consequences. A lot of the students had revealing piercings but didn’t get any problems with the assistant principal. The uniforms are expensive very. It’s like 300 for a shirt and more. And a calculator is like 2m or higher I could literally go to a bookshop and get it for like 100.000-300.000. The lunches are alright but maybe switch them up every once in a while. And it’s really dirty in the bathrooms if my friend or someone would go in they would get scolded by how messy it is. Paper everywhere. Students are getting bullied and the teachers just tell them to tell the principal. If you guys seen the drama in ishcmc American academy I agree with the mothers actions

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Salary delays are being normalized. The school can't expect teachers/staff to remain the same dedication to their students when they are not being paid! The discrimination is too obvious.

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The only redeeming thing about this school is the handful of friends I made here, other than that most if not every aspect of this school falls short. Even the one thing they have going for them, the facility, is misused. Money is being spent on useless add-ons like ceiling TVs in the hallways instead of the teachers and staffs. Funny how for a school that’s trying so hard to be American, eagle mascot and all, the voice of the students is drowned out by unreasonable decisions from the higher ups. I’ve never googled “how to give negative star ratings on google” before, thanks for that AIS!

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Good facilities, dedicated teachers

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My kids love this school, love the way teachers teach them. Example: teachers explain very careful / other ways if they are not clear with nice voice. They said, even teacher explains 10 times and they don't understand, teacher continues find another way and another way until they are clear with that point.

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My son growing up from AISVN, teacher are thoughtful and friendly!

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Great school for students with IB program. Students and teachers are very friendly.

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