1st time teaching in China w/ Kid Castle

Short working hours, low expectations, and good students.

The apartment that they put me in when I first moved to the city was a sh*t hole. I was shocked. The bathroom had no curtain, and the shower was broken so that water would spray all over the floor. They had me sleep on a bed with stained sheets. I have been abroad in Asia before, but this was below even my standards.

No holidays. I repeat, no holidays. They will tell you that you have public holidays off, but what they won't tell you is that they will schedule training to make up every single hour you have off. They turn holidays into an inconvenience.

No health insurance, if you can believe it. No benefits at all. The contract is a joke.

Also, the pay is worse than every other school. Don't use a recruiter! Just apply directly to schools through ESL cafe or similar websites.

There is a lot of favoritism. The rules never apply equally to everyone. On that note, they are cheats who do tricky paper work to pay lower taxes and mislead employees about the true pay of their coworkers. I am aware that they have forged documents for people within the company.

The Chinese teachers are so poorly paid and do much of the work that it is a recipe for poor staff relations.