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lizzyboy · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

Hello,

thanks for your replies!

angrysoba · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 446 Location: Kansai, Japan

earthmonkey · Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 188 Location: Meguro-Ku Tokyo

Jon Taylor · Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 238 Location: Tokyo

I'm getting sick and tired of reading posts on this site of foreigners looking to take advantage of the ESL system.

There have been numerous threads like this one recently.

There has to be an element of good old fashioned 'trust' on behalf of the employee when it comes to signing a contract.

I'm all for trying to better your own position but surely a contract is a contract.

If you have no intention of honouring a contract then why sign it in the first place ?

lizzyboy · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 5

It's easy to criticize others without knowing the facts.
That's the western way.

The older I get, the more I realize
that strong judgments of others
is really just a reflection of myself.

If we all take care of our own house,
maybe we won't have so many issues with others.

Or meet a nice girl and fall in love.
Maybe these issues won't mean too much.

May the force be with you.....

lalalateda · Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 72 Location: JAPAN

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

You want to take a job, then bail out just because you found out the company is shady, is that right? What makes you think it's shady?

Bottom line, you can get the visa and switch companies right away and keep your visa, but think how it will look -- to your employer (who may not be shady, but who will continue to propogate the image that many foreigners are untrustworthy deadbeats who can't honor a contract), and to the next employer (who will wonder if you will bail out on him just as easily).

Don't know who your proposed employer is, but if it is one of the Big Four, be careful. Some of the other Big Four refuse to hire people if they have not completed a 1-year contract from another of the Big Four.