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milkevi · Joined: 02 Jun 2017 Posts: 5 Location: USA

Hello,

I have an offer for a Uni job, 18 hrs a week, all amenities paid (flight, medical, housing) paying 9,000 yuan/month. Can a person live/save on this salary in Qingdao?

Thank you!

Kevin

SH_Panda · Joined: 31 May 2011 Posts: 455

Yes. And that salary sounds pretty good for a uni.

Are there any extra office hours or anything?

Qingdao is great. I'll probably live there in future.

milkevi · Joined: 02 Jun 2017 Posts: 5 Location: USA

no office hours. Do you know if there is a large expat community there?

LarssonCrew · Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 1308

There is, there is also a lot of Koreans too.

Also, the one problem I foresee is that you may well be out in the sticks, i.e. not much to do and see, and a long bus journey from the centre of the city.

Although one good thing if you're not too far away is that you could well make another 10,000+ doing part time work, maybe 10 or 15 hours a week.

milkevi · Joined: 02 Jun 2017 Posts: 5 Location: USA

Great info...yes the school seems to be a bit far from center city..Shandong Foreign Trade Vocational College. I assume they have didi there?

Not sure about part-time jobs...I will be a subject teacher, not ESL.

SH_Panda · Joined: 31 May 2011 Posts: 455

currentaffairs · Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 828

18 teaching hours sounds quite high.. Is that the norm now in China? It used to be around 12, I thought.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

If you're not doing Oral FT work then prep and marking will be additional time.
Salary offered is certainly better than FT rate which would be closer to 6K and 16 contact hours.
If you are certificated and registered in your home country and have classroom exp than the rate is way under.
Coastal is better in QD as you the early afternoon sea breeze in summer.
OP school is coastal.

milkevi · Joined: 02 Jun 2017 Posts: 5 Location: USA

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

The SAFEA standard contract provides for a maximum of 20 hours contact time pw.
Mostly it pans out at 14 or 16.
I've done 18 in short bursts to cover for other FT absences.

getbehindthemule · Joined: 15 Oct 2015 Posts: 712 Location: Shanghai

I spent some time there last Summer. I was well impressed! Fresh air, wonderful coastal walks, brewery fresh quality beer everywhere, fantastic seafood...
The people were also among the friendliest that I've met in China. GL

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

I'd agree about friendliness. It's partly the profile of the Olympics (sailing), partly the olde worlde German heritage at least at the station end.
I was the solitary laowai at a hotel Christmas Eve bash. I was treated like the favorite son.

Wicked Stepmother · Joined: 01 Dec 2016 Posts: 49

For a Chinese university, the salary is pretty standard. You could save maybe half your salary - it is possible to live on 1000 RMB a week no problem.
And in my opinion, Qingdao is one of the best Chinese cities as far as air quality goes. It is by the sea. I enjoyed walking along the seafront when I lived there.