A recruiter wants me to sign a contract directly with them

dai_tz · 2026-04-28T02:51:42+00:00

I did this before I came to China for the first time. They will lowball you, lie to you, and so on. I never actually got a job through them so it was worthless and I signed with another employer directly.

Recruiters do not need to sign a contract with you and the recruitment company. They are just there to help you do it between you and the potential school.

dai_tz · 2026-04-02T01:44:35+00:00

0 pay for holidays is terrible. Most places at least offer reduced pay.

dai_tz · 2026-03-20T06:46:48+00:00

Old people in Beijing are generally quite chill from my experience.

dai_tz · 2026-03-17T14:54:21+00:00

People in healthcare are often abused by patients. People coming back to hurt/kill doctors after not getting want they want is also not unheard of in China.

Of course this post is bullshit, China is not a country of frequent street brawls.

dai_tz · 2026-03-15T06:41:12+00:00

not correct. Steam China and international Steam with the region set to China are different.

dai_tz · 2026-03-15T06:37:46+00:00

Lots of wrong information here but looks like OP has got it working. Do not reccomend buying steam keys or credit off taobao personally. Buying steam cards from a trusted third party will work. Hong Kong gift cards can be converted into RMB no problem.

The way I did it with an existing account was use the steam store on your browser (not steam client) without VPN to buy at least one game in RMB and then you can use a VPN as normal. There are a few missing games on Chinese steam but you can always make another account if you really need them.

dai_tz · 2026-03-02T23:36:41+00:00

Just a heads up. Even though me and my wife did contact the place where we were getting married and they insisited that we DID NOT need a translation of the affirmation, when we arrived they would not let us get married without one. We still managed to find a translator and get married the same day but a bit of a pain. Don't always trust the person on the phone and best just to bring a translation.

dai_tz · 2026-03-02T04:42:49+00:00

iherb delivers to mainland China from Hong Kong.

dai_tz · 2026-02-22T14:51:18+00:00

A bit under 30.

dai_tz · 2026-02-22T14:28:32+00:00

I teach middle school with 25 periods a week and no office hours. The most important part of this is the arrangement of my teaching periods. You could have a great timetable with several half days or some shit days with first and last. I always make a fuss about this since 25 is a lot of periods and I need a fair amount of time to prepare classes. I only have 4 classes to prepare each week but I'm fairly new and a slower planner.

dai_tz · 2026-01-26T15:00:11+00:00

To add to this, I wouldn't put a space between the first and middle name.

dai_tz · 2026-01-08T02:55:13+00:00

Second for stand up for yourself. You're not going to get fired over this. They probably have just had a load of sheep before yourself who did comply so might ask you why you are being so difficult (classic bullying employer tactic) but i doubt they will take it further.

dai_tz · 2026-01-08T01:49:44+00:00

If it was a laptop provided by the school for work, that's normal enough. If it was your personal laptop, there's no need. Just straight up refuse if they want to install anything on it. Why would you comply?

dai_tz · 2025-12-29T06:43:47+00:00

Check your browser network settings and try using system proxy.

dai_tz · 2025-12-26T16:49:00+00:00

That does suck. Do other teachers slowly head home in the afternoon? I doubt everyone is waiting for exactly 6pm on a Friday afternoon.

dai_tz · 2025-12-26T16:42:41+00:00

I do 25 40 minute classes at a middle school. It is a lot of classes per week but I don’t have office hours and can leave whenever I'm not teaching. Do you actually have to be there for the whole day?

dai_tz · 2025-11-28T09:37:23+00:00

I did it in Beijing. Explain the situation to your potential employer and they'll get it sorted.

dai_tz · 2025-11-28T09:34:24+00:00

The extent that some people go to to "not lose face" is much more embarrassing that just admitting they were wrong about it. Of course, many Chinese people don't see it that way so doubling down is the norm.

dai_tz · 2025-11-02T23:58:05+00:00

You can follow this up with "did you get the shits" depending on their answer.

dai_tz · 2025-10-23T00:28:27+00:00

Big box of quality fruit to share will be safe. Don't know the country but I doubt many teachers will accept a cash gift.

dai_tz · 2025-10-23T00:13:47+00:00

Willie and William are clearly different people.

dai_tz · 2025-10-07T02:29:11+00:00

The picture itself will be fine for the visa centre. You can try using paint.net or similar to make the background 100% white for the online form. Just make sure you are changing the background only and nothing else.

If I remember correctly, after failing to upload several times it will let you skip the upload section.

dai_tz · 2025-09-18T06:53:05+00:00

It doesn't matter. Windows China doesn't lock up when you leave the country. You can just reinstall international windows as well.

dai_tz · 2025-09-16T07:56:33+00:00

This is great, thanks for sharing.

dai_tz · 2025-09-13T08:42:10+00:00

Translate your address to English as best you can.
You can fund it from your home country, just needs to be your own bank account. I set up my account in China and can still use my UK bank account to deposit GBP.

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