Here is what I am sending out...

To All Members of the China EFL Community:

Call me Ishmael. Although I usually go by 'Raoul', and am an administrator and casino greeter at an online forum called "Raoul's China Expat Saloon." I'd like to make you aware of a bad situation currently playing out at an English school here in China.

Our forum recently ran Help Wanted ads for an entity called "Dr. Paul's Language School," an English school for Korean students based in Qingdao. The jobs looked pretty good, and our ads produced a number of responses from among our members and readers.

Eventually, several of our members received job offers. These typically took the form of phone or e-mail communications confirming the job offer, as well as a paper hard-copy of the contract, ready for the teacher's signature.

Some time afterwards, many of those who had been hired received e-mails from Dr. Paul's stating that the job offers were being withdrawn and that the contracts sent before would not be honored. Absolutely no explanation was given for this action; it was just "We're taking our job back, buh-bye."

This bad faith on the part of Dr. Paul's has caused and is causing some financial loss and hardship among those who were its victims. Most of these people had turned down other offers, rented apartments, and taken other actions that typically go with starting a new job.

Before even opening its doors, Dr. Paul's English School in Qingdao has demonstrated itself to be an employer that respects neither the agreements it makes with its teachers, nor the teachers with whom it strikes agreements.

We encourage all teachers in China to place Dr. Paul's English School on their "Do Not Apply" list, and to take extreme caution in any dealings they may ever have with this school.

Thank you for your attention.

Raoul
Raoul's China Expat Saloon
http://chinateachers.proboards17.com
Nate's China School Review
http://www.chinaschoolreview.net