Still pretty hacked-off today about a few things. Firstly the fact that we’re still yet to be paid our salary; despite having worked for the last 6 weeks.
And secondly my visa still hasn’t been finalised!! We gave our documets to our boss over 2 weeks ago, and our boss hasn’t even started the visa-getting process!!!

Despite the fact that she knew about the urgency of the applications (most of the teachers’ visas have now expired due to her incompetance) they are still not done!!!
So the 500 Yuan A DAY overstay fine has come into effect, and i’ll be damned if i’m paying!
It’s really frustrating when things like this happen – as they all too often do in China – especially when the person in question refuses to accept that they are at fault. When to any ‘normal’ person they are banged to rights.
All of us foreign teachers are becoming increasingly concerned over the salary, or to be more precise, lack of salary. Our contracts stated that we should have been paid at the end of August, however we accepted our bosses appeal that full salary will be given at the end of september.
The problem arises later, in money is becoming rather thin on the ground for all of us. We need to pay our rent, and we need to live!
Our boss refuses to give a solid date when we will receive our cash, she simply says between the 25th and the end of the month.

What upsets me is that we know that she has long had our paycheques. She is stalling because I think she is using this money elsewhere – or she is spounging the interest off the significant amount of capital, that has been residing in her bank account for over a month – over 50K Yuan!

Why do some Chinese value money so highly, almost as if money is more important than ANYTHING else – including honesty, integrity and morals. Call me old fashioned, but i find this intoxication with cash totally abhorrent and completely counter-productive. If you upset your employees just for the sake of a few extra bucks in the bank, the only thing this proves is how greedy you are .