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[The Dog Ate My Keitai]

This is mainly directed at those who have current or recent experience with Interac.

1. A couple years ago there were some issues with people not getting paid on time? Was that temporary or does it still happen nowadays?

2. To what degree is Interac affiliated with the Church of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)?

3. Is the format for Interac job interviews the same as it always has been? (i.e. grammar test, video lesson, etc...)

If you feel uncomfortable answering any of these in an open forum, please PM me.

Please & Thank you!




P.S. Just to cut things off at the pass before anything gets out of hand: I ask these questions legitimately, in serious sobriety. This is not a trolling attempt.

[chirp]

The Dog Ate My Keitai,

I am interviewing with Interac tomorrow but from outside of Japan. The format is as you described:

a) Presentation about Interac and life in Japan

b) Grammar test

c) Personality Questionnaire - which they don't apparently use for hiring decisions, just to help ensure a better match between the BoE's requirements and the teacher's personality.

d) Interview and 5 minute teaching demo (Intro to students, Self-introduction and lesson)

I will let you know if they discuss any religious affiliations.

[wangtesol]

I think you might be able to find better answers at bigdaikon.com about Interac since the threads on Interac on this website have been deleted in the past.

There is a current thread about Interac in this forum, though, that touches on the company's religious connections. Who knows what sect they belong to though.

There has been a crack down by state and provincial governements in Utah and British Columbia on the polygamist colonies there, and their fundamentalist leader, Warren Jeffs, is now on the FBI's most wanted list for child abuse. The manhunt for him was just featured on Canadian TV this week actually.

[Glenski]

1. I just read a post from someone on another forum in the last couple of weeks. He reported the same old B.S. with late salaries.

2. I don't know.

3. I don't know.

[chirp]

The Dog ate my Keitai,

Just an update on my Interac interview overseas: Absolutely no mention was made of religious affiliations. I had anticipated being one of the more experienced candidates but I ended up having the second least experience in the group. For overseas recruits, it appears they are looking for people who have already lived in Japan and who have teaching experience, preferably in Japan.

BOL!

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Mr. Wangtesol, the teacher's union man at Interac, has reached a new low even for him in his religous intolerance. It was only last month that an Interac posting was removed for his message of hate against Mormons. I suspect this thread will be gone soon too, not because of any pressure from Interac but because it is clearly religious bigorty and against the law.

I can't understand why he continues to work for a company whose owners he so obviously despises because of their religious beliefs. It isn't for the money- Interac pays no more than any other dispatch company. Why?

I know what I would do if I were doing the hiring and firing at Interac- the grounds are certainly there now.

Does he ever wonder why the Interac union he promotes has no support from Interac teachers?

I am neither Mormon nor an Interac manager. I'm just disgusted.

[The Dog Ate My Keitai]

[tokyo376]

Hello. I'm 7 months into a contract with Interac.

1. Apparently there was a late pay a few years ago, but I've always been paid on time.

2. Apparently the owner is a mormon, and they have an office in Provo, Utah, but it doesn't affect me. I only hear about it online.

3. Interview format is group interview and grammar test, followed by individual interviews and a 5 min video demo lesson. Video lesson is an introduction (preferably in Japanese), followed by a simple lesson like colors, numbers 1-10, or days of the week.

Hope this helps.

[wintersweet]

Didn't you know that all Mormons are polygamists? (Also, all Japanese people are yakuza, and all Americans own guns.) /sarcasm

Seriously, though, I recall various issues with Interac being posted here but I don't recall anyone else having religious issues with the company.

(I was just thinking about Mormon-owned companies yesterday, because I was in a Marriott and I noticed their "Worship Directory" sign included Buddhist and Russian Orthodox services...)

[JimDunlop2]

[wintersweet]

[Big John Stud]

[quote="The Dog Ate My Keitai"]This is mainly directed at those who have current or recent experience with Interac.

1. A couple years ago there were some issues with people not getting paid on time? Was that temporary or does it still happen nowadays?

2. To what degree is Interac affiliated with the Church of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)?

3. Is the format for Interac job interviews the same as it always has been? (i.e. grammar test, video lesson, etc...)

If you feel uncomfortable answering any of these in an open forum, please PM me.
Please & Thank you!




P.S. Just to cut things off at the pass before anything gets out of hand: I ask these questions legitimately, in serious sobriety. This is not a trolling attempt. [/quote]

A good friend of mine started working for them a couple of months ago. He gave notice, because he has yet to be paid on time.

[Willy_In_Japan]

[yamanote senbei]

If Interac ALTs were directly employed by their boards of education, they would be paid not a month late, but early, even before they finish the current month's work. It's extremely common for Japanese employees to be paid for this month's work on the 20th.

With the massive commissions that parasites like Interac are illegally taking out of the salaries of their teachers, you'd figure that they would be able do the same.

[wangtesol]

Interac has just picked up about 90 contracts to supply English teachers in Kanagawa public schools. Will they use illegal gyomu itaku contracts?

You can read about the thread here...

http://www.letsjapan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1062