Through an agency we worked at clong for a month during our summer vacation from our normal jobs.

Good points –
Friendly Chinese teachers
Small class sizes
Easy books

Bad points –
Filthy apartment
Rude management
No working AC during Summer

It was a very different job to our usual jobs at an international kindergarten. They said we could live in a hotel for the month of staying there but instead tried to put us in an old apartment. It was very dirty. The AC was leaking and didn’t work and we saw rat droppings. We asked if they could clean it and they said no. We could not stay there so they said we could stay in a hotel, but on leaving they charged us for it. The management were very rude and unhelpful. They knew we were just working for the summer so really didn’t treat us very well. We felt like they just wanted to get their moneys worth from us. They said only three classes a day, but actually we worked from 8am until 6pm 5 days a week. It was July too and none of the classrooms had working AC too, it was unbearable. They also promised we would be working in Taizhou city, instead we were put in a school miles from the city with nothing to do. We couldn’t wait to leave. It has put us off doing a temporary summer job again.