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Life isn't perfect. Good jobs in China are hard to come by. What is the worst job that you have ever had in China and why? Did you finish the contract? Did you pull a runner? What was the turnover like at the job? Please share your experiences.
12 years 9 weeks ago in Business & Jobs - China
You know, teaching can be a great or horrific job depending who you work for. I mean I work for New Oriental now and have no real gripes. Decent pay - weekends off and can do some high-pay VIP tutoring on the side. On the flip side, when I first got to China I got screwed over by three schools (Great Wall English, Key-Logic, and Bi-Lingo) in one year before my bud introduced me to New Oriental. So I guess the lesson I learned is only work for a large well known or public company which actually cares about its public image. Most Chinese companies are just focused on saving money anyway they can - even if means cheating their own employees whenever they can get away with it.
For me it was substituting or replacing a missing teacher. Those teachers at the first place I ever taught at would never show up and I filled in on multiple occasions. It was the worst. When I got to the classroom the kids were acting like they've never learned anything before. I think the policy at that place was make sure the students like you and not do your job and show up on time and make the class challenging. It was a waste of time! I had found plenty of better opportunities later, thank god!
Kids teacher.
Some people love it but for me it's a nightmare! You have lots of kids that don't want to be there and spoil it for the 5-10% of kids who want to learn, you end up spending the whole 2hrs dealing with the naughty kids, whom you can't send out or discipline because their parents will be angry!
On the other hand, teaching Adults in an absolute pleasure. They want to learn, they are easy-going and you can have a conversation with them and help them to learn at the same time.
I gave up teaching kids just before the summer, I decided enough was enough and now I have just taken on a few part-time classes and make more than I ever did teaching kids!
I was once paid 8 cents per post to write pro-china messages on internet comment boards. I've since got a better job. As of yesterday I got a job taking pictures of myself squatting on the ground, pointing one hand off to the right while facing away from the camera. Afterwards I'm to post them on the internet while drawing direct comparisons between what I've been photographed doing and a now played out dance craze from earlier this year. As the animals/appliances on the Flintstones used say, its a living.
mattsm84:
Well, if there was ever any doubt that the Chinese can't understand sarcasm...
My worst job was when I was shifted to Night shift to co-ordinate with my team of Headquarter working in California... it was a 11 PM to 8 AM shift..because the concerned person who was product marketing senior manager resigned in San Jose, California. so just after 2 day training they asked me to handle his work until they will not find a suitable replacement in San Jose..uff they took 2 months in finding a new employee.
Toss up between Key Logic and Bilingo China - both cheated me out of serious money for teaching I did for them. They let you teach for a full 3 month probationary period before they tell you they don't have budget to pay you the salary they originally promised. Scum.
Got bored during Chinese New Year. University labs were closed. Research was shuttered for 2 weeks. A friend from a different university on the mainland (I work in HK mostly) invited me to work with her in her hometown... guess what we did? Sold imitation cheap gum, the worst tasting - yeah you guessed it - chocolate in the world, and... tennis shoes... all within a small stall out in the cold of Hunan from 8am to 7pm every day.. I got 40-60rmb a day.. And the accompanying frostbite was.. well, like a BONUS.
I shall never forget the boss being so glad to have a foreigner working for him... he made my job simple, singing on the PA in Chinese... "Chocolate 1 Kuai!!!" (you can translate it yourself.) my friends to this day still laugh about that!
You know, teaching can be a great or horrific job depending who you work for. I mean I work for New Oriental now and have no real gripes. Decent pay - weekends off and can do some high-pay VIP tutoring on the side. On the flip side, when I first got to China I got screwed over by three schools (Great Wall English, Key-Logic, and Bi-Lingo) in one year before my bud introduced me to New Oriental. So I guess the lesson I learned is only work for a large well known or public company which actually cares about its public image. Most Chinese companies are just focused on saving money anyway they can - even if means cheating their own employees whenever they can get away with it.