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[Nagoyaguy]

As an alternative to both Intervac and Geeos, you may want to consider a smaller outfit like Altia. They are pretty big in the Nagoya area, and from what I have heard from friends who work there it beats the others.

First, you are payed each month the same, whether it is vacation or not. You also get a company car (free) and they set up your housing (key money paid by Altia). Schedule seems similar to any other ALT company.

The downside is that you are limited in your choice of working location. They are concentrated around Nagoya/Gifu/Mie/Shizuoka.

As for teaching privately, 3000 yen is peanuts. Dont settle for it, especially for group classes. I teach a couple of groups at night, and the system is as follows;

10 students, each pays 6000 per month.
Classes are once a week for 2 hours.
Classes are held at the local community centre (students find and pay for the room)

Everyone is happy.

[Willy_In_Japan]

I wasn't suggesting that 3000 yen is a group lesson price. Certainly, it is an average 'one on one' price. It isn't really 'peanuts' however, if you break up the average monthly wage into daily bits, it is approx 8000 yen a day. My friend works for Interac, and has 21 privates a week, at 3000 yen a private.

One more point regarding Interac paying 1 month behind. ie November's pay at the end of December........when I worked at GEOS, they were 11 days behind. ie, they would pay at the end of the month from the 20th of each month. So, instead of waiting an extra 11 days, you wait an extra 31.

Sure, it is a bit harder to get by that first month, but like I said, conversation schools have their own set of annoyances.

And, if you can get a job at Altia, ya, great.....it sounds like a better deal.

[hip-hop boy78]

well it sounds to me like the worst thing about INTERAC is the fact that you get paid your first wage two months after you start working. with most eikaiwa schools you usually have to wait around 5/6 weeks before picking up that first pay-check. and from what people have posted on this site, it sounds like it's pot luck whether you get paid on time and in full and also whether you get your transportation costs covered.
teachers in areas like chiba/tokyo tend to get paid on time, they must have good BOE's, whereas other areas like osaka/nagoya tend to see teachers getting paid late and sometimes shafted out of money.
if INTERAC really cared so much about their employees then they should ensure that all teachers in all areas of japan get paid on time and in full every month. that includes transportation fees.
it seems that they only truly care about getting a large cut of the teachers pay every month.....but that's just my opinion from what i've read and heard, i could be wrong.

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