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[syousefi]

Hi,
I got the following offer to teach English in Beijing by this company called Blue Sky Tengfei? Has anyone heard of them or worked for them before? It's a 4 month teaching position, accommodations included, 4000yeun salary. Is this a good deal? See below for the contract:

Cooperation Agreement



(一)、Party A Tongchuang Education wishes to engage the service of Party B as English Teacher. The two parties, in a spirit of friendly cooperation, agree to sign this contract and pledge to fulfill conscientiously all the obligations stipulated in it.



(二)、The period of service will be from 2011 May to 2011 August .



（三）、The duties of Party B:

l To provide English Language training.

l To follow curriculum provided by Party A.

l To meet the standards set by the students of the schools and their parents.

l To be available to work up to 20 hours/week as follows:

1. Provide a maximum of 20hours/week of English Language training;

2. Meet with parents and students, lead or participate in events and participate in promotional events (no location limited);

3. During the summer and winter session, Party B required to work six days/week;

4. During the fall and spring term, Party B shall work five days/week;







（四）、Benefits guaranteed to Party B

l Party B�s monthly salary will be 4000RMB/per month, 10th of each month is the payday.

l Party A shall provide Party B necessary working and living ( full furniture, air-conditioning, refrigerator, washing machine, wireless internet) conditions.

l If Party A requires Party B to perform overtime duties at the LC, Party A shall pay Party B 100RMB/hour.

l one day free trip ( party A will provide free transportation, free meal, free entrance ticket ).



(五)、Party A�s Obligations

l Party a shall introduce Party B the, decrees and relevant regulations enacted by the Chinese government.

l Party A shall conduct direction, supervision and evaluation of conditions.

l Party A shall provide Party B necessary working and living ( full furniture, air-conditioning, refrigerator, washing machine, wireless internet) conditions.

l Party A shall pay Party B�s salary regularly by the month.



(六)、Party B�s Obligations

l Party B shall observe the laws, decrees and relevant regulations enacted by the Chinese government and shall not interfere in China�s internal affairs.

l Party B shall observe Party A�s work system and shall accept Party A�s arrangement, direction, supervision and evaluation in regard to his/her work. Without Party A�s consent, Party B shall not render service elsewhere or hold concurrently any post unrelated to the work agreed on with Party a.

l Party B shall complete the tasks agreed on schedule and guarantee the quality of work.

l Party B shall respect the Chinese people�s moral standards and customs.



(七)、Revision, Cancellation and Termination of the Contract

l Both parties should abide by the contract and should refrain from revising, canceling, or terminating the contract without mutual consent.

l The contract can be revised, canceled, or terminated with mutual consent. Before both parties have reached an agreement, the contract should be strictly observed.

l Party A has the right to cancel the contract with a written notice to Party B under the following conditions:

1、Party B does not fulfill the contract or does not fulfill the contract obligations according to the terms stipulated, and has failed to amend after Party A has pointed it out;

2、According to the doctor�s diagnosis, Party B cannot resume normal work after a continued 30-day sick leave;

l Party B has the right to cancel the contract with a written notice to Party A under the following conditions:

1、Party A has not provided Party B with necessary working and living conditions as stipulated in the contract;

2、Party A had not paid Party B with as scheduled;



(八)、Applicable Law

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the PRC.



(九)、Counterparts

This agreement is executed in two counterparts, one for each Party



In witness whereof, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the first date written above.



Party A Party B

Name:____________ Name:___________

Signature:__________ Signature:___________

Date:______________ Date:___________

[TexasHighway]

You must teach a maximum of 20 hours a week PLUS you must meet with parents and students AND participate in promoitional events? And you will be working 6 days a week for a measly 4000RMB? No, this is definitely not a good deal!

[west2east]

I usually roll my eyes at how so many on here dismiss what are in fact typical contracts. On this occasion I can agree that this package stinks to high heaven.

However, if you are not looking to make money, just enough to get by and have your own funds to go out and do what you want for four months and just here for some light teaching experience, not a career, then it might suit you. My first gig was a three month stint in Qingdoa. Crap pay, ok conditions, but I just wanted to do something different during my year out travelling and this suited me just fine.

Note that I was working on an F visa and this was the wrong visa for me, so I was in fact working illegally. Please ensure you work on nothing other than a Z visa.

[seamallowance]

Avoid all Blue Sky schools, especially in Weishan.

[seamallowance]

Their contract means absolutely nothing. They can (and did) break it with no skin off their back.

Blue Sky ignored the terms of my contract and fired me within two weeks of completing it, thereby saving the last half-month of salary as well as the 4000 for the airline ticket. They lied on the release letter to justify my termination, they deducted 400 RMB for two months of utilities as well as 500 for my medical exam. Of course, they waited until the day of termination to let me know that.

Everything was fine up until then. I was hoping that there was at least one honest school here, but I haven't found it yet.

There is only one private language mill in in that town. Warning: they may change the franchise name to an English First name. Whatever; you DO NOT want to teach in Weishan, Shandong.

The manager and owners of Blue Sky Tengfei in Weishan are complete crooks. Run away!!

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