To be fair, foreign teacher wages are auto-deposited each month into their bank accounts. What you speak of is only a small amount that must be picked up in person from the Academic Office. BUT you are correct that it was not available when it should have been.

I'd say that a few 100 rmb being a few days late isn't the worst thing to happen at Lambton. Let's also mention the ineffective communication between teachers and the various offices. Emails to office staff are rarely responded to, inquiries to Chinese teachers about pressing student issues are ignored. This school and their counterparts in North America need to rethink the way they deal with FTs if they want to improve their retention rate.

On the other hand, why should Lambton bother to fix what is absolutely working for them? The pay for FTs is low, the hours are high. The tuition to Chinese students is high. Seems like a good business deal to me! Plus, in order to pass, all the students have to do is throw more money at the school, and they'll get a Certificate. EVEN THOUGH THEIR ENGLISH LEVEL DOES NOT IMPROVE, THEY ARE MOVED FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL!

Lambton is a language mill, nothing more.