Sorry to open an old thread, but Nanjing/ Jiangsu Ahead is worse than anyone have ever posted on this forum. All lies and more lies. Contract problems galore, and so on. I could write a book on my experience, and I probably will.

Lets see: FTs who were arrested by the local police as the Ahead FAO was incompetent.
FTs who to this day still don't have the FEC (the FAO lost it - lets just call her C[edited] to simply matters)
FTs stolen from giving money to the FAO for student events and the money disappears.
The school we were posted at was stealing the chop from a local university. Ahead's financial official has to come to the school to pay a bribe.
FTs forced to pay large amounts for utilities (thousands of RMB) for heat. None of this was mentioned in the contract.
The school would not provide a chopped contract and tax receipts to the FTs so we could send money home legally. We were told to do it illegally.
No email replies to maybe 30 requests about the new foreigner social tax. 11% is a lot of money for anyone.
The Chinese teacher would change grades we submit. It didn't help matters of the rumors that the same CT was sleeping with an officer of Ahead. Oh, that was ML[edited].
Contract start dates and contract details changed without the FTs permission or signature (PDF time stamps are wonderful things)
FT ordered to download and steal from Adobe and Microsoft in order to keep employment.

Their only response was "we have to understand the Chinese"
Lovely thing, I have archived all the e-mail exchanges I have had. Can't wait for the threatened lawsuit. What was her name? Suellen, I think it was.

I escaped there after Spring Festival. Now have a lovely designer position at a major German Car Manufacturer in Germany.