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Gautsch · Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 22 Location: Toyota, Japan

you won't get paid. sorry. first comes the J-staff and they haven't been paid since the 25th LAST month!! Don't go back to work. Honestly!

drifter13 · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 124 Location: Fujisawa

There really is no good reason to go to work, outside of prossibly giving some unfortunate students a few more classes before the whole things goes under. It's nice to want to help someone, but at the end of the day you have to remember to lookout for yourself. If you want to stay in Japan, you should use what little time is left to find new work, although truth be told, things are pretty much flooded and it's only gonna get worse. If you are leaving, then leave now, and before you lose even that option (and I know a few people who are currently SOL when it comes to getting home).

I felt bad when I left, cause the staff and students at my branch were a good bunch, but the truth is I can't survive off good intentions alone. And that's why I went out to find new work and a place to live.

Temujin · Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 90 Location: Osaka

I'm getting really frustrated with the instructors still going in to work. The first money we're going to see will come only after Nova have declared bankrupcy, but that's not going to happen because there are hordes of teachers who are going to continue working no matter what. How much more do people need? I bet Saruhashi is regretting ever paying us in the first place. Who knew his workforce was so loyal they'd do it all for free?

drifter13 · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 124 Location: Fujisawa

There's still a group of hangers on, but I place some of the blame on the prez, and his silly faxes that keep trying to fan the flames of hope. It's also not easy to quit a job you've put so much of your time in, and the thought of entering the job market in it's current state is hardly appealing.

Wintermute · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 79

I'm a little surprised people are still going in. All the staff in Foreign Personnel walked out yesterday and most of the MM instructors have walked off the job. I would just call in sick and devote the free time to finding privates/work or taking a well deserved break. It seems the Japanese government is ignoring the problem, hoping that Saruhashi manages to pull a rabbit out of the bag without having to step in and do something.

drifter13 · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 124 Location: Fujisawa

southofreality · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 579 Location: Tokyo

Lots of school closures this month. The official situation with the company as a whole is unclear, but if we can believe what's being posted about NOVA in various Japan forums, it would seem that the company is in its death throes. If this really is so, it's hard to understand why someone doesn't just step up and put an end to it all. I mean, just letting things die like this, leaving staff and instructors in the dark and without pay is cowardly and cruel.

Temujin · Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 90 Location: Osaka

RingofFire · Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Posts: 43

I don't know if anyone's noticed, but there's a pretty dominant victim mentality in this thread. I mean, it's shrouded in passive-aggressiveness and recriminations toward the "hangers-on," and it's probably factually true, but nonetheless there are one or two posts in this thread meant to draw pity.

But that's my view of things.

southofreality · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 579 Location: Tokyo

southofreality · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 579 Location: Tokyo

Interesting thread from GP:

http://www.gaijinpot.com/bb/showthread.php?t=43789

Temujin · Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 90 Location: Osaka

Wintermute · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 79

It's true. There is only one person who can decide the future of the company and it is Saruhashi. However, he has been running from his responsibilities for the last six month issuing nothing but empty promises. If he had come out and said that the company is going through tough times but there was plan for the future and that staff pays were guaranteed then many people would have been prepared to grin and bare it. He didn't do that though, he has just gone to ground and is ignoring the fact his company is almost dead.

drifter13 · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 124 Location: Fujisawa

Pretty much everyone that I know that was still working for Nova isn't now. The majority have gone home, and those who haven't are either planning to soon or have found work. There are 200 schools reported closed, and those are only the ones anyones bothered to confirm, who knows how many are really left.

Miyazaki · Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 635 Location: My Father's Yacht

Where were you working (I mean city and region - not the specific branch)?

Are schools completely understaffed now after having teachers quit or continue to call in sick?

Are lessons being cancelled as a result?

Finally, there is no commuincation at all from senior managment at to branch level staff as to what to expect?

My girlfriend (japanese) told me yesterday that there was another article in the Japanese news again that Nova employees were not paid.