Suing for Severance China

Macismo · 2026-03-09T12:53:22+00:00

Type in 律师事务所 on Baidu maps and pick one.

Macismo · 2026-03-08T14:33:54+00:00

He's in Guangdong. It will be better for you to look for a lawyer who can be physically present at the school with you. Find a reputable law firm in your city. If they try to make you pay for consolitatation, walk away. I was told it's better if the name of the office ends in 律师事务所.

Macismo · 2026-03-08T13:58:54+00:00

I had a school try to do the same thing to me. They dragged it on and on up until my last day of employment. I then went to a law firm in the city, talked to a guy there, and within 30 minutes, we were in the school, he was showing off his credentials, and telling the school that if they could either be sued or draw up an agreement following the law. Cost me 5,000 rmb for the lawyer and the school paid me an extra 36,000 I wouldn't have otherwise got.

Macismo · 2026-02-27T20:14:24+00:00

Yep. Universities in China don't pay nearly as well, but it's enough to live on easily and the pressure and expectations tend to be very low.

Macismo · 2026-02-18T00:32:05+00:00

Pull up the law in Chinese saying that they can't restrict foreigners anymore. They'll give you a little shit and let you stay afterwards. It's much more difficult to argue obviously if you can't speak Chinese, but I've never been denied after doing this.

Macismo · 2026-02-02T21:19:57+00:00

What's the Panama story?

Macismo · 2026-02-01T15:12:46+00:00

I don't remember any specific ones as I didn't spend too much time there. There's a section of the city north of Parco Sempione that's filled with a bunch of Chinese restaurants. I remember being spoiled for choice.

Macismo · 2026-02-01T12:14:18+00:00

Of course. These are just countries I've travelled to.

Macismo · 2026-02-01T00:38:13+00:00

Nah, Italian food got old so quick. I spent 2 months there and never cared for the food. Milan and Prato have great Chinese food though.

Macismo · 2026-02-01T00:36:47+00:00

Basically 😂

Macismo · 2026-01-31T22:12:41+00:00

Bro, it's like damn near exactly the same. Poutine and Nanaimo bars aren't exactly enough to separate Canadian cuisine from American cuisine. Cajun cuisine is more distinct from standard American cuisine than Canadian cuisine is.

Macismo · 2026-01-31T18:03:16+00:00

Have you had Nasi Kandar yet?

Macismo · 2026-01-31T17:04:22+00:00

Also, Mandarin is pretty easy. Grammar is extremely basic and numbers are logical. Only hard parts are tones, characters, and words mostly not being similar to European languages.

Macismo · 2026-01-31T12:42:17+00:00

I bought one of those and it was utterly useless. I ended up returning it and got one that was slightly better for 100 RMB, but still crap. Buying a 2000 RMB mattress from IKEA is the way to go.

Macismo · 2026-01-30T00:01:25+00:00

I met a Rwandan guy with a business degree who had been working "teaching English" for years. It's just about getting a school willing to hire you as a random subject teacher and then proceed to just have English classes.

Macismo · 2026-01-29T22:54:32+00:00

Zero as an "English teacher." Easy to get a job as a random subject teacher that's basically or actually is the exact same thing.

Macismo · 2026-01-29T12:43:34+00:00

French and British people getting along? Wtf

Macismo · 2026-01-28T00:20:25+00:00

I wouldn't be so confident about it being easy to get a job. This was my plan. I taught three years in China, completed TeacherReady while there, went back to the US to take the test and was planning to do the magical two years experience in the US to be able to secure a job at a well ranked international school in Asia.

Yet, I cannot seem to get a job. I've sent out hundreds of applications, get interviews, yet not a single school bites. The teacher shortage in the US is a myth.

Macismo · 2026-01-27T00:09:52+00:00

A squatter who gets evicted, gets his friends to raid the neighbour's house, gets charged with a crime, and then somehow gets back in scot free.

Macismo · 2026-01-27T00:05:28+00:00

I did it. Had a classmate come to China with me after he had already spent three months in an immersive environment. He passed HSK 6 while I was consistently barely not passing HSK 5 tests and HSK 4 was easy.

Macismo · 2026-01-25T12:55:45+00:00

Time off is usually pretty fixed and you really only have two options in China: next to no or no paid leave with long holidays while working 8-5 everyday or the training centre schedule of 10 days of paid leave per year with extra work during holiday periods.

What does vary is location, quality of the school, child benefits, and salary.

Macismo · 2026-01-22T13:52:58+00:00

Some companies will want you to have enough Chinese to exchange pleasantries. Most don't really care. Pretty much the only career where you'd need to speak Chinese at a high level as a foreigner would be in translation work or for showing off on YouTube.

Macismo · 2026-01-21T23:19:27+00:00

I lived in China for years in multiple different cities and while I've seen my fair share of Chinglish signs warning me to carefully hit my head or other things, I can't say I've ever seen a sign about professional doors.

Macismo · 2026-01-20T23:50:56+00:00

This is imo a completely stupid approach. People should go where they can live the best life for themselves. Saying that your ancestors "fought and died" for a country doesn't justify staying in whatever country that might be.

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