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Shakey · Joined: 29 Aug 2014 Posts: 199

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5bbFfhdUtA

Caution: Anyone who works for these crooked dispatch companies, expect to be abused, lied to and ripped off. They will steal from you. Avoid entry level EFL jobs in Japan that require no higher education degrees (e.g., M.A. TESOL, applied ling. etc.), teacher training qualifications or TEFL certs. These dispatch agencies are predators.

Sudz · Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 438

This guy should at least provide some more content on his page if he's going to go begging for money. Despite some obstacles, he really did put himself in this situation.

Maitoshi · Joined: 04 May 2014 Posts: 718 Location: 何処でも

Wow! He is in a pretty bad situation, but it really seems like most of his problems are caused by reacting to circumstances before thinking things through. I know how it feels to be lied to by an employer. It can be enraging. What is difficult to understand is why he would quit before lining something else up first. This guy will need more than a bailout to clean up the mess he's made of things.

victory7 · Joined: 22 Mar 2016 Posts: 68

Shakey · Joined: 29 Aug 2014 Posts: 199

Does anyone understand his math here? I felt his explanation was kind of confusing. What is this "on aggregate" stuff about?

I wonder which predator dispatch agency he was working for. Screw these greasy companies. Get qualified and by-pass the entry level bottom of the barrel type jobs. Aim higher. Otherwise, this is what happens.

Maitoshi · Joined: 04 May 2014 Posts: 718 Location: 何処でも

Yes, Shakey, his "math" and thinking are not just confusing but fuzzy at best. A bailout will supposedly help him stay one more year, save money (something he hasn't been able to do yet, as he was relying on others' generosity to travel), and kickstart funding an M.A. to boot!

The expired debit card thing is confusing, too. Is it linked to a savings account with his life savings or something? No clue.

TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

I have a debit card from a bank in the old country, and it has an expiration date. Your post prompted me to check the date. Thanks, Maitoshi Smile

Wow, he went from frying pan to fire, sketchy job in Japan to illegal job in Thailand.

What Shakey says - do professional development, or get scavenged by dispatch, eikaiwa or fake employers.

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

Ack! This guy's an amateur backpacker. (Hope y'all didn't hear me yelling at my computer monitor!) This is the "What not to do" video. Razz

What happened to an emergency fund? And duh, instead of bouncing from country to country hoping to scrounge up bits-n-pieces of work, why the heck didn't he use the money he made in Thailand to buy a ticket to fly his butt back to the US or wherever he's from?

And now he wants money from sympathetic donors so that he can get himself "un-f***ked" (his words). Good luck with that. The more he talked about his "options" and how he wants to get a master's degree in something, yada yada, the worse he sounded. Bleh. No wonder his video mostly has thumbs-down responses.

aaaronr · Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 82

I sympathize with this guy. He didn't make the best choices, but the whole teaching overseas thing has a lot of complications with paperwork and trusting companies to do the right thing.

He's also asking his friends and family for money, not the general public.

I'm surprised he still has $400 left.

Ganbetteh.

TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Maitoshi · Joined: 04 May 2014 Posts: 718 Location: 何処でも

I'm surprised he broke the cardinal rule of working overseas: don't unless you've got the funds to at least return home and get situated again if things go pear shaped.

Maitoshi · Joined: 04 May 2014 Posts: 718 Location: 何処でも

Thanks Tokyoliz! That's a very useful resource!

TokyoLiz · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1548 Location: Tokyo, Japan

An American friend who lived and worked here for many years said her strategy was to have at least 2.5 months of salary tucked away. She dipped into it only once, during the Tohoku disaster.

Correspondents on this forum have said for years that noobs need ¥500,000 plus to start a new life and job here. On top of that, an emergency fund in case of disasters or medical emergencies is essential.

schwa · Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 164 Location: yap

This video will haunt this guy once he learns to stand up on his own two feet.

taikibansei · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Posts: 811 Location: Japan

Golly...I didn't realize that people now make Go Fund Me pages to finance a year overseas working (or that people see these pages and actually pay money to fund such things...). I feel...old. Embarassed

I also didn't quite follow the math, or the plot, of his various disasters, or why somebody with almost no money left to him would choose to spend it all to fly to Fukuoka Japan (instead of his home country). I mean, he went back to Japan despite knowing the 2-month delay in getting paid (assuming he even got hired)...which seems just a bit insane to me.

I'd write more, but I think my time would be better spent thinking up ideas for Go Fund Me pages..... Razz