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the dakota kid · Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 36

Yes, I have read the prior posts, but I was wondering someone else could give me a current report of what it is like to work for them? 26 forty minute classes per week, housing allowances, and a decent salary has been offered to me... but what is the catch?

Comments?

rogerwilco · Joined: 10 Jun 2010 Posts: 966

the dakota kid · Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 36

A decent salary is equivalent to an international school or between 4-5000 USD a month

kimo50 · Joined: 24 Aug 2011 Posts: 58 Location: Xiamen

26 teaching sessions a week! Way too much IMHO. The salary had really better be 'decent.' 4-5000 for that amount of work (or any amount of work) is not decent.

choudoufu · Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 2245 Location: Mao-berry, PRC

25,000-30,000 rmb/month? plus housing?

Qaaolchoura · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:38 pm Post subject:

Wall Street, which has been a topic on the Chinese forums, offers about 2.500 USD/month (I forget the RMB and don't feel like looking it up again) for 30 teaching hours, and looking at the offered packages in China, it's the only one I'd been even slightly tempted by until now. I'd say the DiPont one is an excellent deal. In fact it's about what you'd make in the Gulf with a post-graduate degree and 5+ years' post-post-graduate experience.

So again: what's the catch? Personally, it sounds too good to be true, but then I know precious little about China. If I saw a job like that in Turkey, I'd assume it to be a scam, of some sort. Though China generally seems to pay slightly better than Turkey, that would still be my first thought.

What are your quals, if you don't mind me asking, that you're getting upwards of 36 USD/hour?

~Q

mambawamba · Joined: 12 Jun 2012 Posts: 89

The money's good, the hours are bad and Dipont? Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole!

Know people here who've been involved with them, and they have had mulitple problems, mainly shonky visas and being shunted from centre to centre with no warning.

But the money's very good, what are you prepared to put up with? Your choice.

Mamba

choudoufu · Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 2245 Location: Mao-berry, PRC

Phil 999 · Joined: 16 Jan 2013 Posts: 8 Location: China

I worked for Dipont.

I'd say no catch. Good money, especially if you haven't been in China for long. No problems with Visa for me and housing eventually was provided and was fine.

If you are serious about teaching and can get along with people you will fit in well with Dipont. They do have fairly rigid expectations about professionalism but if you want to improve your teaching then go for it. If not you'll probably be pulling your hair out or get laid off after a few weeks/months. I'd really recommend them for the up and coming enthusiastic teacher who wants to learn new, tricks and learn how to organize themselves as teachers.

Also they give pay rises every year. The scale of pay is, I imagine, as good as any International school.