I’ve got an offer to work in Shandong, Kids R Kids, 22k RMB before tax, apartment included, Chinese national holidays off only, and not too sure on it.
I’ve read some horror stories on this sub about Kids R Kids, and I’m not even sure if this is a good starting salary. For context, I’m TEFL qualified but only have 3 months experience teaching in Japan a few years ago. The apartment included is tempting, but the lack of real holidays off is putting me off as I’d want to visit family in summer.
Any advice?
The name on its own would alarm me, but the bad reviews and lack of holidays would have me running in the opposite direction.
Yeah you’re right. I wasn’t too sure if lack of holiday was the norm, but other roles my recruiter sent me has included a few weeks off in summer/winter, so I wanted to gauge what everyone else thought
this is one of those shitty jobs that you should only do if you have no other choice.
Thanks for your advice. I do have a choice so I won’t !
I've never heard of it actually.
I think if you're looking for summer holidays off, then a training centre is likely going to have July/August/January/February blacked out for holidays anyway, given that that is peak holiday season where they have increased work hours for teachers.
At a minimum, you should be getting public holidays + annual leave. Locals get 5 days at least.
When I was in Japan, Japanese training centres had quite a bad rep. What’s the situation on Chinese ones if you don’t mind? :)
Sure. From what I’ve heard compared to Japanese ones, it’s a bit better. The reality for Chinese training centres is that you will have to jump around and smile and do all of that. Hours are usually 2 days off during the week and the. Weekday 6-9pm classes and weekends usually 9am to 6 or 7pm.
What you want to know is what the requirements are - so you have to write lesson plans? Although I haven’t worked in this industry for years so I assume AI should make this a lot easier these days. It’s definitely a 40 hour job per week, not a lot of slacking.
If you can walk the walk and talk the talk and teach well, it’s achievable.
In my job now I also don’t work weekend and I love that. Saturday and sundays I do half days, whereas Tues Wednesday I have off. Weekends are so busy here and mid week is just so much quieter. I’d hate to only have weekends off!
Thank you, that’s helpful to know! I really appreciate it
Backup of the post's body: I’ve got an offer to work in Shandong, Kids R Kids, 22k RMB before tax, apartment included, Chinese national holidays off only, and not too sure on it.
I’ve read some horror stories on this sub about Kids R Kids, and I’m not even sure if this is a good starting salary. For context, I’m TEFL qualified but only have 3 months experience teaching in Japan a few years ago. The apartment included is tempting, but the lack of real holidays off is putting me off as I’d want to visit family in summer.
Any advice?
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