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bigjoe
Joined: 20 Oct 2014 Posts: 48 Location: Honolulu, USA
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 7:48 am Post subject: Too low a salary? |
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I saw this ad in the May 1st edition of Ohayo Sensei
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ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR.
Full-time, 35-40 working hours/week, 23-28 (average) teaching/class hours/week, weekdays around 2-10pm, Sat around 10am-8pm. Base of 185,000yen/month plus 2300yen/teaching hour over 80 hours/month (average teaching load 90-100 hours/month) "negotiable." Teach small groups (1-5 people) conversational English. Students range 3 to over 80 years, with 60% junior high school age or younger. Young learners follow a textbook guided curriculum, while adult students choose between conversation-based or textbook-based classes. "Teachers may spend non-class time on personal pursuits." Teaching location Tsukuba City, Ibaraki (teachers are assigned to multiple schools in the greater Tsukuba area). BA/BS, and International/Japanese driver's license required. Will sponsor or renew visa. Accommodation: "furnished company apartments are available for lease, however the school will gladly assist in finding other lodging." Completion bonus, transportation allowance, attendance bonus, 8 weeks of scheduled holiday throughout the year, free weekly Japanese lessons, company car available at small lease fee, to two weeks of initial paid training, and ongoing training. One-year renewable contract. Position begins August, 2015. Apply by fax or e-mail with CV/resume, and availability. Contact Frank Pridgen. Bernard English School. Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan. Fax 029-856-2341.
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185,000 yen a month?! That's pretty low. Do you think the bonuses, allowance, and perks are worth it? |
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mitsui
Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 1562 Location: Kawasaki
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Six days a week?
You get an apartment but no way, I would not apply.
The yen is 120 to the dollar.
I can make more money in the USA, or people can make more as a bartender in Australia.
The pay is too low for that work.
You have to pay a fee for the car and what kind of commutes would it be?
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bigjoe
Joined: 20 Oct 2014 Posts: 48 Location: Honolulu, USA
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 9:44 am Post subject: |
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mitsui wrote: |
Six days a week?
You get a free apartment but no way, I would not apply.
The yen is 120 to the dollar.
I can make more money in the USA, or people can make more as a bartender in Australia.
The pay is too low for that work.
You have to pay a fee for the car and what kind of commutes would it be? |
This is what makes it interesting: https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/job/view/job_id/15507/lang/en#.VUSb8nBpaK0
The salary at that school was between ¥250,000 and ¥270,000 seven years ago.
Times have changed. |
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mitsui
Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 1562 Location: Kawasaki
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 10:24 am Post subject: |
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Yep.
More money before the great recession and more students.
I guess if you really want to go to Japan it is a start but the pay is low
and work on Saturday is tough.
I used to work Saturdays for years but I got two big bonuses
per year.
On Friday night you would want to go out but work on a Saturday morning
would not be fun at all. |
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bigjoe
Joined: 20 Oct 2014 Posts: 48 Location: Honolulu, USA
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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Mothy wrote: |
I assume if you're willing to take that low money, you're some rich child who was raped by their father and just are desperate to find that same sort of relationship again. |
I'm not rich, and I'm not that desperate. But it's the first time I've seen a monthly salary that low. |
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bigjoe
Joined: 20 Oct 2014 Posts: 48 Location: Honolulu, USA
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Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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mitsui wrote: |
Yep.
More money before the great recession and more students.
I guess if you really want to go to Japan it is a start but the pay is low
and work on Saturday is tough.
I used to work Saturdays for years but I got two big bonuses
per year.
On Friday night you would want to go out but work on a Saturday morning
would not be fun at all. |
Yeah, I'm passing on the opportunity. ¥250,000 is my min. |
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Shakey
Joined: 29 Aug 2014 Posts: 199
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 8:45 am Post subject: |
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The Filipino teachers will be all over this job.
This is another middle man recruiting agency that dispatches teachers to junior high schools. Their cut is huge, I assume. 50% - 70%, maybe?
185,000円 a month for a 5 or 6 day work week. WOW! Japan EFL continues to reach new lows.
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TokyoLiz
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 10:41 am Post subject: |
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That salary is low for for five days a week, never mind the additional 10 hour Saturday shift they ask for.
Tsuchiura and Tsukuba are awesome towns with low cost of living, great access to natural and cultural treasures, but on that schedule you'd have no money or time to appreciate it. |
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currentaffairs
Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 828
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 11:07 am Post subject: |
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I don't know how many peeps can read on this forum...
It says 35-40 working hours (23-28 teaching hours) per week with shifts from 2pm-10pm apart from Sat. That is a five day working week.
The apartments are available to lease not free.
Yes, a very poor salary on offer! |
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nightsintodreams
Joined: 18 May 2010 Posts: 558
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 2:12 am Post subject: |
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weekdays around 2-10pm, Sat around 10am-8pm.
Sure you can read? |
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bigjoe
Joined: 20 Oct 2014 Posts: 48 Location: Honolulu, USA
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 2:24 am Post subject: |
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Here's another one:
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NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHER.
Full-time, 5 days/week, M-F. 180,000yen/month. Teach children and adults. "A fair proportion of the lessons are teaching 3 years old to 60 years old." Teaching location near Yokota Airbase, Ozaku Station, Tokyo. Native English speaker required. Japanese ability preferred. Sponsorship available. Accommodation: apartment available. Apply by e-mail with CV/resume, and recent photo. "Interviews will only be held in person (no Skype/telephone)." Olive English School. Japan.
mailto:[email protected]
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That one's lower. 180,000 per month. |
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rtm
Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 1003 Location: US
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 3:40 am Post subject: |
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nightsintodreams wrote: |
weekdays around 2-10pm, Sat around 10am-8pm.
Sure you can read? |
Right, but "weekdays" doesn't mean "all 5 weekdays".
It says a total of 35-40 working hours per week.
If the hours on Saturday are 10am-8pm, that's 10 hours. The ad says "weekdays around 2-10pm". That's 8 hours. If it were 5 weekdays per week, that would amount to 40 hours alone, not counting the Saturday shift. Four weekdays per week, 2-10pm, would amount to 32 hours.
If we account for a 1-hour unpaid lunch break per day, we'd end up with:
9 hours (10am-8pm Saturday, minus 1 hour lunch) + 4x7 hours (2-10pm shift, minus 1 hour lunch, 4 weekdays per week) = 37 hours, which is what the ad indicates ("35-40 working hours/week").
currentaffairs wrote: |
I don't know how many peeps can read on this forum... |
I think it's more of a question of how many peeps can do basic math on this forum.
And, of course, none of this changes the fact that the salary offered still sucks. |
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Rooster.
Joined: 13 Mar 2012 Posts: 247
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 6:51 am Post subject: |
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bigjoe wrote: |
I'm not rich, and I'm not that desperate. But it's the first time I've seen a monthly salary that low. |
I've seen one as low as 150,000 yen per month. |
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bigjoe
Joined: 20 Oct 2014 Posts: 48 Location: Honolulu, USA
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 6:54 am Post subject: |
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Rooster. wrote: |
bigjoe wrote: |
I'm not rich, and I'm not that desperate. But it's the first time I've seen a monthly salary that low. |
I've seen one as low as 150,000 yen per month. |
Was the job out in the sticks? |
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ssjup81
Joined: 15 Jun 2009 Posts: 664 Location: Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Rooster. wrote: |
bigjoe wrote: |
I'm not rich, and I'm not that desperate. But it's the first time I've seen a monthly salary that low. |
I've seen one as low as 150,000 yen per month. |
Was it part-time work? |
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