Pros

Great for developing your teaching techniques, as you can do as you like in "public" classes. Relaxed dress code. Great colleagues and nice students. Lower management is easygoing.

Cons

It is quite apparent this company is going down the drain. This is quite evident by its shrinking centers and dwindling customer base. In all my time in ESL (10 years), I have never seen such a bunch of cheapskates. If you are 10 minutes late, you lose half a day's pay. If you quit without 30 days notice, you can expect that you will not be paid at all. They will not honor parts of the contract such as paying for insurance and timely payment of salary. I have been waiting 5 days as of present, and this is the third time in ten months this has happened. The Chinese staff are never fully paid, only a piecemeal (like 1 month's pay when 3 are owed) when it suits the management. One of the sales ladies worked six months not receiving one thin dime before she gave up and quit. Due to these things there is high turnover, obviously. There are much better companies to work for in China, I suggest you look elsewhere, that is unless you don't mind possibly finding yourself broke and stranded in China. In any case, I doubt this outfit will survive a year.

Advice to Management

Understand that honoring a contract is not just for when it is in your favor. Pay all your staff in full and on time. Offer better packages (like 1/3 more) in the first place to retain them. Realize and understand that the "everything for me, nothing for you" approach is quite simply not working.