Hey Anelle, this might sound odd, but I am actually currently employed at that very center, the World English in Linhai. I just happened to do an online search for World English schools in China in hopes of finding a website address I could use, and I found a link for this forum on the front page of Bing. I must say, reading through this email chain, I had to double check to make sure the above posts were in regards to the same school. Thankfully, in my 2 years of teaching at the center in Linhai, I have not personally experienced any of the above, except for perhaps the slightly worrying turnover rate for teachers during that time. From what I understand it is quite normal in this field, but the Chinese teachers seem to come and go, such that by the time I've learned a new name and face they've already left and found another teacher to put in her place. I say 'her' because every teacher we currently have for both children and adults, save for the foreign teachers, are female, and they have been for as long as I've been here. Currently there are four foreign teachers here, all male, two from USA and two from South Africa. I can't really speak to the others' experiences since we are not particularly close outside of work, but I have not had any negative experiences from working here which I could attribute to the school or its administration. I hope that all the horror stories I've read here are endemic to the Suzhou branch only.