I too worked at Lingdong Foshan and I must say your review was pretty flattering. I had trouble with my pay, my visa and my apartment
I also was quite upset by the amount of lies they told too. The lack of comunication and management was also frustrating if you had a problem you had to email someone who is not even in the country and wait for a reply, which could take days. Also the my manager had no people skills ,her style of management was if I shout loud I am right. Another thing that got me angry was the fact they wanted to change my contract mid way through it. Also to keep them to their word in the contract was a huge fight things like the apartment and small things too.
The whole experiance left a bitter taste in my mouth. What they advertised was very diffrent to what you get. They don't tell you the first month they will not pay you the full monthly pay they will pay you per hour which is a fraction of what you would normally get paid they will also take a deposit from you which could be anything from 3000-5000rmb over 6 months (which is against the law here) also they will try make you live in the school dorm which is out at the school I worked at which is a room(kitchen livingroom and bedroom) and a WC all in the size of a prison cell. Above the school school next to a highway in the middle on an industrial area with no shops at all. If you want your own apartment you will have to pay for the deposit so you will end up paying money to work for them the first month or staying in a waste land with nothing around.
My advise to anyone who is going to work for this or any school like this is to ask for all thier policies as most of the time they are not in the contract as no-one would say yes to them
Ask about sick leave as this school was only going to give 8hrs a term I heard.
Ask about medical insurance as I heard they didn't have any for the teachers.
Ask about which months are fully paid and which aren't.
Keep your contract close by so if they try to not pay you for something or try to change it you have it.
My boyfriend and I had a horrible time at Lingdong with the management but meet some really nice people who will still keep in contact with.
Just be carefull as these kind of schools will apear nice till you get there and till there is a problem then it all falls apart.
Good luck