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svaldezi · Joined: 22 Apr 2014 Posts: 36

Hello got a job offer from Guangzhou Worlda Cultural & Educational Consulting Services CO.LTD. My understanding of them is that they hire then send you to a school and that could be a bad thing. The city is Dongguan City according to the email. Now the salary is gross 11,000 RMB so that's before taxes. This job is 35 hours a week. Any experiences with this company?

AlecBaldwinsEgo · Joined: 15 Nov 2014 Posts: 11

I got an offer from them too. Ask to talk to a current or former teacher as a reference. I did and they first said "Sorry , I have no other teachers' Email on this computer. However, I can ask them to give me next time I go to school."

Their next email said, "I would ask the current foreign teachers if they agree . Then give you the information."

I'm fully anticipating their next email to say that no one wants to talk to me.

I accepted an offer elsewhere. But this will be my first teaching job, so you're better off getting responses from others.

svaldezi · Joined: 22 Apr 2014 Posts: 36

Thank you I will do that right now. Let's see how they responsed back!

Timer · Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 173 Location: China

11k for 35 hours a week is pretty bad. So is working for a company who is pimping you out to other schools. Just work directly for a school. It's not hard to find such a job and part of your payment won't be going to someone else.

mysterytrain · Joined: 23 Mar 2014 Posts: 366

I would avoid a recruiter with such a pseudo-lofty name for more or less the same, but opposite reason (among others) that I would avoid working for "Bai Da Wei English School".

I mean who's really going to feel comfortable with an employer using a "joke name" listed on his or her CV? And what's a serious employer going to think when reading said CV?

In other words ... don't be fooled by the name. And as others have said, probably better not to use a recruiter at all, unless you really need to or have some specific reason for doing so.

Contradicto87 · Joined: 19 May 2013 Posts: 31

Dong Guan isn't really Guangzhou. It's more of its own place between GZ and Shenzhen. It is the former prostitute capital of SE China and a major site of industry. This means pollution, a lot of it.

jimpellow · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 913

Contradicto87 · Joined: 19 May 2013 Posts: 31

So Worlda is similar to another sketchy company in Shenzhen called Satifirst. Their business plan is basically to sell you as a foreigner to schools.

-The schools agree to a set amount of money they pay the company each month.
-You only see a percentage of this fund.
-sick days cost you money (even though the company receives the same amount from the school).
-pay increases are highly unlikely
-no money for summer holiday or the spring festival
-a legal Z visa through the company, but working illegally in schools (note that work visas are specific to the sponsoring company, so you are supposed to be working THERE, not the school)
-semi competent staff
-the feeling that you are a piece of meat to be sold off - "Look! Wei guo ren!"