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Old Mon 12-Nov-07, 02:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
Warrigal
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Thumbs down Re: Avoid Bluniverse: Hefei, China

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Originally Posted by Indigo Summers View Post
Avoid Bluniverse like the plague.
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Stay well clear of this school. Bluniverse is bad news!!!
I worked with them for a year, during that time they managed to cheat many teachers, including myself. The usual is to make the job sound great, when you sign the contract, they tell you some of the other stuff that is not in it, then continue to change the rules to suit themselves, then finally give you an ultimatum, accept it or quit... When you quit, you loose all benefits of airfare, holidays (which they will try to cheat you out of anyway), the last months pay and anything else they can get, such as wanting you to refund for visa fees, etc. They also give you fines for their mistakes, e.g. fine you 500RMB for not showing up for class when they get the timetable wrong.

The sad thing is, there are many schools like this in China.

Just be careful and don't let them keep your passport as I've heard many stories where they offer to keep it safe for you but not return it when you need it.
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