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180,000Yen/month for full-time ALT ?
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User N. Ame



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:04 pm    Post subject: 180,000Yen/month for full-time ALT ? Reply with quote
Even though I've done my time in Nippon, I still like browsing the job ads. This one has to be a new low. Is this even legal?

Selti Co., Ltd. is currently accepting applications for an experienced Elementary School Assistant Language Teacher position in Central Ibaraki commencing in April 2007.

The monthly remuneration is 180,000 yen plus transportation allowance and attendance bonus.

The position is full-time, with a fixed schedule Monday to Friday (no evening, weekend or public holiday shifts) working between the hours of 8am and 5pm up to 29.5 hours per week.


Granted, 30hrs/week, but that's just a few shy of the usual load.

No housing allowance.

Are dispatch companies now becoming so brazen that they think they can actually attract candidates at this rate? Is this rate even legal within the laws governing ALT dispatch companies?
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G Cthulhu



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:19 pm    Post subject: Re: 180,000Yen/month for full-time ALT ? Reply with quote
User N. Ame wrote:

Are dispatch companies now becoming so brazen that they think they can actually attract candidates at this rate?


That's the free market for you. I have little doubt there will be someone out there that will take the job and say thank you.
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User N. Ame



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:32 pm    Post subject: Re: 180,000Yen/month for full-time ALT ? Reply with quote
G Cthulhu wrote:
That's the free market for you. I have little doubt there will be someone out there that will take the job and say thank you.


Yes, I know... and I was thinking of the ideal candidate. Neongene, who said in a previous thread:

i'm going to Japan come hell or high water so I don't care if I have to work as a human guinea pig at SharpShinyObjects, Inc.
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AndyH



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I hope they have trouble finding someone.
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baasbabelaas



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sorry to drop in on your forum fellas (I'm not in Japan), but I think salaries are dropping day-by-day.

Instead of picking cherries in Western Europe for a summer, come to Asia for a year of fun-in-the-Asian-sun, it seems..

Taiwan seems to hold pretty well, salary-wise, and Korea is pretty desperate, so I get a dozen job offers from that land.

That said, once you're established in your location, it's you that can do the cherry-picking.

I remember when I started out TEFL-ing, first job was crap, second was good, cuz I spent a month sorting through the junk mail till I found a reasonable one.

Pity the newcomers..
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Glenski



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I hope they have trouble finding someone
Sadly, they won't. Someone will be desperate enough to take the job.
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jademonkey



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
But Nova pays more than that...and that's Nova. Why would you?
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furiousmilksheikali



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
jademonkey wrote:
But Nova pays more than that...and that's Nova. Why would you?


Someone will have finished another contract, not been able to get work with NOVA, and will take the job. There are even worse deals out there than that.
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jademonkey



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
furiousmilksheikali wrote:
jademonkey wrote:
But Nova pays more than that...and that's Nova. Why would you?


Someone will have finished another contract, not been able to get work with NOVA, and will take the job. There are even worse deals out there than that.


That's true. It's all relative, I guess. At least Nova gives you money every month & doesn't actually screw their staff too much.
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G Cthulhu



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
baasbabelaas wrote:
Sorry to drop in on your forum fellas (I'm not in Japan), but I think salaries are dropping day-by-day.


Quick! Alert the Media! This is a revelation that no one else knew! Rolling Eyes
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