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312
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Ha I slighlty got that impression too (slave-driver). But it's easy money for 60 hours - 10,000 RMB - in a town with virtually no cost of living. He really has a nice personality, but is a genuine shapeshifter. I had him include a clause in the contract that says he must pay me every week. So, if he can't pay after one week, he can expect a classroom full of disappointed students staring at the clock, and a certain foreign teacher leaving on a train, back to his back-up apartment, with a certain finger in the air  But I hope it doesn't come to that. |
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Nauczyciel
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Location: www.commonwealth.pl
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| You know there are differences in Chinese and American culture. In America, you judge the contract by its specific terms. In China, it's more flexible. |
How typical - cultural differences are exploited to prove just anything that can bring profit and/or escape responsibility on the part of the employer  |
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jwbhomer
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Location: CANADA
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Nauczyciel wrote: |
| 312 wrote: |
| You know there are differences in Chinese and American culture. In America, you judge the contract by its specific terms. In China, it's more flexible. |
How typical - cultural differences are exploited to prove just anything that can bring profit and/or escape responsibility on the part of the employer |
It's quite true when it comes to business culture. A signed contract is only viewed by the Chinese as a starting point for further negotiation.  |
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Nemesis
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OP, just draw a line in the sand. Tell him you're going home, and will prep in your own way.
And then walk out when classes end. Make a big show of packing up your stuff slowly. By the time you walk out the door, buddy will either flinch or snap.
Just like pulling off a bandage -- get it rectified quick. |
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Nemesis
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If things get dicey, show anger and point aggressively -- right up in his face.
Dude will either crack or snap...  |
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Nemesis
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Stick it to the man!
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vikuk
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| When we foreign teachers collectively put our foot down things will improve. |
since in practice we are not organised as a collective group - one of the few ways we can influence is to comment - in here and all other forums - on all of that we find demeaning to the professional well-being of FT's.
Low wages, recruiting info on working in China that doesn't hold true at ground-zero, illegal work situations and all forms of exploitation - must head the list.
Don't be lazy - telling the truth about this job can only be a good thing for the China FT - after all this industry seems to fueled by the naive who're willing to work for peanuts while their bosses are harvesting gold  |
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malu
Joined: 22 Apr 2007
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Location: Sunny Java
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When I came here I tried buying into that urban myth that getting irate in China would get you nowhere and you would just lose face, that gentle and polite negotiation would result in a harmonious solution.
Since being here I have discovered that we gweilo have no face to lose in the first place and the only way I have ever succeeded in unblocking administrative log-jams or dealing with shape-shifters (love that term!) is by getting bloody belligerent and unreasonable. It is the only strategy that works. I hate doing it, and there must be a sizeable chunk of our administration that think I'm a horrid old ogre, but it's only their fear of my wrath that makes them think twice before screwing me over. |
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vikuk
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| It is the only strategy that works. I hate doing it, and there must be a sizeable chunk of our administration that think I'm a horrid old ogre, but it's only their fear of my wrath that makes them think twice before screwing me over. |
For many, this kind of strategy becomes such a china norm - that even when smell shafting through a post - we feel obliged to vent our wrath!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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TreKidation
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| It's more appropriate to direct the venting of your wrath at the object/person in question. You can't change the system or the issue crying to others - face the issue head-on with whom you have issue. You may look like a complainer or burn some bridges, but at least you'll have some self-respect that you can face issues like an adult with some | |
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