Choatle
- 2007-12-26
This is pretty typical of a Chinese school. Often, even if you do have the proper documents to get a Z visa, they just don't want to pay the extra money, and a Z does indeed cost more.
As for the other details, this doe's not surprise me. Schools know that, for the most part, we don't want to teach primary school, while Middle school is not so bad. You have to be real careful, they are rather savvy at tricking you in what seem like the most innocuous ways.
Xincun Chinese-English Primary School attached to Xincun Middle School (also might be called ChenCun instead of Xincun)
School didn't provide a visa matching the contract. Visa was to end earlier then contract but school stated they would get the visa extended when it came closer to the end date. It took three tries to renew the visa and then on the last attempt the visa came back as a tourist visa. The school blames the government for the mistake but when we went to renew the visa for the third time the boss of the school told me not to show my contract. The school become upset when I told them I wouldn't teach on a tourist visa. I had to fight with the school to get my last month's wages. The school is very unprofessional.
And on a side note, jobs with the school are advertised for the middle school and contract is switched upon arrival in China to teach at the primary school. There are other minor problems with the school but search other esl sites for more info.