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lavender1
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 Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:17 am Post subject: age limit for universities? |
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| I am forty and I've heard that japanese universities won't hire teachers who are 40 and over due to benefits they must pay to those in this age bracket....anybody know whether or not this is the case? |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:26 am Post subject: Re: age limit for universities? |
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| lavender1 wrote: |
| I am forty and I've heard that japanese universities won't hire teachers who are 40 and over due to benefits they must pay to those in this age bracket....anybody know whether or not this is the case? |
I am 41 and just got hired at a private university on a 3 year contract. I have previous teaching experience and publications
My (American) colleague I worked with last year has just completed a PhD at a Japanese university and been hired full time at a university in Shizuoka at the age of 44.
Many universities will stated they will not hire someone over the age of 35 (they are cheaper to hire) but I have seen some universities will even hire people over the age of 55. This is more the exception than the rule, though.
Age is tied to pensions (If you are over 40 you can not expect to be still working when your collect your pension (after 25 years of payments) as the cut-off age is 60 for retirement in Japan); bonuses; level of monthly salary, as older teachers cost more based on their experience. |
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skarp
Joined: 30 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:05 am Post subject: |
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I am coming up to 40 and obviously it's a factor....
Doesn't make sense but ageism is a serious problem. All our experience goes to waste.....
But on the retirement issue.
Who seriously expects to retire? We will have to work on until we drop dead at our desks/in front of a class...
Think about it - how much will we have to save to be able to take the last 20-30 years of our lives off?
The retirement our parents generations enjoyed is not likely to be handed out to us. Pensions companies will try to pretend we can save up our own pension, but they just want your business.
soemtimes I worry about when I'm old and broke. But I'm still too young and broke to do much about it yet.
Maybe I'll take up smoking - cheaper than a pension.
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Gordon
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| I have two colleagues at my university who are both over the age of 60. They don't have to retire until 65 and the same is true for the Japanese profs. |
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