The Joy School system is flawed, if all the chinese teachers would be able to speak proper English no problem, but since they cannot, the foreigner classes are mostly there for breaking the bad habits that their teachers though them and obviously since the Chinese teachers have no interest whatsoever into learning more English or speaking to the foreigners, their English level stays at a horrible state.

On the other hand, the Principal is quite the opposite, I’ve always heard horror stories about bosses in China, But her it’s quite the Opposite, Miss Xue is there for her foreign teacher, and threat them like a precious jewel, always praising us and helping us whenever she needs. Since she is young she is always opened to new ideas to improve her school.

I’m still currently contracted with Joy School in Ji Xi, and even if life is not quite exiting in this small city, the Principal and the easy class plans makes it worth it.

The apartment I live in was used by my boss before me. I then was given an eletricity bill for the past 3 months when I had been here for only one. When I moved it there was garbage all over the apartment (beer bottle caps under the sofa, grime built up in the sink) and to top it off there was even a load of shit in the toilet that hadn’t been flushed.

Right now they’re just starting to do the work hour thing and I’ll see how that goes, but I’ve informed them that because of how poorly they have treated me they will not get anything more out of me than what is in the contract.

The company is very professionally run. There is a LOT of support for new teachers both in the teaching area and the living in China area. In Harbin, the company has a foreign teacher who’s job it is to help out in perceived problem areas and a Chinese person who further helps. The Chinese teachers at the school are always more than willing to help the foreign teachers with shopping or whatever they need. The accommodation provided is extremely comfortable. A little small for some people’s taste but the apartments are less than 3 years old and of a very high standard in a very convenient location.

As someone said above. Rememeber that you are in a foreign country and act like an ADULT. Be responsible to your school and yourself and Joy Harbin (and now Shenyang) is a GREAT place to work.. And because of the wonderful support structure, particularly if you are just starting out.

我在中国广州小蜜蜂英语培训中心的工作经历非常的糟糕。我会提供一些信息给对此感兴趣的家长，学生还有教师。我有合法的证据证明我说的是真的，并且我不会说那些细小可怕的事情。因为隐私，我不会提到小蜜蜂英语培训中心的人名。

a) After signing my real contract, Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China tried to force me to sign a fake contract that they planned to submit to the Chinese Government.在签完我的合同后，小蜜蜂英语培训中心试图让我签一份假合同，他门用来交到中国的政府部门。

b) When I refused to sign the fake contract, one of the owners threatened not to submit my legal documents and paperwork to the Chinese Government. The fake contract lied about almost everything, but Minibees English Training Center’s true aim was to try to make it to where it showed that I only earned only Rmb 4,000 per month. Companies in China who hire and pay workers who earn Rmb 4,000 or less do not have to pay taxes. Neither do the people who employ them.

当我拒绝签这份假合同的时候，其中的一个老板威胁我不会把我的合法文件交到中国的政府部门。假合同上和我的合同完全不一样，但是小蜜蜂英语培训中心试图说我每个月紧收入4000元。中国的学校或公司雇佣外籍人员低于4000就可不用交税了或者少交税了。老板也就不用交税了。

c) Two of the owners of Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China lied to me three times about having processed my paperwork. They later claimed that they did so because they did not want to scare me off, as they had not renewed their license

.小蜜蜂英语培训中心的两个老板已经对我说了三次已经给我办理签证了。但是最后他们说不想让我害怕，因为他们还没有从新办理他们的执照。

d) In violation of Chinese employment law, Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China continued to employ an illegal immigrant. They told the parents that this person was from Hawaii, and this person went to school in China on a student visa while working there illegally.

违反了中国的劳动法，小蜜蜂英语培训中心继续雇佣非法移民。他们告诉家长老师来自夏威夷，但是这个老师是学生签证，非法打工，并且来自菲律宾。

e) Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China submitted a contract I never signed to the Foreign Expert Bureau Office. I never would have signed a contract that was in Chinese. The terms of that contract were different than the one in English that I had originally signed.

小蜜蜂英语培训中心提交了一个我的合同给外国专家局。我从来都不会签一个中文的合同。那个中文合同和我所签的英文和同是完全不同的。

f) Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China illegally claimed they had copyrighted material that they stole from Disney. They put that notice on several of the books they used, too. They never had any such rights to it, but this was once again a sign of their willingness to be dishonest.

小蜜蜂英语培训中心非法宣称他们有迪斯尼的材料的版权。他们也把这个信息放在了他们的几本书上。他们没有这个权利，但是他们在一次的不诚实了。

g) One of the owners of Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China would constantly yell at me if I did not shave. This unprofessional behaviour even happened in front of other staff members. My contract said nothing at all about having to shave.

小蜜蜂英语培训中心的其中一个老板不断的对我大喊如果我没有刮胡子。这种不职业的做法发生在其他员工的面前。我的合同里根本就没有写我必须要刮胡子。

h) Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China failed to deposit my pay into my bank account as my contract stated. Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China also failed to pay me any of my final month’s salary. The American owner, a male in his fourties, laughed as he said, “I hope you stay in China [to collect your pay]! They knew I would be leaving to return to my home country, so they had no qualms with illegally keeping my whole salary.

广州小蜜蜂英语培训中心没有履行像合同所说的要把工资发放到我的银行里。广州小蜜蜂英语培训中心也没有发放我最后一个月的工资。其中的一个老板是美国人并且嘲笑我说我希望能在中国等待拿你的工资。他们知道我很快就回国了，所以他们非法的保留了我一个月的工资。

Unfortunately, this is merely a partial list of horrible things that took place while I worked at Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China. I know that they lost all but one foreign staff member after the fall of 2008. They have had a very long history of losing foreign staff left and right, and most of their Chinese staff members are not there for very long, either. This alone should serve as a dire warning and cause parents and staff alike to seriously reconsider whether to work there or send their kids to Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China.

很不幸这些仅仅是小部分我工作时发生在广州小蜜蜂英语培训中心的事情。我知道在2008年下学期，只有一个老师留下来了，其余都离开了。他们有很长的历史失去他们的老师。中国的老师也不会在那里工作很久。仅这些就可以警告那些家长老师是否想要送孩子到那里学习或到那工作。

Remember that patterns tend to repeat themselves. If this partial list of unscrupulous acts is something you’re okay with in a work environment, then Minibees English Training Center in Guangzhou, China is just the place for you! Hopefully they will change and become better. I truly wish someone had warned me before I ever signed a contract there, but I found out when I was already there. By then it was far too late, and we paid a very heavy price that no one should ever have to suffer.

请记住这些还会从新发生的。如果这些事情对你来说没问题，那么就可以选择小蜜蜂英语培训中心了。希望他们能够改变或变的更好。我真诚的希望在我没有签合同时，有人能给我一些警告。但我发现这些的时候，我已经签了合同。那时已经太晚了。并且我花了高价，是任何人所没有经历的。