Post by tokyojoe on Sept 15, 2024 18:01:06 GMT
Seems like the Gaba cool kids are going to be weeping again as this news breaks from some teachers in Japan.
Several people have told me they've allegedly seen Nova's financial records at various branches and the company is deep DEEP in the red. They keep opening new locations in Tokyo but they don't actually have the money to keep them up and functioning. They don't have the money to keep the old ones in shape nonetheless the new ones. The old ones are tattered and have become absolutely filthy. Whiteboards are broken, floors peeling, daiso wallpaper peeling off, never any supplies, barely functioning computers, bathrooms that look like something from out of a horror movie and etc. People are being paid less than 150,000 a month (42 hours a week) in many cases and if they paid fair wages the company would have to shut down (which they should). Apparently the people currently in charge are woman/man - children who just bought the company to say they own a company in Japan.Many locations don't have any teachers and a lot of them went straight back to their home countries because so many other schools are asking for a whole day's worth of work for free as a part of the interview or they've just been disenchanted with the concept of living here. Harassment (of all kinds) is getting worse too (from managers & students )and managers/ISM keep making money costing mistakes. We're kind of expecting it to go bankrupt at any minute and they refuse to downsize. Some people were hoping to use it as a stepping stone to get into Japan but I don't even recommend that much. It doesn't help that bootlickers defend the poor practices just because the company is in Japan either.
Several people have told me they've allegedly seen Nova's financial records at various branches and the company is deep DEEP in the red. They keep opening new locations in Tokyo but they don't actually have the money to keep them up and functioning. They don't have the money to keep the old ones in shape nonetheless the new ones. The old ones are tattered and have become absolutely filthy. Whiteboards are broken, floors peeling, daiso wallpaper peeling off, never any supplies, barely functioning computers, bathrooms that look like something from out of a horror movie and etc. People are being paid less than 150,000 a month (42 hours a week) in many cases and if they paid fair wages the company would have to shut down (which they should). Apparently the people currently in charge are woman/man - children who just bought the company to say they own a company in Japan.Many locations don't have any teachers and a lot of them went straight back to their home countries because so many other schools are asking for a whole day's worth of work for free as a part of the interview or they've just been disenchanted with the concept of living here. Harassment (of all kinds) is getting worse too (from managers & students )and managers/ISM keep making money costing mistakes. We're kind of expecting it to go bankrupt at any minute and they refuse to downsize. Some people were hoping to use it as a stepping stone to get into Japan but I don't even recommend that much. It doesn't help that bootlickers defend the poor practices just because the company is in Japan either.
Edit: I forgot to add that the new contracts make it so that new employees have to work for Gaba online during obon and Christmas. They've also been sending out emails to teachers saying that they'll pay teachers to recruit more teachers and if you recruit enough it's actually more than what teachers get paid to actually teach and it's worded in a very pyramid scheme-y way.
Japanese can't manage diddly sh-t!? I can't believe it!