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king kakipi
Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Location: Australia
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 Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:56 am Post subject: Lowest salary ever........? |
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This must be a misprint (from JobsinJapan) right?:-
English Part-time teacher wanted, teaching adults from 6pm to 9pm Monday to Friday in central Tokyo Salary 45,000Yen monthly schedule is from 1st to end of Month sorry no travel expenses so must live centrally and aged over 27 only with visa.
Or maybe it really is 714Yen per hour. Obviously I haven`t put the contact details in, `cos I want to be first to apply..... |
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guest of Japan
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Posts: 1601
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| Wow that's lower than minimum wage for Japanese. And they want the teacher at peak teaching hours. Hmmm. I could use the money, and I'm sure they aren't so strict about who the hire. I'll race you for it King Kakipi. |
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skarp
Joined: 30 May 2004
Posts: 50
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:21 am Post subject: |
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How about the following guerilla tactic to fight back against these idiots....
1 everybody on the board applies - create fake e-mails to stay anon
2 send large files of spoof cvs and photos of cute models culled form the net
3 arrange an interview
4 don't go
A little harsh I know and in this case it likely means 145 000 a month anyway
But we could use it to mess with all the 230000 full time, must have visa ads.
Am I too cynical? |
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| How about faxing them a photocopy picture of your butt. That pay stinks! It doesn't even qualify as an offer. |
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denise
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
Posts: 3419
Location: finally home-ish
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Gordon wrote: |
| How about faxing them a photocopy picture of your butt. |
Normally I'd react to that offer with Righteous Indignation, but Gordon, your post was so damn funny that I can't even be indignant!
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king kakipi
Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Location: Australia
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Oh and no transportation money, so you have to live close to Tokyo. Then again, on that kind of money, you would probably be living in a nice little 3DLK on Roppongi Hills, wouldn`t you?!
Shame there`s no snail mail address; we could all apply, putting their addy on the front and on the back (as sender`s) then `forget` the stamp...... |
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kovac
Joined: 12 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:00 pm Post subject: well... |
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| well we can laugh and jape about it, but the sad thing is someone will end up doing this job...and as the market tightens...one day it might be us....what to do, what to do ? |
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nomadder
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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Location: Somewherebetweenhereandthere
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Hop the immigrant boat to Korea?  |
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stillnosheep
Joined: 01 Mar 2004
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Location: eslcafe
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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I scream, you scream, everybody else shoot!
Oh dear, have I less that the required amont of genkiness? |
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Sweetsee
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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Location: ) is everything
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 2:42 am Post subject: |
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How refreshing.
Haven't laughed out loud while reading this board since the last time I laughed out loud while reading this board. Anyway, it is nice to see the solidarity expressed(wow!)when laughing at ourselves--a welcome change.
I was just remarking to a colleague on the tennis court after school last night that I don't get any of those paid preparation hours anymore, like in the old days. Then we reflected back on when I had 300 hour contracts, then 270, then 230 and who knows what now. Plus, I was more than a little surprised to find that the wage had gone from 65 an hour to 55.
And I wasn't at all surprised to hear, several months ago, of sub-minimum wage teaching work in town. Heck, I had an entry level position four short years ago that worked out to just around a thousand an hour.
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JimDunlop2
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:34 am Post subject: salary |
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If I want a salary that low I can likely get a job in a fast food place. Seems that going wage right now in places like Matsuya, Gusto, Saizeriya, etc is about 700-900 an hour. And if I'm going to do that, I may as well go back to where I'm from... But, on another note....
If ANY of you are even considering such a job (even if it's PT) you may want to check out this site first: http://www.generalunion.org/ I'm not a member, but I have no problem recommending them to anyone. In Canada I worked in a unionized workplace, and was proud of it. They helped us in many, many ways.
Solidarity.
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TokyoLiz
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Don't do it! Don't do it! Don't even entertain the thought of applying for those outfits that offer such low wages.
That's all I have to say. |
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lajzar
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Posts: 647
Location: Saitama-ken, Japan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:40 am Post subject: Re: salary |
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| JimDunlop2 wrote: |
If I want a salary that low I can likely get a job in a fast food place. Seems that going wage right now in places like Matsuya, Gusto, Saizeriya, etc is about 700-900 an hour. And if I'm going to do that, I may as well go back to where I'm from... But, on another note....
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Even my local KFC pays better than that so called teaching job. |
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