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Cool Teacher



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mattbedford wrote:
Oops!

I just did a search through the search bar at the top right-hand side of the page, which came up with generic search results

Confused


No problemo! Cool

I probably made the smae mistake before as well. Very Happy i was just a bit confused how you went to GABA's website using the search Laughing Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Apsara wrote:
budgie wrote:
Just saw GABA advertising for as little as 1500yen a lesson IN TOKYO.

You'd have to be on the verge of starvation to work there and if you did work there, they'd keep you on the verge of starvation.

I won't work for less than 2500 an hour in Sapporo and that's scraping the bottom as far as I'm concerned.


I've written a lot about this before so I won't go into too much detail, but that is 1,500 for a virtually effort-free 40 minute lesson, not 1,500 an hour. A full time Gaba schedule pays a similar amount monthly to an ALT job, if not more.

Unlike any of the people who have commented so far, I have actually worked there, full time and later part time, and at no time was I on the "verge of starvation", nor does Gaba "keep you on the verge of starvation- in fact the more lessons you teach, the better they like it- that's why they pay bonuses to people who do full time schedules. I know people who have worked their way up to the higher pay rates who easily do 400,000 yen a month.

The pay is not guaranteed, and they do not provide benefits like transport and paid holidays, to be sure, so it's not for everyone, but the trade-off is the complete freedom to choose your own schedule and a very hands-off management approach so you are left to get on with your own thing. If I were going back to English teaching I would choose Gaba a thousand times over before I ever considered an ALT job, and no, I have not been paid by them to promote the company, I'm just constantly amused by people who have never set foot there or spoken to anyone who works there giving their opinions on how bad Gaba is.


Actually I have worked for GABA too. Cool I thought I'd let the OP search a bit first and then come back with athe specific question is he has one but you are right that it si not starvation wage for GABA mayeb some posters have different spending habits than others.

I think you really do have to work that little bit harder at GABA to get your student base up though becuase students select the teachers and sometimes if there aren't so many students arounf then they might not select you as a teacher. For a few months at least you shouldn't expec the full pay packet as I know some teachers who really didn't get very many students for a while. Sad
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Apsara



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oops! I stand corrected Laughing

You are very right that the first couple of months can be lean unless you come into a branch that was absolutely desperate for teachers, but they do try to push as many of the students who don't pick teachers your way as possible for the first few months.

Definitely not a job to start in Japan with if you are going to be on your last yen before your first pay arrives, but if you can handle a couple of low months then the flexible schedule and lack of kids lessons (unless you want to do them), among other pluses, can be worth the wait if those things appeal to you.

For some people though that's not going to be acceptable, and fair enough. It's not that Gaba is inherently "bad", though, or should be avoided at all costs, as some members of this forum would have you believe- they do not screw you around, they treat you fairly, unlike some of the other places we hear about on here. It's just that it may not be ideal for everyone, so people should of course do their research first.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, I've had a look at (and applied for) Peppy and Aeon. I've not heard anything back from Peppy Kids Club and didn't get an interview when I attended the AEON info session/group interview.

Thanks for listing others too! I'll have a look at them as well.

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