I don't see what all the fuss is about. For a start most of the things you guys are talking about sound like stupid conspiracy theories i.e. "They keep secret files on all their teachers then send the information to Big foot's secret lair in a volcano on the moon." I've been teaching there for just under 4 years. Have I ever not been paid before? I am always paid on time and correctly. Have I had lessons canceled? Yeah, sometimes. Thats what happens when you work with schools. I've never had problems with my WORK VISA that they provided. My residence permit is safe in my passport which I have. No one is dumb enough to give people their passport. In fact you have a legal obligation to keep it safe as it is not your property but your governments. I know I have written a lot but thats because there is a lot of crap on this forum. I wonder how long it will be before Turnoi accuses me of being Helen or an evil clone of her from Mars. As for people complaining about the length of holidays. YOU WORK IN A SCHOOL!!! How are you supposed to teach students when they are at home. "But they didn't tell us that the holidays were so long" yeah, and you didn't think about it. They told you you would go to a school. Just get a part time job through the summer. It's only 2 months during the summer. "Yeah but winter and summer combined is 4 months!" Yeah but to work both summer and winter you would have to work for more than 1 year. That means you signed another contract. Why do that if the company is so crappy? Choose where you want to work just be realistic and remember your in China.