To bring at least a fair perspective to the reputation Expertise has gained in this forum, yes there may be some truths been reported here, but there are things that bloggers here have neglected to mention.

True, maybe Expertise is hemorrhaging teachers, but this is not purely through mismanagement. I am aware that the teacher who I replaced had left for no other reason other than more money. I was told that the school I briefly worked for preferred him to me, and from what I heard, the relationship was rather content, and hearing from my former room mate, he had no other issues.

Throughout my time with expertise, I did encounter many teachers who would sign up with expertise, only to leave for better opportunities elsewhere in Beijing. This may have been to do with issues at the school, or it may not have.

To be fair, a big part of the problems with expertise is not expertise themselves, rather the schools. This says nothing about the company, just the fact that when an agency recruits for various schools, it is entirely the luck of the draw whether it is a nice, amicable school, or a school with awkward staff who just like to make life awkward for teachers, which can be the case.

However, one legitimate criticism of expertise is they really should stand up more for the teachers and fight their case, rather than taking the sides of the schools.

I really cannot confirm any of the cases of the mishandling of documents. I have only heard about cases of people making runs to Hong Kong or Mongolia within the blogosphere, I never heard of encountered a case of it during my time with Expertise.

I will also say this in their defense, the way they handle the documents is very much to your benefit. Were you to apply for a Z Visa in your home country, you would have the cost of doing medical tests at home, rather than doing them solely in China. They handle it well, I got my residence permit, and all at minimum cost.

And I notice Jolin's name has occurred a few times, and I really would like to speak up in defense of her. She's a friendly, amicable person, approachable and not the person this blogosphere has turned her into. If there is that side of her, I never encountered it, but she's a good person, and someone I could count on, and my time in China did not always go smoothly, but it was not because of expertise. To be honest, I think many people who work for Expertise vent their frustration on Expertise itself, rather than the pitfalls of China, or their own inability to adapt to a very different country.