r/ChinaJobs • u/DrawingFull272 • 1d ago
Getting scammed as a foregin tennis coach
I am a foreign tennis court in China, I have been here for almost 1 year and I have faced a lot of scams from tennis clubs such as not getting salary for 1 month for no reason at all without explanation. Getting fired for being from a certain country. Getting low balled during salary negotiation. Tennis club doing illegal activities such has keeping a part of my salary so If I leave they can keep my salary as a punishment. Got called for an interview, everything went well then got ghosted. Tennis club owners lying about fixed salary then finding out from my friends (greatful for them) that club owner is notorious for scamming foreign coaches.
I don't know if it's a businessman thing everywhere in the world or it's a China BUSINESSMEN special deal for foreign tennis coaches but I am honestly sick of that, I am sick of getting take an advantage of. I want a community where us foregin tennis coaches in Shanghai can connect with each other and help each other if we are in a bad situation and avoid getting scammed because it's happening sooooo much lately.
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u/MADAO_1001 4h ago
Can you sue that company? And you can reach out to other people who were scammed before and sue him together.
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u/Initial_Ad5313 14h ago
Build your own community, like wechat group, let your customer introduce others
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u/FreshAd7078 14h ago
“I’m a foreign tennis court” is sending me. I am crying with laughter.
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u/Mobile_Roll2197 9h ago
You're far from the only one. It's so far off from 'coach' that I couldn't help laughing.
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u/PEClawyerSZ 22h ago
Legally speaking, You may file complaint to the local HR and security bureau or file labor arbitration to claim your salary. Or if you have any leverage against them you may use it well too.
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u/Due_Recognition_5050 1d ago
That's just how Chinese companies are; they frequently delay paying their employees' wages. You've already calculated that they're only a month late; local Chinese companies usually delay for several months, even half a year or more. Seeking redress is impossible; the law is just a piece of paper. Chinese police will only side with the government and businesses.
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u/DrawingFull272 1d ago
How come they don't face any consequences from the police? They always favour their own.
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u/purplepotatocookies 1d ago
When they realize their business isn’t doing as well as they expected, their first instinct is often to exploit their employees by cutting wages, delaying pay, or making them work for free. They’re obviously acting badly, but unfortunately, there have been many cases where this actually worked in the past, with those employees eventually receiving more than adequate compensation. So they convince themselves that they’re simply asking their employees to invest in the future, rather than defrauding them.
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u/DrawingFull272 1d ago
But they are never upfront about their intentions. They always act so superior like they can never make a mistake. It's bizarre the amount of superiority complex they have and so superficial.
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u/purplepotatocookies 1d ago
Somone trust that acting like an asshole means you’re confident in your business and that people can trust you.
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u/DrawingFull272 1d ago
These experiences only made me suspicious of everything they do. I'll never trust one of them again. The sh!t I've been through. Honest to god. The first time I moved to another country and this keeps happening. I can't wait to go back.
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u/purplepotatocookies 1d ago
I’m really sorry you had to go through that. The downturn in consumer spending has brought out the worst in a lot of business owners, especially those who thought their success was entirely due to their own abilities.
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u/Accurate_Engineer237 30m ago edited 24m ago
Welcome to China 🥹 You should consider yourself lucky that you’re a foreigner. If you were Chinese and tried to demand the wages your employer owed you, you could end up getting beaten by the employer’s security guards. Or, if the employer decided to call the police, you could instead find yourself being beaten by the police. And then, conveniently enough, they could slap you with a charge for “illegally demanding wages” and throw you in jail.
And I have to warn you about one more thing: if you’re planning to create a group or community, make sure you don’t use any Chinese social media platform, or any platform with Chinese ownership or Chinese controlling shareholders. The CCP has its own logic when it comes to this: if people need to discuss something collectively, their communications have to be intercepted and monitored, so the authorities can make sure they aren’t involved in trying to overthrow the regime or organizing an effective resistance movement.