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[Mingvase]

I just had an interview for a job teaching at a school in Japan. The company who interviewed me are called Heart English School and they place teachers into schools throughout Kanto. This is the bit I cut and pasted about the way teachers are paid. It says: Finances

Salaries are paid on the 25th of every month, but the following month. For example,

September’s salary is paid on October 25th. This means that you won’t get your first

paycheck for about 2 months.

Our positions are also paid on a daily rate, meaning that you are only paid for the days

worked. The number of working days each month can vary, and thus your paychecks

month-to-month may also vary. You will always know your schedule or the approximate

number of working days in a contract before you accept a position. Therefore you will be

able to calculate your total salary for the year, but you may need to plan ahead financially

for months when you have few to no working days (*August typically has little to no

working days because it’s summer vacation, and both December and January tend to have

less working days because of winter vacation. Please also note that some positions may

include holidays like Christmas as working days as many holidays like this are not

recognized as national holidays in Japan).


What do people think about this? Should I take the job if offered it? I can't understand why they don't pay holiday pay.

[TokyoLiz]

Prepare to be fleeced, sheep-Sensei.

[rxk22]

Heart is by far the worst. They basically said they won't pay you well.And that in aAugust you won't get paid at all.

[currentaffairs]

If you are only on around 250-275,000 a month then you would really be struggling in the holidays. If it is more than that then more workable..

[rxk22]

[spiral78]

mingvase isn't genuine and isn't going there in any case, so no real worries

As mingvase (he is also called gamze, old-and-new, and has been elliot_spencer and LV-something in the past):

Supposedly applied for jobs in
France (supposed job offer 16 Feb)
Germany (supposed potential employer told him no 15 Feb)
Hong Kong on 8 Feb
Italy (supposedly had an offer mid Feb)
Japan
Saudi (says he has a PGCE and has worked there before, but on other forums claims to have only a degree in piano performance)
Vietnam (messed up and posted under two different aliases on the same thread)

If you also check the other aliases, this guy has claimed to have job offers in essentially every place in Asia, the ME, and most of Western Europe.

His MO is to ask for lots of detailed info (much of it via pm) and then just drop the conversation, only to pick it up again on some other country forum.

Don't waste your time.

[rxk22]

Thank you. Seems like a weirdo. Thanks for the heads up

[mitsui]

Yes well it is weird to get advice for finding a job or about housing when I have lived here for 15 years.
Thanks for telling me what I already know.

[Shakey]