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[CokoSensei]

Does anyone have experience working for this company in Yachiyo, Chiba? Any comments concerning this school will be greatly appreciated! Cheers

[hagakuri]

Hi,

I worked for MIL for a year. It is all-around a stable and fair place to work for. I really have no complaints about them. The only thing that bothered me during my employment with them was that I was accomodated in a pretty aged apartment and the rent was still 53,000 yen a month. Not much to complain about.

Generally speaking, you will travel to roughly 3 or 4 different school locations each week. They have two headquarters: one in Kita Narashino and the other in Kastudai. You will live in one of these two cities. Commuting costs are covered by the school. Usually travel time is no more than one hour, and in some cases are only 10 minutes away.

Salary was always deposited on time. They pay all apartment fees, and in some cases even gave advances on wages. They get you all required papers to be working there legally... insurance card, resident card, bank account etc.

The owners are nice people, and the admin has been with them for numerous years so there are not many problems that cannot be solved. Their foreign staff liasion (John C.) has been with them for just over a year now.

However, MIL used to be a small company and employee opinions mattered. But, over the past few years, they have doubled in size in both school physical locations as well as their staff. They just opended another school location last year. Staff has gone from a dozen to 25 plus. By doing so, they have removed some of the properties that made them a joy to work for.

They seem to be becoming more motivated with profit and accordingly have adjusted their business model. No sin in that, but changes the taste of the coffee you make. Some of the staff that was with them for 4 -5 years left in the spring of 2002.

I highly recommend them to you. It is an excellent place to begin your teaching experience in Japan.

If you have any more specific questions you may email me directly.

Good Luck.

[CokoSensei]