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CHINOISE · Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 62

Thinking about bailing on this job. My first pay was 1000 short with no explanation, and that's the least of the problems at this workplace...

Can I just leave at anytime? I read something about obtaining an exit visa...

I would assume I can just leave by my own free will if there is no standing complaint against me, but many of my logical assumptions have been contradicted in my short time here

CHINOISE · Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 62

oh and when I said 1000 short, I meant 1000$ USD short. That's over 6000 Yuan.

roadwalker · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1750 Location: Ch

Unless you are suspected of a crime, no one will stop you from leaving. No one in the government, that is. There is no exit visa at least at the moment. You just go.

Before you go, make sure you are not just having a communication problem. Have you been able to talk to your FAO about the pay discrepancy? That's a lot of money to be a calculation error! Are you here on a work visa (z-visa)? Sometimes really bad situations turn out to be miscommunications. Make sure that's not the case before leaving. Leaving is better than being in a truly bad situation though, it's just that it might complicate things if you are trying to find better work in China. Good luck.

GreatApe · Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:47 am Post subject:

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it'snotmyfault · Joined: 14 May 2012 Posts: 527

Permission granted.

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stinkytofu · Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Posts: 104

You should just do a midnight runner to another province if you still have your passport. A know a guy that did that and he found a job working in another province(a tier 1 city) and got a 2000 yuan raise for his effort.

kungfuman · Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:05 am Post subject:

nomad-ish · Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:49 pm Post subject:

have you asked your management about it? i find things to be generally pretty disorganized in china, it could just be a screw up on the part of the admin staff.

likwid_777 · Joined: 04 Nov 2012 Posts: 411 Location: NA

Yeah man, demand the cash. If they don't pay, leave. Start fearing bandits and you'll be getting whipped while eating a diet of bird food out of their hands. How's that for a metaphor?

juanjose · Joined: 26 Apr 2013 Posts: 14 Location: china

My first year in China I was not paid for two months. I went to talk to my F.A.O that I had no money.After making fun of me in Chinese with the other teachers that foreigners like to spend money all the time, I then showed him my passbook. I was paid for the first two months of work, but then I did not receive anything for the two months after that. When the laughter stopped, and he saw my passbook, he then made a phone call and had the money posted in my account.
After that I was walking around campus and some the teachers stopped me and said "I heard you got 10,000 Yuan." Yes, what was owed me for two months work, not because I have a great salary. After that the payments became regular.
The Chinese are not the most diligent with their foreign teachers.
They try their best to get you to come, but once you're here it seems some employers try their best to get you to leave. China, always a catch-22 in everything. Clear up your situation with your F.A.O first before you leave.