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Yuming Education Center
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2.0 (3) |
General School Info
| School Description (NOT A REVIEW) | Yu Ming education center is in Tianjin, where is not far from Beijing. Tianjin have a great developed. Tianjin is a beautiful city in China. Many foreign teachers join with YuMing center . And all of foreign teacher enjoy in YuMing. YuMing have a strong foreign teacher team. It enjoys a great reputation both with students and our teachers. We pay our teachers on time and even set up a Chinese bank account for them. Our center pay is higher in tianjin. Pay is distributed monthly by direct deposit and all Visa and pay issues are handled legally and above board. Teach with the education leader, Teach with Yu Ming! Welcome more teachers come to our center. |
| Kind of School | Recruiter |
School Contact Info
| City | Tianjin |
| Telephone Number | 86-22-89989986, 86-22-23394188, 86-13132058285 |
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User reviews
Average user rating from: 3 user(s)
I have worked for Yuming and have really enjoyed it.
Review
| The Good |
They are very friendly and helpful. Salary always paid on time and correct. Yearly salary increases and appraisals. |
| The Bad |
Slow to notify about roster changes. There is not much incentive to be a good teacher. |
| Overall | I am working at Yuming and have had no problems with the company or staff. I do know people who have stayed for more than 1 year and have been given pay rises. Every company has problems but I enjoy my work at Yuming and wish to continue working there. I think perhaps you need more experience when playing games with large classes, they are a challenge but not impossible. I would like to point out that I now know many yuming teachers. All the teachers I know are happy. |
| Would You Recommend It? | Yes |
POSSIBLY THE WORST RECRUITER IN TIANJIN
Review
| The Good | Your joking right !! |
| The Bad | Pretty much everything |
| Overall |
Whilst the reputation of education agencies in China are generally very poor, YuMing Education simply has to be one of the worst in Tianjin, they are an unscrupulous greedy and selfish company whose only interest is their own profit, and do not care who they hurt in the process, misinformation and lack of information is the key foundation that this company seems to be built upon. If you look at their website, and many trillions of advertisements that are plastered all over the internet, you will see various statements, outlining the conditions they offer teachers, most of which are a pack of lies, there is very little continuity between one advert and another, whilst one promises one thing, another doesn’t. For example, they stipulate that the holidays during the summer and winter will be approximately six weeks during the summer and four weeks during the winter. Whilst the do use the word “approximately” the truth is that the holidays are actually three months in the summer and two in the winter, that along with the Chinese national holidays throughout the year, cancelled classes due to school trips and such, means that all in all, you are looking at about six months of the year not teaching. This would be fine if they actually stuck to the other statement they make, of teachers being able to continue at their normal rate of pay during said holidays, working in one of their many teaching camps, unfortunately they don’t have teaching camps, or at least no teachers who have worked there that I’m aware of have ever had the opportunity to work in one. They did offer me some work however during this period, a couple of forty minute classes a week in a school miles away out of the city which quite frankly was just not worth the effort, and considering there is a clause in your contract which says you cannot take on any teaching work other than what YuMing give you, expect to spend a lot of time out of pocket and sat twiddling your thumbs. Some of the adverts around also state that you will be paid holiday pay during these periods too, and actually go on to state the percentage of pay that you will receive in each holiday, whilst your contract and their website do not. They do their very best to ensure that teachers do not meet each other, I guess this is because if your alone then you are isolated, unable to discuss your problems with others in a similar situation, and therefore unlikely to do a great deal when they mess you around. They like to hold onto important documents, like your foreign experts certificate, even your passport if they can get it from you, there have been many teachers who have ended up in trouble with the PSB, due to not having certain documents in their possession when being interviewed, or being fined and deported after YuMing have cancelled a Visa without informing the teacher, or allowed a Visa to expire that they were supposed to be renewing. An interesting point about this is that when YuMings name was mentioned at the PSB when I was there, the policeman and interviewer both looked at each other and said “YuMing Education....... AGAIN!!!” This indicates to me that they are getting a bad reputation with the authorities in Tianjin for this kind of business practice and that it must happen often. Their communication abilities also leave a lot to be desired, in both their level of spoken and understood English and general professionalism, never have I encountered such disorganisation before. Turning up for classes at a school that have actually been cancelled without any communication from them is common, and when confronted about this they like to blame the school, stating that they were not informed themselves. Whilst I can accept that this may be the case on occasion, the amount of times this actually happens, and involving different schools, I find it difficult to believe that it was the schools who were at fault every single time. Other things offered and stated in contracts that never occur include... Health insurance, Chinese and/or Kung Fu lessons , Air tickets home and stated working hours not being adhered to. If you work here and leave, and manage to actually leave without encountering serious issues with your Visa then you are probably the first. Most people end up having to travel back to their home country to start the Visa process from the very beginning again as they will not complete the release form required to change employers on most occasions, I don’t quite know the exact reason for this but no doubt it is also as twisted as everything else they practice here. Bottom line – RUN AWAY SCREAMING – DONT WORK HERE – UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN CHINA TO BE A BAD ONE. |
| Would You Recommend It? | No |
Do not work for this company!
have not heard a single good news story from people who have worked here. Foreign teachers are kept in the dark about their jobs and only told the bare minimum the company deems it necessary for them to know. The culture of secrecy and misinformation means that foreign employees are completely at the mercy of the company, which holds all of your important paperwork. They keep the English teachers separated at all times and discourage any communication, to prevent teachers from demanding the conditions they were promised. There is no "team", you never get to meet another English teacher unless the company makes a mistake and you meet one by chance!
The offers in the advertisements of this company are mostly lies. I received a decent number of hours but most of my co workers did not and were therefore unable to meet the rent of the apartments the company organized for them (the company DOES NOT pay the accommodation fees). They are out on their butts without work in a strange country with no support.
The English ability of the office staff is not good leading to constant misunderstandings (or them playing dumb). I was utterly aghast at the sheer lies that the company told me and made me tell others in the course of my work.
I pray that new teachers coming to Tianjin read this message and see Yuming for what it is: at best hopelessly incompetent and at worst a horrible scam! Do not even consider working for these people or you are in for a bad time.
Review
| The Good | If you are lucky you may escape from this company relatively unscathed. |
| The Bad |
- Advertisements are completely false - Rarely delivers on the promised hours of work - very high staff turn over as good people are driven away by inept management, broken promises, poor conditions and a range of other serious issues! |
| Overall |
Do not work for this company. You will likely lose more money that you earn. The entire experience for myself and the rest of the English teachers was a nightmare. As soon as we tried to cut our losses and escape, the company became vindictive and threatened those who quit with law suits and refused to release important documents necessary for our employment elsewhere in china. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this company! |
| Would You Recommend It? | No |






