Yes i am a new teacher that just got to china to be with my gf and marry her. I figured i could teach english here. I got hired in qingdao since they are franchised out and this school i think has differant owners. They hired me with 7 days no pay they say thats common in china promised me 2 month probation period which is ok and then let me go after 9 days. No reason or explination. I guess they couldn't pull a scam on me since i will have a green card and don't need a loan. I play it pretty safe. The english teachers there were very helpful to me and the staff is nice we were just starting to get along. But It's true the owner doesn't know how to run a business and they are probably loseing money because they don't have many kids and a big staff. of course they don't pay the staff as much as the english teachers. Also didn't pay me for the day of work i deserve. I was sick one day because they hired me right off the plane pretty much and i got sick from over exposer to china. So i missed one day of work out of 9. But the manager Monica didn't have the balls to talk to me face to face she got a ct to fire me. They do make there teachers mad here. I also am very mad. Nothing against the company or staff just the owners here.