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Xanthos
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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Location: Beijing
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 Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:56 am Post subject: Got visa, but considering refusing offer - cost to company? |
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The company hiring me has sorted out all the visa stuff, and I am outside Japan, preparing to leave for Japan soon, and now I am seriously considering not going because of the natural distasters, etc.
What will it cost the company (apart from the obvious revenue from an employee) if I refuse the job offer and don't turn up?
Many thanks. |
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Pitarou
Joined: 16 Nov 2009
Posts: 1116
Location: Narita, Japan
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:30 am Post subject: |
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I don't have the exact figures to hand, but getting a visa for you should have been quick, cheap and easy. Your employer just needed to complete a simple form and pay a modest processing fee.
That's not to say it won't be expensive for them if you change your mind -- recruiting is costly -- but the visa is only a small part of the costs.
So, why are you considering bailing out now? Will you be close (within 80 km) to Fukushima Daiichi, or directly North West of Fukushima Daiichi? If not, you really have nothing to worry about; you should be more concerned about radiation exposure on your flight to Japan. |
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Xanthos
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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Location: Beijing
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:50 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for that - a weight off my mind.
Well, when it comes down to it, one must trust one's instincts, right?
I can completely understand how it would be in the Japanese government's interests to cover up the extent of the damage if it was more serious than stated. Tokyo is so nearby, and without Tokyo, what is Japan and all those highly paid businessmen going to do?
The economic damage on all Japanese people's physical life could easily be predicted to be the same (or worse) as that of the radiation spread out over the whole population.
Japan's role in WW2, invading China, etc., really doesn't give me much faith in their general leadership culture, and so I am bailing out. |
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Apsara
Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:05 am Post subject: |
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| Xanthos wrote: |
Tokyo is so nearby, and without Tokyo, what is Japan and all those highly paid businessmen going to do?
The economic damage on all Japanese people's physical life could easily be predicted to be the same (or worse) as that of the radiation spread out over the whole population.
Japan's role in WW2, invading China, etc., really doesn't give me much faith in their general leadership culture, and so I am bailing out. |
I'm finding it hard to understand most of what you have written here. What is it you think has happened to Tokyo, or will happen? There was minimal damage here, it is over 200km from Fukushima, and radiation levels are well within a normal range- this can't be covered up by the government, it is being monitored by many independent groups.
As for economic damage, Japan is still an extremely wealthy country. It will recover from this like it has recovered from many other disasters in the past. Life is going on in all pretty much as normal in all but the areas directly affected by the tsunami, and I can tell you that as a resident of Tokyo- there is no damage in this area that the government is covering up.
As for Japan's "leadership culture", you are talking about things that happened 60-70 years ago. The world has changed a lot since then, Japan along with it. However if you are the kind of person who tends to focus a lot on hypothetical negatives, it is a better decision not to come. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Exactly what "processing fee" is involved in the employer filing the application? I have never heard of such a thing.
Basically, to the OP, bail if you like. The employer may cry foul, and some have even tried making applicants pay exorbitant fees (claiming they had to pay lawyers, and that coming up with their paperwork took ungodly hours of office worker time), but in the end, if you aren't even here, they can't collect a thing. Nor should they. |
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tttyg
Joined: 26 Apr 2011
Posts: 16
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Just to echo Glenski, filing submission for COE is free. |
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Pitarou
Joined: 16 Nov 2009
Posts: 1116
Location: Narita, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| tttyg wrote: |
| Just to echo Glenski, filing submission for COE is free. |
I stand corrected. |
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Denizen
Joined: 13 Nov 2009
Posts: 110
Location: Tohoku
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| If your gut instinct is to back out, then write them a nice, apologetic letter about your hesitation regarding your health and well-being and be done with it. |
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