They just make it up!
They just make it up, and not very well either.
Just back from a call with D. She had been talking to J, the guy who offered the contract for Job 1 in T. I read the contract and it appeared pretty generic, and not necessarily applying to this job.
Documents
The conversation started with a discussion where D said that I must hurry to accept because my legalised documents will 'run out'. This sounds like nonsense, so I said I will check with my solicitor and the Chinese embassy. I was told not to do that because they don't know what they are talking about. Mmm .
Contract term
Orally we agreed on 12 months. The contract is for 11 months. My answer was no school pays for a 12 month contract. They do. I've seen them.
Flights
Flights are only reimbursed on a greater than 12 month contract. This means I get no flights, right? "Ah no" came the reply, "the eleven month contract means a year". "Okay ". I said " but the contract says no flights unless I sign for more than 12 months, which means I don't get flights?". D promised to check this one out.
It may be a problem with Chinese /English, but my experience with Chinese so far is they give an answer, excuse but don't think it through. The answers, excuses are like those of a three year old who denies eating the chocolate whilst having chocolate smeared around their mouth. Maybe if I knew Chinese etiquette, I would be obliged to ignore the 'chocolatey mouth'....It's just hard to ignore what in England would be called b******t.
Another example
The contract says the flights are to city B. I asked would it not be easier to fly to city T direct? "Ah no" came the reply "you need to go to city B for the medical documents". However further down the contract it says that the medical documents are done in city T!
Just back from a call with D. She had been talking to J, the guy who offered the contract for Job 1 in T. I read the contract and it appeared pretty generic, and not necessarily applying to this job.
Documents
The conversation started with a discussion where D said that I must hurry to accept because my legalised documents will 'run out'. This sounds like nonsense, so I said I will check with my solicitor and the Chinese embassy. I was told not to do that because they don't know what they are talking about. Mmm .
Contract term
Orally we agreed on 12 months. The contract is for 11 months. My answer was no school pays for a 12 month contract. They do. I've seen them.
Flights
Flights are only reimbursed on a greater than 12 month contract. This means I get no flights, right? "Ah no" came the reply, "the eleven month contract means a year". "Okay ". I said " but the contract says no flights unless I sign for more than 12 months, which means I don't get flights?". D promised to check this one out.
It may be a problem with Chinese /English, but my experience with Chinese so far is they give an answer, excuse but don't think it through. The answers, excuses are like those of a three year old who denies eating the chocolate whilst having chocolate smeared around their mouth. Maybe if I knew Chinese etiquette, I would be obliged to ignore the 'chocolatey mouth'....It's just hard to ignore what in England would be called b******t.
Another example
The contract says the flights are to city B. I asked would it not be easier to fly to city T direct? "Ah no" came the reply "you need to go to city B for the medical documents". However further down the contract it says that the medical documents are done in city T!
