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Big John Stud
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 Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:38 am Post subject: ALT dispatchers???? |
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Which of the following are good companies to work for?
Wing Institute Inc.?
Heart English School?
Interac?
ALTRIA?
I know they are a dispatch company and so for those who are against all dispatch companies please do not hi-jack this thread.
I like working as an ALT because of the positive impact I have on so many children.
Anyway any comments would be deeply appreciated! |
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womblingfree
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| Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:33 am Post subject: |
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I don't think anyone is against dispatch agencies per se, but what I am certainly against is the exploitation of foreign workers. Sadly many dispatch companies thrive on this.
ANYWAY you should 100% not work through Interac. I don't know any of the others.
During my time in Japan I did find a couple of good places to go about getting ALT work. First of all you should check out the Tokyo governments ALT program. It's based at the government offices in Shinjuku I think?
They rarely have full time work but the part time stuff is well paid.
This scheme is also far better than most dispatch companies:
http://groups.msn.com/inuyamaNET
As I doubt I'll be teaching in a Japanese school ever again I'm happy to share the love  |
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yamanote senbei
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stillnosheep
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Altia (not Altria) seem to have a far better reputation than interac, not that that is difficult. |
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luckbox
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:45 am Post subject: |
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| stillnosheep wrote: |
| Altia (not Altria) seem to have a far better reputation than interac, not that that is difficult. |
Is this the broad consensus? Does no one have anything good to say about INTERAC? One discouraging thing I find about INTERAC is they offer zero subsidy for flight or rent. They do have people helping to find you housing, but it is assumed you will be paying 100% of everything, including key money. ALTIA at least picks up the tab for key deposit and they ensure none of their ALTs pay more than aprox 60,000/month rent, which seems fair.
INTERAC also does not reward applicants with prior ESL/ALT experience or teaching credentials, everyone starts out at the same base 250,000/month pay, in some cases its 230,000. Conversely. ALTIA does make an effort to pay a bit more to those who have higher qualifications or experience.
I've also heard countless complaints about how INTERAC pays its workers, and when they pay.
I knew two former JETs who went on to work with ALTIA, and both had positive reviews and stayed on for more than 1 year. |
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yamanote senbei
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| Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:30 am Post subject: Altia ALT |
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Altia's good reputation is unfounded because they are also illegally dispatching teachers. Outsourcing teachers to elementary, junior, and senior highschools is illegal. Altia has a dispatch licence. Why don't they legally dispatch them? Because teachers don't know that they are getting screwed by them.
I can't provide a direct link to this, but check their site under About Us. Gyomu itaku contracts like this are unlawful.
長年に渡り、市町村教育委員会と委託業務契約を締結して、外国人英語指導助手（ALT）を公立幼稚園、保育園、小学校、中学校、高等学校に派遣し、国際理解教育、英語活動、英語指導のプログラムを推進に努めています。
1999年11月 （有）アルティアセントラル設立
1999年 岡山営業所開設(岡山県倉敷市)
2001年 ６月 （株）アルティアセントラルへ組織変更
2002年 ４月 本社移転（名古屋市中区）
2002年 ７月 静岡営業所開設（静岡県静岡市）
2002年12月 増資
○許認可 派遣業許可 特23-02-0452/一般
Two good places to find out what's wrong with this system are:
http://nambufwc.org/issues/alt/
http://www.generalunion.org/alt/ |
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