Oil workers
- 2012-10-12
If you expect a Chinese person to keep a secret, you're way off course! Your 'secret' will be common knowledge amongst them in no time at all!
Hence the expression, chinese whispers?!
foxy
- 2012-10-12
These people thought of teachers as commodity, a total disrespect to the profession. Very INHUMAN!!!
If you expect a Chinese person to keep a secret, you're way off course! Your 'secret' will be common knowledge amongst them in no time at all!
Just to add that the people you mention aren't 'inhuman' per se. They are human beings, not Martians nor aliens from outer space. However their morals are lower than a snake's belly. You should describe them as inhumane, based on the way they treat their fellow human beings. That word means very cruel, by the way, which I'm sure you meant to say.
Huijia is not a good employer - if your face doesn't fit, they'll get shot of you as fast as they can, dependent of course if they've arranged for a replacement to supercede you! This is typical of the way many Chinese employers operate, and it's why backwater work is more secure. It's harder for a replacement to be found off the beaten track if you're not in their good books! As for being cheated financially, that can happen wherever you're teaching in China. So, watch out, and do your best to hold them to the terms and conditions of your teaching contract and its appendix!
I use to be a science teacher in Huijia PVT School. I intend to resign but the big boss Victor adviced me to do an indefinite leave of absence instead...well I agreed. Sounds like a plan, I worked until September 2012, and told Victor my boss (per my formal meeting with him)that I'll leave on the month of October. He advised me not to tell anyone even our assistant dept head James, so I never told James though I know he knew im wanting to fly away from Huijia, everyone knews my plan, it's everybody's knowledge. So, I never have myself cleared, as I'm only on leave...came the payday, October 10, I was expecting my pay as I have worked for it, the pay never came. I called Karen the assistant HR, she told me my pay was already in the bank and there must be some glitch in the bank(WTF !), I sensed something that there is a bigger hand manipulating around. I kept on calling and finally got Amanda- The HR BOSS, whew!!!! It was October 11 2012, there was an intense phone convo, but still the bottom line is, they are not going to pay me unless I cleared up...WHAT!!!. My 6th sense is right! They lied...KAREN lied--bank glitch huh! they are making up stories to hold me up...to make the situation worst, they said that they're going to pay 15 days only...lol, I am a 10 grade teacher, it wasn't my fault that my students weren't there because of military training. No matter what, the 10th grade teachers are always paid a whole month, as a practice. Everyone in Huijia knew this, now it's different on my case...I felt like being framed, they framed up everything, they set me up in a trap.
My apartment was intact, many of my school stuff are still inside my apartment. I never cleared because I am just on leave. I trusted Mr Victor when he told me that everything is ok, that he'll talk to Amanda about our plans...
Poor me... My mistake was, I was too honest to them. We'll I learned my good lesson there, but despite of that, I will never compromise honesty because of that incident...it's a small thing. Whether they pay me or not, I never really care. But one thing for sure, this incident is a big dent in the schools reputation...Beijing Huijia Privte School, does it have a good reputation at all?
BTW...I just heard a news...they hired Bobby and they fired him in less than a month...Bobby moved from the US to China because they hired him, that's a huge move, tell me if it's a joke. They should have at least give him some few months, for him to prep-up to move back to the US...Amanda hired him...it was entirely's HR Fault. These people thought of teachers as commodity, a total disrespect to the profession. Very INHUMAN!!!