On Oct 30, 12:37 am, Jim Breen <jimbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, but they're not alone. When it come to the food-chain of
> gaigins-living-in-Japan, ESL teachers, especially those employed
> by shonky outfits like NOVA, are close to the bottom.
>
The NOVA debacle reminds me of the failure of Bilingual back in the
early 90s. Then, as now, the company was the top of the heap, but in
the end employees didn't get paid for first one month, then a second,
students complained of getting shafted, etc. The salary was the same
then, too, only the working hours were less and Bilingual actually
gave us consecutive days off (which I understand NOVA and some other
schools do not do these days).

John W.