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[kenishi86]

I was looking through a couple of threads and was immediately reminded of the fact that some of the various Interac branches are better than others and was wondering if I could rundown on the branches. Which have a history of being trouble? Which are pretty good?

Tokyo (broken into 6? 4? internal branches)
Hitachi
Nagoya
Chiba
Osaka
Yokohama
Hiroshima
Hamamatsu
Fukuoka

I've read that Hiroshima is notoriously bad.

I'll be getting my placement soon with Interac and would enjoy the added information to be able to include in my decision.

[Kaycie21]

I'm curious what you heard about the Hiroshima branch? I ran a search and couldn't find anything.

I used to work for Tokyo branch, but I worked in Sendai. Didn't have any real problems with them. Didn't like my Managing Consultant though, but I spoke to him maybe 3 times while I was there.

[kenishi86]

On Hiroshima branch.

From Borderlink vs Interac.

[rxk22]

[wayne432]

I've heard the Yokohama branch is one of the best if not the best.
My friend had some interaction with the Nerima branch (that might have been the one that sent people to Sendai area?). While the hiring staff and general HR were nice, the management and training staff were apparently horrible (had no idea what they were doing, frequently went back on their word, etc)

[mudl]

Just got recruited and placed this year, too. I'm heading out to Sakai, Osaka, and i'm pretty hyped. I'll let you guys know how it goes. Couple of things, though:

At recruitment the recruiter said two things that stuck with me:
1. They say Australians tend to do better in Japan and are happier, because, apparently, they are more flexible and go with the flow. To me that says, when you're in Japan, if your branch sucks, well I guess you'll have to go with the flow. He also said something about the further south you got the more sketchy the branches were (dunno how legit that is).

2. He said that if you're reading about stuff online it could be from a long time ago and the staff could have changed. He never said Interac was perfect, but they have been getting better in previous years. They've got more money than ever, and they're getting better about communicating and keeping good report with their employees. I know because they had me fill out a survey about it--so they clearly care a lot.

I guess a lot's changed in the last however many years they've been in business ( http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=57766 ) you'll see people around the forums that still hate Interac, though. Hopefully I'll never find out why.

Furthermore, I gather the interaction between the BOEs of Japan and Interac is a fairly complex one, and that the ambiguity of Japan is intensified when you're trying to get a job through a private company vs. the traditional JET route. Just my two cents.

So far my office has done an awesome job of hooking up my accommodation, telling me directions from the airport and when to fly in for training, letting me know how much I'll be paid and what sort of health care I'll need to set up, giving me a language proficiency level, and how many/what sort of schools i'll be working at.

[kenishi86]

Thanks for the info guys. Turns out I won't really need it after all since I've been bumped to an alternate . Now I just have to worry about getting placed in Fukushima.

[Inflames]