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[Maitoshi]

The sad part is that you are trying to derail another thread and make it about you again, mateacher. If we go back through your posts, we would be hard pressed to find a single one that doesn't attempt to get a rise out of others through varied insults, throw in a smattering of personal success stories under the guise of inspiration, or work to defend the preceding as the innocent victim of others' attacks (obviously the result of insane jealousy).

It's sad, not because we know you are a fraud, but because you spend your time doing this for kicks rather than all the other stuff you purportedly have going for you.

It's even sadder that I'm bored enough to play along and very much look forward to your posts, so much so, in fact, that I have been checking throughout the day over the last few weeks. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm even enjoying it more than you. That's probably the saddest part, actually.

I'm hoping to see more of your work, but I'd like to see some variation in your technique. The insult, self praise, envy defense is starting to lose its novelty.

[Maitoshi]

[rtm]

[mitsui]

I am in the union so I can't get fired without the school paying the price.
I just wanted to know if it was legal or not and it is illegal.
This place was in trouble with Mombusho over a privacy leak so they know
they are on a short leash.

When Japanese run meetings that are long it seems normal but when they have a foreign teacher do it, it seems weird.

[Shimokitazawa]

[Shimokitazawa]

[rxk22]

[ssjup81]

[Maitoshi]

[mateacher]

meiji gakuin 27500 per koma, rather.
Union or not if there arent enough students they do not need to renew you as you are on yearly contracts. There is no point paying union duesare a part timer at a uni.

[rslrunner]

OK, to review:

1. Aeon continues to write on its website that job responsibilities include "a 40-hour workweek consisting of a standard number of 25 teaching hours, with the remaining hours spent on office responsibilities."

Link here: http://www.aeonet.com/life-at-aeon/expectations-and-responsibilities/

2. Aeon specifically requires its employees to work 42.5 hours a work week. This is based on the schedule provided at the beginning of this thread.

There is no need to discuss preparation time for classes. This is strictly about what Aeon tells prospective employees about the work week before arriving in Japan, and what it does once employees arrive in Japan.

If the schedule I provided is incorrect, someone needs to let me know. Otherwise, I must conclude the following:

Aeon, as a matter of course, is deliberately misleading and deceiving its prospective employees. There is no other way to put this. This would also be illegal behavior in the United States and in most places around the world.

Cultural differences and the Japanese values related to honne and tatamae cannot justify this behavior. It is wrong, everywhere in this world, to tell an employee that he or she must work more hours than previously stated and promised.

I don't expect Aeon to change their ways. That's because the company is predicated on the notion that they have the right to manipulate their employees as they see fit. They lack decency.

Nor do I expect any representative from Aeon to address this simple post. That's because they cannot admit to the wider world their true nature and intentions. That makes them cowards.

[HLJHLJ]

Still tilting at those windmills then?

[Maitoshi]

Wow! I'd almost forgotten about this thread! Long time no see, rsl!

[rslrunner]

[natsume]

This and mateacher in the same week? Popcorn time!