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I've moved here and now they want to change my contract.
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7969



Joined: 26 Mar 2003
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Location: Coastal Guangdong
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
What attracted you to this place originally?
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Trebek



Joined: 30 Oct 2003
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Location: China
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
7969 wrote:
What attracted you to this place originally?



I friend worked here said the FAO is a wonderful person to work for and she was correct. The town isn't bad. I like the scenery and the lack of industrialization, lots of old China still left.
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johntpartee



Joined: 02 Mar 2010
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Age doesn't have anything to do with it. I'm 59, I was 58 when I arrived in February. My insurance clause is exactly the same as the two 25 year olds and the 67 and 64 year old teachers here. They are jerking you around. They are breaking the contract. You can't do anything about it except call their bluff.
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The Edge



Joined: 04 Sep 2010
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Location: China
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:34 am    Post subject: Re: I've moved here and now they want to change my contract. Reply with quote
Trebek wrote:
I've been at my new Uni for two weeks now. Other than the very kind FAO the rest of the Chinese staff doesn't appear to like the cut of my jib.

I'm 190 cm tall, big shoulders, decent belly, weigh 136 Kilos, look like an American football linebacker.

I also bike more than 200 kms per week, swim like a fish, and only missed one day last year because of food poisoning.

Now they want me to sign a "Supplementary Agreement" stating that they dont have to pay my insurance or something. The English version is very vague, but that is the gist of it.

Is this normal? They have had my medical records for months.. My last school didn't ask me to sign this. I feel personally insulted.

What would you folks do if asked to sign this??


Tell them to "Do One".
They are laughing at you, pal.
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Brian Hugh



Joined: 07 Jan 2012
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Location: China
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
A contract means nothing here with a foreigner, for English teaching. What are you going to do when they break it the first month get a lawyer and spend three times more than your out? It is the same in everycountry. People here talk about being so tough with the locals but I have yet to meet someone who has gotten retribution for a breach.
Ask anyone that has been here a while and they will tell you the same, you have to know the person you are doing business with.THis is difficult if you are only negotiated over the internet.
If something goes wrong the Chinese will and must take the side of the Chinese. Same for Chinese in another country but they usually are together and have more quanzhi especially with their politicians.
Money is tightening here and the industry is not being regulated. People are losing money. People are making lots of you and other Chinese English teachers.
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fat_chris



Joined: 10 Sep 2003
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Location: Beijing
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
quanzhi?
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Opiate



Joined: 10 Aug 2011
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Location: Qingdao
PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Brian Hugh wrote:
A contract means nothing here with a foreigner, for English teaching. What are you going to do when they break it the first month get a lawyer and spend three times more than your out? It is the same in everycountry. People here talk about being so tough with the locals but I have yet to meet someone who has gotten retribution for a breach.
Ask anyone that has been here a while and they will tell you the same, you have to know the person you are doing business with.THis is difficult if you are only negotiated over the internet.
If something goes wrong the Chinese will and must take the side of the Chinese. Same for Chinese in another country but they usually are together and have more quanzhi especially with their politicians.
Money is tightening here and the industry is not being regulated. People are losing money. People are making lots of you and other Chinese English teachers.


What does this mean in English?
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johntpartee



Joined: 02 Mar 2010
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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quanzhi?


guanxi (I think)
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choudoufu



Joined: 25 May 2010
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Location: Mao-berry, PRC