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Maitoshi
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To paraphrase a quote, I would never accept a position with a company whose standards are low enough to hire someone like me  |
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mateacher
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| i remember at nova there was this fat trainer and he had the airconditioning on at 16 degrees ok he was Canadian so its kind of reasonable. But we were all freezing during the kids training , so I put on my jacket. He went bat shit crazy and screamed at me in front of everyone “take your fucking jacket off you look like a fing moron“ we all just stared at him gobsmacked and probably thought this guy is on the edge. ahh the good old days at nova, so I guess if you make one or two faux pas in a row and your trainer is a whack job there are chances to be fired. Luckily I have moved on from those days and have actually started a new job in esl since easter where I make about 15 million yen equivalent and I kind of have nova to thank for that. If nova wasnt such a bad employer it would have never spurred me on to look for bigger and better things. I never again wanted to have a n idiot manager or someone to report to. Now all my colleagues are professionals, but funnily enough I miss whack job alt and eikaiwa freaks. I miss the gaijin bars and getting drunk and chasing skanky girls at the hub and the stupid stuff wed talk about nova voice and 7a b c students. I wish I could have my job conditions but the nova co workers. |
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ssjup81
Joined: 15 Jun 2009
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Location: Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Not drunk, hungover 
Perhaps your eikaiwa doesn't have a massive turnover rate. My case was extreme, but many places seem to have basement level standards. |
Oh well, yeah they'd probably fire for that too...if it's consistent. The other teachers would just have extra work until a replacement is found.
We get evaluated too to determine whether or not we're up to scratch and the type of contract we get. Six months or either a year. I have another 6 month contract because I sucked at my evaluation and actually went down for the adult lesson from before (which was nearly perfect) and went down in some aspects with kids and up but it wasn't good enough for a year renewal.
I let my apathy get in the way.
Wish they would just evaluate the same classes as opposed to changing it up since not all lessons will be the same because of the actual students involved, especially kids who come in tired. |
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nightsintodreams
Joined: 18 May 2010
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I see Mateacher is still here too, gloating to everyone about his salary as usual.
How many times have you told everyone your salary now? I thought it was ten million last time you mentioned it.
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sorry you are all jealous and dont believe my salary. If you had read closely it said an equivalent of 10 million yen. I work at a university and I get free rent for a 3 bedroom and utilities. I also get healthcare. Sometimes during the 5 months off I teach some summer or winter sessions for overtime pay. Due to the lower deductions in Korea, my total salary works out to about 10 million yen equivalent.
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Congratulations on the 5 million yen pay rise! |
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rxk22
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Haha nice detective work! Two jerks in this thread
15million? That is more than most doctors, and execs here. Guy is making high level exec, or even lower level CEO money. I sir, call shenanigans |
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Maitoshi
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:16 am Post subject: |
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| Nights = a lady and a scholar! Two "likes"! |
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mateacher
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:28 am Post subject: |
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i didnt come to gloat. just to reminisce about my nova days. Which were only 6 months.
And by the way if you were such a good detective you wI ill see that I have a new job and I am no longer in Korea. I even said it the previous message. And I earn the same as doctora and lawyer as a professor at a uni. It took me 14 years to this point and in the infancy of my career I would never have believed some one saying they earn that much.ea butother uni profs around me are earning that much some drive porsches to work some drive toyota corrolas i just find it amazing that i climbed the eiakiwa ladder ao quicy and part of that fact is thanks to people at nova like the fat ajssie manager sorry for the grammar and spelling my smartphone is tiny |
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nightsintodreams
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| actually started a new job in esl SINCE EASTER where I make about 15 million yen equivalent |
The message I quoted in my previous message is dated May 25...WHOOPSIE!
Anyway, I believe you, just wish you'd stop banging on about it. Every post you make is either a boastful post about your salary or a condescending one about the salaries in Japan. It's bad form. |
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The Fifth Column
Joined: 11 Jun 2014
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Location: His habitude with lexical items protrudes not unlike a damaged pollex!!!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| ...sorry for the grammar and spelling my smartphone is tiny... |
Dare I say/type it?  |
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 16 Aug 2009
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Location: Saigon, Vietnam
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:03 am Post subject: |
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| nightsintodreams wrote: |
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| actually started a new job in esl SINCE EASTER where I make about 15 million yen equivalent |
The message I quoted in my previous message is dated May 25...WHOOPSIE!
Anyway, I believe you, just wish you'd stop banging on about it. Every post you make is either a boastful post about your salary or a condescending one about the salaries in Japan. It's bad form. |
nightsintodreams,
Stop being so jealous. |
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Maitoshi
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:13 am Post subject: |
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| No worries, mateacher! Glad to see at least one of us is living the dream! G'donya! |
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mateacher
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thanks i cant tell my real friends as they would hate me. actually i just bought a porscbe cayenne turbo last month whereas when i worked at nova i used to cycle to worl bya chari that i bought from a recycle shop.
anyway back to the main topic its annoying to get shafted by theae companies so rsl rumner is right to point that out even though he must be a freak to get fired before even starting at aeon. I wonder what he is doing now probably workinh at wall mart andiving at his parents |
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The Fifth Column
Joined: 11 Jun 2014
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Location: His habitude with lexical items protrudes not unlike a damaged pollex!!!
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| thanks i cant tell my real friends as they would hate me. |
Now, THAT's what I calls "real" friends! You must be lonely. Ivory towers are cramped places, I hear... |
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Pitarou
Joined: 16 Nov 2009
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Location: Narita, Japan
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| ssjup81 wrote: |
| ... I let my apathy get in the way. |
Quote of the day. |
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 16 Aug 2009
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Location: Saigon, Vietnam
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| rslrunner wrote: |
This is a big deal. The company says that a worker is on the clock for forty hours. Then they provide a 9 hour day of work, with one hour for a break. Then they say that you have to clean after that 40 hours of work, for fifteen minutes a day, every day, without putting that on the schedule.
Either someone works for more than forty hours at AEON, so the company should not put this on their website, or the company expects its teachers to clean for free. These are the two choices. |
rslrunner,
I'm happy you continue to post here about this.
These greasy eikaiwa companies are abusive and dirty. Post away!
I do not recommend people getting involved with companies like AEON, NOVA or Berlitz or the bankrupt GEOS. They are abusive companies and cheat both their customers and their staff.
rslrunner, good for you for keeping this at the top of the page! |
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