As a current Employee who has been with Best Learning for two years, I feel it necessary to write a response to this inaccurate review about Best Learning. I have learned and gained a lot of knowledge from working in Best Learning. Best Learning is a Chinese company, so things are run a bit differently from how we, from the west, are used to. Best Learning is a fast paced environment which will give an employee experience in how to adapt and work in an international environment.
There is a fairly large amount of newly graduated employees that come to Best Learning. Most of these newly graduated employees have had previous work experience or internships in other companies. When a new employee comes to China to work for Best Learning, they do provide visas, help with resources on how to find an apartment, and a very comfortable salary.
These visas are not illegal. If these visas were truly illegal, the government would not issue these visas to Best Learning employees. The problems with visas arise when the Chinese government changes rules and regulations. These changes happen quite often, and are something that a foreigner in China needs to learn how to adapt and adjust with.
Best Learning has a special team that stays up with the constant regulation changes, and does everything to their ability to make sure every foreign employee has the proper visa according to the employee’s situation (education background, age, etc). In the three years best learning has been in operation, never once has an employee been deported or not been able to get the visa that he/she requires.
Concerning the curriculum and how Best Learning operates, it is true that the children are hard working and tired. This is why Best Learning is in business. In China the demand for a well rounded education is necessary. With a population of over 1 billion, the parents don’t allow much time for the children to relax and play in order to keep their children ahead of everyone else. That is where Best Learning comes into play. We teach the children in a way that is fun and active. The children should not be sitting in the same spot for more than 15-20 minutes. We have lots of activities and games that are all in English. The kids have fun and don’t realize how much they are learning in a Best Learning classroom. They don’t realize they are learning because they do not feel like they are studying but instead enjoying classroom activities! My students enjoy coming to Best Learning, because they feel it is an escape from their strict classrooms in their regular Chinese school.
The entire curriculum at Best Learning is from the United States. It is all McGraw Hill curriculums. The students here are studying what the students are studying in America. The students are able to learn the curriculum much faster here because they have already studied it in their regular schools. American curriculum is a little bit slower, and less intense than the Chinese standards. Therefore we re-teach the students in English. Most of the students at Best Learning have no problems keeping up with America’s curriculum standards in the 6 hours a week they are in our classrooms.
As for the owners of the company, I have not had much contact with Jacky and Larry. They do come around to the centers and like to know every employee. They are both very friendly and thankful for our hard work. They do will do many nice things for their employees. For example they allowed randomly decided to give every center free coffee machines where we can have coffee and hot orange juice for free at any time we want. This is a very nice perk, as it is a very Western beverage, and very expensive here in China. The owners have been very nice and pure to us employees. I do not believe they are liars and cheats.
In my opinion, whoever wrote this email clearly had a bad attitude and wrote this in order to “get back at the company” because this person was most likely fired because of their attitude. Judging by this review, this person is full of lies and not somebody that any company would want to be represented by. Best Learning has been very good to my coworkers and me. We get our pay on time every month. We get many bonuses. We receive paid vacations, and are treated much better than at other English companies I have worked for in China. I am sure if you have read this review and are unsure about coming to Best Learning, the person interviewing you will be happy to answer your questions.