tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34096700.post7406197871360873214..comments2024-03-15T03:56:22.398-07:00Comments on Glimpses of Japan: Teaching in Japan: The Private Sectorbrian southwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495889127346744899noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34096700.post-34538290306078809282013-05-20T08:05:25.382-07:002013-05-20T08:05:25.382-07:00I have known several Interac teachers over the yea...I have known several Interac teachers over the years and have found them no different from my municipal-hire colleagues. The problem is with the training and the salary/ benefits. Interac clean house, charging school districts 5,250,000 per teacher per annum; teacher pay amounts to approximately half that sum. . brian southwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17495889127346744899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34096700.post-64412646006574064942013-01-19T04:50:38.996-08:002013-01-19T04:50:38.996-08:00Interac is indeed scum. They have hired an egotist...Interac is indeed scum. They have hired an egotistical maniac named Cedric who enjoys trying to humiliate new teachers who disagree with even one minor thing he says. At a recent training he bullied a young woman until she burst out in tears. He could then be heard saying, "Good, that's what I was trying to do." He probably has some kind of self-loathing problem, but he is an out and out bully, yelling at anyone he chooses knowing that if they quit (and three did at a recent training), they have to buy a ticket back in addition to the ticket they bought to come to Japan just a few days before. Give Interac a pass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34096700.post-5565677766029625962012-04-01T06:20:39.278-07:002012-04-01T06:20:39.278-07:00A long time ago indeed- I first came from '96-...A long time ago indeed- I first came from '96-'98 and have been here continuously since '99. You were here when the JET Programme was in its infancy and the bubble hadn't fully deflated. Since the time of your stint in the country, Interac have greatly increased their presence and profit margin by getting into the ALT gyoumuitaku business. They have done so, naturally, at the cost of quality in education and in working conditions for native instructors. Thanks for the comment.brian southwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17495889127346744899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34096700.post-38466801048542324972012-04-01T05:32:21.252-07:002012-04-01T05:32:21.252-07:00I worked for Interac a long, long time ago--1988-1...I worked for Interac a long, long time ago--1988-1990. They dealt mostly with companies back then. Now, I understand they primarily staff public schools. One thing has not changed, they are still scumbags. When I worked for them, they would ocassionally fire someone just before their year was up to avoid paying them the pitiful bonus due them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com