Pros
This company is expanding. No fixed working hours, sometimes it is negotiable but definitely unable to go off early or end earlier. It is a China company so, you can really see your Chinese improve. There are staff discounts for employees who has children.
Cons
Cannot choose which days to take off. And no KPI or evaluation to your performances. Mainly just based on the mood. Taking leave is so hard that, from time to time, even if you would want a family dinner, or something you are unable to do so, as the company does not have any annual leaves. Only forced leaves, or unpaid leaves. No lunch time. Can only eat in the centre, for 9 hours shifts, they will deduct you a 30minutes lunch break, whereas on Saturday or Sunday, lunch hours are granted as the admins will be buying food for you and you can only eat in the classroom. No go for choosy eaters, as they are unable to choose what they can eat, mainly depends on the admin's mood. Definitely need to finish your food within 30 minutes on the weekends as the next class is just back to back. In Marine Parade branch is okay, as we still have 2 days off days, but in other branches has only 1 day off. And the timing is certainly exceeding 44 working hours per week as spoken in the MOM. The contract given was 44 hours, indeed but when you started working, you will realised that the pressure of the management, would not allow you to come on dot and leave on dot. The amount of workload is also so much, causing you to OT, yet unpaid as the management expects you to finish them on time. Admins from all different branch would definitely need to OT , unpaid OTs. You will need to give notice 3 months and with the compensation of 2 months in order to leave the company, however, if you are not diligent enough, you may get fired, and they will dismiss you without notices. For manager roles, the company will not compensate for transportation or OT pays if you need to go to the main centre for meetings after working hours. For events, OT or time offs are not given. For example, if your working time ends at 6pm, and the company wants to have a f2f meeting at 7pm. From Bukit Timah branch, you may need to cab down to Marine Parade Branch. You will need to close the door for Bukit Timah branch first, and take a cab down to Marine Parade, during this period, if you didnt manage to eat your dinner, sometimes the company will provide free dinners, but if they don't you will need to wait till the meeting ends which is 9 to 10pm. Cabbing is all at your own cost, and not claimable. And you are required to be early for work the next day. For company events like teacher's day, CNY, or morning meetings, which you require to go before your working hours are not claimable or paid OTs.