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mooncrater
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 Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: Borderlink status update? |
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I received an offer for an interview from Borderlink, and a quick websearch brought me a LOT of negative feedback. I know it's just an interview, but I'd like some feedback first so I don't make any hasty decisions.
I'm an unemployed recent grad (non-traditional), so I wouldn't be leaving anything behind. I'm set on working in Japan, and one of my biggest fears is sitting here in the states all summer sending out resumes in vain. I've come to understand that a lot of places have shut down recruitment indefinitely.
This opportunity would give me a work visa, teaching experience (I have only tutoring experience in ESL), and a foothold in Japan. I would know what negative things to expect from Borderlink, and I could be prepared for the worst.
Have things gotten better at Borderlink in the past 6 months? I know the compensation is still well below average, but I'm used to living in (college) poverty.
Do you think I should go for the opportunity or bide my time? I'm not making any money here, and I'm quite eager to get started... |
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bearcat
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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| By "non traditional", if your "degree" isn't from a university or college then all your questions will be moot because you're not going to qualify for visa purposes to come here anyway. |
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Billy Chaka
Joined: 20 Oct 2003
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I believe "non traditional" means that the OP has a degree from a university or college, but that he/she didn't start university/college right after graduating from high school. In other words, an "older" student.
To mooncrater: I would take the negative feedback you see with a grain of salt. Some of the criticism may be valid, but as you probably know, no work situation is perfect. |
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fluffyhamster
Joined: 13 Mar 2005
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Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Billy Chaka wrote: |
| To mooncrater: I would take the negative feedback you see with a grain of salt. Some of the criticism may be valid, but as you probably know, no work situation is perfect. |
The criticisms that I and quite a few others have written about Borderlink are perfectly valid, and if it's salt you want, I'm sure there are plenty of AETs still with some to spare from the wounds BL inflicted then rubbed it into. (Billy, have you actually worked for BL?). Thankfully I washed my hands (and wounds) of them long ago, but I'm wary of letting others be easily lulled into thinking they are an at all good company to work for. Anyway, even if you don't believe that any particular company could really be so bad, the fact is, dispatch is dispatch, and times aren't getting any easier for any of them to turn their exploitative profits.
So, Mooncrater, try your utmost to get yourself a proper job with the minimum of benefits (those before the semi-colon are LEGAL REQUIREMENTS that employers MUST provide, especially to FT employees): full direct pay each and every month from the very first payday, paid holidays accruing after six months' work, assistance/co-payments into NHI at least; and perhaps even accomodation already set up at no or minimal cost to you, with minimal commuting/travel expenses etc - in other words, the sort of deal you could easily get with an average to good eikaiwa, if you were prepared to work evenings and Saturdays.
To put it simply, if you work for dispatchers, you stand to lose not only all benefits and privileges, but possibly your dignity also (that is, they will try to take even that from you). You will certainly be treated with little or no absolute minimum of respect - complete and utter contempt, more like! (Remember, this is Japan, where even those working for ostensibly "good" employers often have to work and sacrifice pretty hard to earn and keep their crust and perks). |
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