I find some of your comments about training schools and the type of teachers who work there offensive. I worked for NDI for a year. I had no problems. I was always paid. I didn't have a teachers assistant. I didn't have a centre director breathing down my neck. I got paid well. I turned up for my teaching hours only. I actually only turned up half an hour prior because there was no real preparation needed. It was the easiest job I've ever had. Now I did work some people who complained and there are always going to be people who are never happy..Like the OP. I knew people who worked for Web too, and I even considering jumping ship as the pay was better...And yep, you guessed it, they liked their employer. Now I know that each individual school is managed differently and there are probably NDI and Web branches who have treated their FT's badly. I just think that grouping a whole franchise of schools in one basket is not fair. To any new teachers considering moving to China, stop reading forums. I remember I got so disillusioned. Only take the advice of teachers who are working for the school now.