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[MeyeQui]

I'm seeking advice regarding the negotiation of a new teaching contract. How much money per teaching hour should I charge?

I have two years experience. One year teaching at a big name conversation school and one year doing dispatch work for another private company where I mainly worked in the public sector teaching everything ranging from nursery schools to technical colleges.

I'm willing to extend my contract with my current employer but trying to sign with improved working conditions. As of now, we are discussing a 3,000yen fee per teaching hour but no pay for prep time. I would teach my regular 20 to 23 hours per week but wouldn't have do office hours which would normally tally up to a 45 hour work week. Also, I wouldn't get paid for cancelled classes. I would teach at various locations, some requiring more than an 1 hour drive. I guess you should also know that I did put in an official resignation but the insisted that I continue to work for them because I've been a very valuable and reliable employee. However, as an employer, they are as useless as a bag of wankers in a rolling barrel. The worst being that they don't pay overtime and have you deduct an equal amount of hours disected off various days.

There are obviously some pros and cons to this deal. My only concern is that 3,000yen per hour seems too low. How much should I ask for?

Do omou?

[canuck]

3000x20=60000x4=240000 with no paid holidays and goes down if they cancel? Look for another job. 20-23 teaching hours with prep time need and travel time is a lot.

If you're set on taking the job, make them pay your rent and utilities. How expensive is it there in Oita?

[saint57]

Hey Canuck, who is that hunk in your avatar? Oh, that's me:) My bad!

[canuck]

[Glenski]

First of all, I would never work on an hourly rate except for certain private lessons that I arrange myself.

You don't get paid for canceled lessons? You are prepared, of course, but if the lesson taker cancels, what are you out? Money, of course, that you had planned on receiving. If that were a private lesson situation, I would have made arrangements to get paid in advance in order to avoid that. I mean, if the teacher has planned to do the lesson, he should get paid something.

I wouldn't accept anything less than 5000 yen per hour from an employer who wants me to teach a class with students he has arranged. Do NOT go by the rate where you would get paid per number of students who show up! You prepare for a LESSON, not a number of students! Plus, you know he will be making more than that himself.

No pay for prep time? If you are a full-timer on his premises, get paid for the prep time that you put in there.

Do you get paid for the transportation costs in any way? You should, even if it is to reimburse you for the money it takes to travel, not just your time (an hour is worth how much to you if you were using it to teach someone, for example?).

No overtime? Who is this scumbag? I believe that is a breach of labor laws. Why on earth would you want to continue working for this clown?

[MeyeQui]

Transportation costs will be paid.

Almost all my classes are public schools on contracts too so there shouldn't be any suprises in regards to cancelled classes.

I guess you should also know that I'm only agreeing to 3 more months.

Thanks for the advice.

[zorro (2)]

I lived in Beppu for 4 months. The cost of living is not that much down there. Of course there is the extra money that you have to spend on beer to stave off the boredom. How are Oita Trinita doing nowadays? You should go for a job in Kagoshima, Fukuoka or Kumomoto (my favourite). I'm sure you'd get better pay there and there would be more interesting things to do. Are you in Oita over christmas? I've got a friend who lives in Beppu (Canadian) who is going to be there alone during the festive period (violins out). HELP HIM!!!!!!!!!!!