Yikes!

I think the first one Frank listed is the one that started this discussion, and seems the worst of the two.

Note that they specify that you must already be holding a Z visa...they don't even want to be troubled to get you a visa so you can come get their lousy 3K a month!

I know a Filipina teacher working at a school...not sure what to make of the fact that it's in the same province. The school has completely refused to provide her with a Z Visa or Residence and Work Permits...even though her Big 7 colleagues got them no problem. She also earns considerably less for teaching the same schedule as the others.

These things are absolutely intolerable. THEY ONLY HAPPEN BECAUSE SO FAR THE SCHOOLS AND RECRUITERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH THEM! I hope that people will be aware enough to not take them in the first place. You can't always see them in advance...if you find yourself in such a position, and complaining doesn't work, I hope you'll have the means and the faith to walk away and find something better.

We talked elsewhere about teacher solidarity. If you're a Big 7 teacher, and you see these things happening in your school, I hope you'll have the courage and the humanity to stand together and stop it.
(Yes, I like to think I would. I sure hope so...)

Hey Maggie!

He's all 3...stupid, racist, and dumb. "Stupid" and "dumb" are kinda redundant, so maybe substitute "crooked" or "greedy" or some such for one of them.

The bottom rung of school owners has begun to get wise to the fact that there are a lot of would-be teachers in China who don't happen to have white faces or come from the Big 7 English-speaking countries.

Regardless of qualifications or status as a native speaker, largely for race reasons a lot of these teachers struggle to find work in China. They'll work for lower salaries, take higher workloads, accept poorer conditions, and and are less likely to challenge dishonest behavior than their Big 7 counterparts.

This is a pretty attractive proposition for those owners who want to pay obscenely low salaries, put teachers in substandard living and working environments, and rip people off for salary, benefits, and workloads.

So, sadly, these ads that specify Africans, Filipinos, Indians, Pakistanis, and so on are just shorthand for "We want to find someone we can pay like dirt, treat like dirt, and rip off with impunity." Maggie, you're complaining quite rightly about 3000 per month. I've seen similar ads offering 1500 per month! Of course, no one should ever EVER respond to such an ad except maybe to curse them out.

And, in general, DON'T WORK WITH RECRUITERS! The guy Maggie saw wants to cultivate a stable of cheap victim teachers he can tout to different schools. This is just one aspect of the recruiter mentality. Do yourself a favor and never respond to any ad placed by a recruiting agency. If you can't talk to someone directly at the school you don't want to work there. There are a million job listings in China; go and find one for yourself. It may be harder if you aren't Big 7, but YOU CAN DO IT!