Dipont Education Management Review - Smoke and Mirrors - Teacher/Instructor Dipont Education Employee Review

Misleading management practices are rampant. For example, employees of Dipont appear to be employees of the "host" schools (state schools) to which they are "assigned". Being employed by a state school is not the issue, instead the fact that most employees are not aware of the fact that they are NOT employees of Dipont, at all, is (contrary to what their contract states). This bring up many issues, including the one partaining to being employed by two entities in China, which is against the stipulations of one's visa. Simply comparing the contract and statements by Dipont's management reveals these contradictions. The organization's hierarchy is not a functional one in the most literal sense. The positions that are appointed by Dipont as opposed by the "host" school (one's true employer) are held by people that are solely employees of the school in the first place. This means that Dipont employees are not truly employees of Dipont. These "employees" merely appear to be contracted out in the manner that an employment agency contracts out its available pool of labor. Of course, initially Dipont acts as a Head Hunter which presumable comes with a fee. By not allowing employees (agreement between the school and Dipont) to switch to the school itself and genuinely become employees of the schools, Dipont allegedly continues to collect its fees). Another reason that can be rather revealing is the fact that Dipont presents itself as an employer, with a Human Resources Department. Yet, efforts to get ahold of the DIrector have proven to be futile. Moreover, the Foreign Experts Certificates as issued by the Foreign Experts Bureau are retained by the employer, i.e. the state school. By law, this document needs to be in possession of the individual employee since it confirms one's status within the country as shown on one's visa. Although the exact purposes for hanging onto this document have not been confirmed, one of the reasons could be to prevent people from changing places of employment since the new employer needs the actual document (looks like a passport). Attempts to find out more information on issues are often met with silence, hostly, and retaliation. For instance, withdrawing letters of recommendation and accusing employees of breach of contract in retaliation for uncovering issues are practices that reputable companies do not engage in, in the first place. Furthermore, maintaining datebases that are full of materials that are used without permission of their sources, and advocating the use of VPNs on the premises of state school are some other issues that are interesting considering the fact that many like to preach about academic integrity and the their stance against plagiarism. In all, one would believe that better ways to compete exist! Many more issues are evolving. The State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs did not know of the Dipont Education Management Group until 3 weeks ago. How is this possible when you do business in a country? Overall, it is company that provides the opportunity to align one's perceived values with one's true values.