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Alien abductee
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| litterascriptor wrote: |
| Non Sequitur wrote: |
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Got a 9 day workweek coming up.  |
Preceded by how many days holiday? |
Monday through Friday off.
2 of those days I normally have off. With the 9 days next week, I get all total, 1 day of holiday.
Oh well.
Unlike others, I won't bother sitting down with my boss and citing Chinese labor laws, |
I don't do this either, but it is good to be aware of what the laws say.
Hearing posters complain about having to possibly work a whole seven days in a row* once a year makes me worry if we ever need to call on any of these people for help in the event of a national emergency of any kind. Because if we do we're phuked.
*keeping in mind that a work day for many FTs is actually only 3-5 real hours of work. |
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Non Sequitur
Joined: 23 May 2010
Posts: 4724
Location: China
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Alien abductee wrote: |
| litterascriptor wrote: |
| Non Sequitur wrote: |
| litterascriptor wrote: |
| Got a 9 day workweek coming up. |
Preceded by how many days holiday? |
Monday through Friday off.
2 of those days I normally have off. With the 9 days next week, I get all total, 1 day of holiday.
Oh well.
Unlike others, I won't bother sitting down with my boss and citing Chinese labor laws, |
I don't do this either, but it is good to be aware of what the laws say.
Hearing posters complain about having to possibly work a whole seven days in a row* once a year makes me worry if we ever need to call on any of these people for help in the event of a national emergency of any kind. Because if we do we're phuked.
*keeping in mind that a work day for many FTs is actually only 3-5 real hours of work. |
Thanks AA.
No surprises that these people are in China because they can't find work at home. |
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asiannationmc
Joined: 13 Aug 2014
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Hearing posters complain about having to possibly work a whole seven days in a row* once a year makes me worry if we ever need to call on any of these people for help in the event of a national emergency of any kind. Because if we do we're phuked. |
Well it should be ok unless the national emergency is on the previous or following Sunday of a holiday. |
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litterascriptor
Joined: 17 Jan 2013
Posts: 360
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Alien abductee wrote: |
| litterascriptor wrote: |
| Non Sequitur wrote: |
| litterascriptor wrote: |
| Got a 9 day workweek coming up. |
Preceded by how many days holiday? |
Monday through Friday off.
2 of those days I normally have off. With the 9 days next week, I get all total, 1 day of holiday.
Oh well.
Unlike others, I won't bother sitting down with my boss and citing Chinese labor laws, |
I don't do this either, but it is good to be aware of what the laws say.
Hearing posters complain about having to possibly work a whole seven days in a row* once a year makes me worry if we ever need to call on any of these people for help in the event of a national emergency of any kind. Because if we do we're phuked.
*keeping in mind that a work day for many FTs is actually only 3-5 real hours of work. |
Well, I like one or two days a week where I'm not around anyone. I need my quiet time. This coming week is going to suck, but thankfully it is only one week.
I do have a day where I have a single class, might just come down with cholera. |
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Listerine
Joined: 15 Jun 2014
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:15 am Post subject: |
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| Non Sequitur wrote: |
| No surprises that these people are in China because they can't find work at home. |
Is that you, Hilena? |
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Non Sequitur
Joined: 23 May 2010
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Location: China
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:27 am Post subject: |
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There was a poster recently who asked for comment on a contract he/she had received from a Chinese employer.
After a couple of response the OP posted a list of:
I'm not doing this
I'm not doing that..
The sheer unreadiness for employment. let alone in a different country with a different social and political system, of some posters ain't encouraging.
This is China's century - get used to it. |
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RW8677
Joined: 16 Sep 2014
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:44 am Post subject: |
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And once again you are wrong. They do have the ability to block users, they do it all the time, as well as deleting specific posts or locking threads.
Double whammy. |
Not wishing to defend the troll, but, I am willing to bet that anyone ELSE reading this comment would infer that he meant the individual posters ability to block other users, rather than the admins. It was quite obvious that is what he meant, therefore you are reduced to single whamminess |
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The_Kong
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| newmansone wrote: |
And once again you are wrong. They do have the ability to block users, they do it all the time, as well as deleting specific posts or locking threads.
Double whammy. |
Not wishing to defend the troll, but, I am willing to bet that anyone ELSE reading this comment would infer that he meant the individual posters ability to block other users, rather than the admins. It was quite obvious that is what he meant, therefore you are reduced to single whamminess |
Ahh shucks. You are right, must of read it the first time in a blind rage.  |
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asiannationmc
Joined: 13 Aug 2014
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| No surprises that these people are in China because they can't find work at home. |
Par for the course as the economic landscape leaves a lot of able minds out in the cold. |
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Markness
Joined: 30 Dec 2009
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Location: Chengdu
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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"He must be a loser at home and can't get a job." -Butt-hurt local as you pass by with a beauty holding your hand.
Wasn't expecting to hear it from other expats though, isn't it kind of shooting yourself in the foot with that comment?
Couldn't be that we find living at home boring or too politically correct for our liking? So what if some people go abroad to get a job, isn't it better than them being a burden on their homeland? (collecting E.I. and writing articles on how life sucks and isn't fair instead of looking for a job).
Also, what kind of person wouldn't want to go and live somewhere where there is less competition to attaining essential life resources (chicks and income)... Duh! |
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water rat
Joined: 30 Aug 2014
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Location: North Antarctica
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Markness wrote: |
"He must be a loser at home and can't get a job." -Butt-hurt local as you pass by with a beauty holding your hand.
Wasn't expecting to hear it from other expats though, isn't it kind of shooting yourself in the foot with that comment?
Couldn't be that we find living at home boring or too politically correct for our liking? So what if some people go abroad to get a job, isn't it better than them being a burden on their homeland? (collecting E.I. and writing articles on how life sucks and isn't fair instead of looking for a job).
Also, what kind of person wouldn't want to go and live somewhere where there is less competition to attaining essential life resources (chicks and income)... Duh! |
Yeah. I last lived in Reagan's America (It was Midnight in America!) I kept seeing these bumper-stickers that told me to "Love it or leave it!" And so I did. Doing so I instantly raised my status from lower lowest class and dishwasher to upper-middle class foreign professor. Duh indeed! |
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thechangling
Joined: 11 Apr 2013
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:06 am Post subject: |
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| Non Sequitur wrote: |
There was a poster recently who asked for comment on a contract he/she had received from a Chinese employer.
After a couple of response the OP posted a list of:
I'm not doing this
I'm not doing that..
The sheer unreadiness for employment. let alone in a different country with a different social and political system, of some posters ain't encouraging.
This is China's century - get used to it. |
An important thing about chinese contracts is that they are often much more flexible than what the print actually says (for minor issues). As long as the major entitlements have been adhered to (and confirmed by current or previous teachers) be prepared to be flexible (but not a doormat) about some other things. |
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Old Surrender
Joined: 01 Jun 2009
Posts: 393
Location: The World's Largest Tobacco Factory
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 2:44 am Post subject: |
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| Wow. I lucked out on this. No makeup days. |
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Non Sequitur
Joined: 23 May 2010
Posts: 4724
Location: China
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| Wow. I lucked out on this. No makeup days. |
That's another wrinkle on the make up issue.
Was this a public school or private? |
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Listerine
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