I work every day and make a little under 24,000 RMB a month. That’s 3,840 dollars. My rent is 2200 a month and that’s my biggest non discretionary expense. I spend max 1000 a month on the metro and taxis and maybe 1000 each a week on alcohol and overpriced food and coffee. That’s under 12000. This is with me cooking less since I came to Shanghai than I did in the average week at home. And if you’re not a boozehound you can save even more.
And if you don’t, strictly speaking, have enough money to set yourself up once you get over here you can get free accomodation by trading English tuition for accomodation. Normally kids and I’ve never had an extended conversation about it with anyone who’s done it but I’ve met people who did it. And if the family you start with are shit there are plenty of others.
If you’re working 8 hours a day, 30 days a month, that would mean you make 100 RMB per hour. But you said the minimum rate to charge is 150. Are you including unpaid hours in your 9 − 5?
Monday to Friday I am actually teaching for an hour and a half a day. If you’re getting paid by the hour don’t take less than 150. I’m getting paid by the month at that job. When I was working in public schools I’d teach maybe five 35 minute lessons and one hour long lesson a day. So I’d get paid for three hours fiftyfive minutes though I was there from eight to three. You can still save quite a bit.
Depends how well you negotiate. I got 15K in my “contract” for my non-visa job and actually get 13.9K. I have a friend who negotiates hard and then negotiates again if they yry and make him pay taxes. It works for him. But legally, yes.
I work every day and make a little under 24,000 RMB a month. That’s 3,840 dollars. My rent is 2200 a month and that’s my biggest non discretionary expense. I spend max 1000 a month on the metro and taxis and maybe 1000 each a week on alcohol and overpriced food and coffee. That’s under 12000. This is with me cooking less since I came to Shanghai than I did in the average week at home. And if you’re not a boozehound you can save even more.
And if you don’t, strictly speaking, have enough money to set yourself up once you get over here you can get free accomodation by trading English tuition for accomodation. Normally kids and I’ve never had an extended conversation about it with anyone who’s done it but I’ve met people who did it. And if the family you start with are shit there are plenty of others.
If you’re working 8 hours a day, 30 days a month, that would mean you make 100 RMB per hour. But you said the minimum rate to charge is 150. Are you including unpaid hours in your 9 − 5?
Monday to Friday I am actually teaching for an hour and a half a day. If you’re getting paid by the hour don’t take less than 150. I’m getting paid by the month at that job. When I was working in public schools I’d teach maybe five 35 minute lessons and one hour long lesson a day. So I’d get paid for three hours fiftyfive minutes though I was there from eight to three. You can still save quite a bit.
Any taxes?
Depends how well you negotiate. I got 15K in my “contract” for my non-visa job and actually get 13.9K. I have a friend who negotiates hard and then negotiates again if they yry and make him pay taxes. It works for him. But legally, yes.