Could have titled this video: When dreamer meets reality.

@collinsonyeukwu6932

9 күн бұрын

absolutely correct

so true, the shittiest jobs hire you so fast. i got a job last fall, called me in for an interview and they were like you want the job? said yes and they hired me on the spot lol. 3 months in and i couldnt handle it anymore it was so fkng toxic. one of my coworkers says to me, you know youre the only person who has lasted this long, every other person that was hired left within a month. im like yeah im not surprised! so long story short i stayed one more month and i quit

I’d definitely recommend to take a closer look at the work culture/ethic in Japan. A 60-80 hour work week is pretty normal for them and unfortunately a lot of women are often times told indirectly to quit work and start a family (“so when are you going to have kids” etc etc) I’ve heard that international companies are better and more desirable for that reason. I’m not surprised that the kids were making ignorant comments about your skin color. Japan has a very homogenous society (it’s like 99% Japanese and even the biggest minority group is also Asian). I don’t think they like foreigners no matter what they say,🤔and a lot of YTers outright say that they will never be fully accepted by the natives or don’t feel like they could ever be fully accepted. Living in a foreign country is definitely not without its challenges. It can be nice, no doubt, but every country has its pros and cons.

@Archedgar

10 күн бұрын

Actually that _"60-80 hour work week"_ thing is a myth largely propagated by wokies. The OECD statistics show that Japan's employees work about the world avg (1,600 hours a year per employee on avg) which is far from what the myth argues [NOTE: Compare to Mexico or Costa rica where it's **2,300** hours a year per employee on avg for what working high hours actually looks like]. In reality, your claim was simply wrong/a lie.

@vicvic2081

9 күн бұрын

Wyd now

@Archedgar

9 күн бұрын

OECD statistics prove your claim on JP work hours to be false.

It’s the way I’m currently applying for a eikaiwa, and I keep seeing all the horror stories but I literally just need a gateway into Japan atp😭

Congratulations on grad school though! Your future self will thank you for being as educated as you are ❤

Chiiiile not the receptionist slapping your arm 💀😭

Dang even in Japan they trifling like that smh 🤦🏾‍♀️

You probably don't remember me, but I remember telling you about how nervous I was before teaching English in Japan. You encouraged me. I returned home to the U.S. I moved to LA lol 🧡🐿️🧡

@rzy4701

7 ай бұрын

Why’d you return?

I remember seeing another YT video where the guy outright said a lot of teachers in Japan have to take a 2nd or 3rd job just to make ends meet (to provide for their family for example). He also said the “wage ceiling” for teachers is not that high reached quickly. It’s sad they don’t pay their teachers a livable wage and work them to d**th🙁. This video really does prove what he said.

I'd like more people to do these kinds of videos because people need to be warned about what they're getting into, the companies basically lie to aspiring teachers about how great it's gonna be and then send people into a classroom with little training and or backup. It's a business where foreigners are used as a way to pretend that the kids are being taught by a native speaker, Over worked, underpaid and underappreciated is the norm, it's really just a performance with little to no substance.

I appreciate how honest you were about the experience.

I know lots of foreigners teaching in Japan and hate it especially the privateEnglish schools. But the people use the opportunity as kind of a stepping stone. When I was working in the Australian company in japan, i had an Australian staff who came to Japan as an English teacher and moved to the Australian community as an accountant. My friendfrom Texas later became an English teacher in the private high school. Her benefits were pretty good. The school of course sponsored her working visa, good pay check, and had long vacations which were summer, winter, and spring. Her colleagues were working during the long vacation, but she was special so she didn't have to work. Also, i introduced her the English teaching opportunity in my company, she got paod $150/hour. Hopefully you can get a wonderful opportunity. 😊

@biancae1059

2 ай бұрын

May I know the name of your company which pays ESL teachers that much please? 😊

@FumLove

2 ай бұрын

@@biancae1059 ugh... the company was bought up by CITI Bank a while ago...

thank u for making this video! it was really helpful and i’m excited to see where your future takes u! good luck in everything ♡

I’m so happy for you Brianna!!! Im glad you’re back and are doing updates again and focusing on your mental health. I remember watching your first video from waaayyy back! I just graduated grad school back in December and I’m so excited for you to start!! You got this❤

I’m glad you’re uploading again! Hopefully school goes great for ya

So happy you did what's best for you. You are stronger and wiser because of your experience ✨ (coming from an ex-English teacher in Korea).

@annamay731

10 ай бұрын

HI. I'm trying to decide between both and nervous over which to choose. Was Korea better in your opinion?

It's not a great industry to work in, can't blame you at all.

At least you were able to be in charge of the class. I have met highly qualified teachers that act as a puppet next to a Japanese teacher that has poor English skills and never traveled outside of Japan. I have taught kids that were too dumb and shy to learn anything. Also, sometimes an excited parent urged their kid to say something to me in English and the kid doesn't say a single word. They may as well replace these classes with media studies to watch English language movies and listen to songs.

I have heard that English teaching in Japan is a bad job. I think a lot of people outside of Japan just use it to go to Japan. Congratulations on grad school!! What are you studying? If you don’t mind answering of course.

I am glad you are free now

the way i wouldve thrown hands

How did you go to school in Japan?

oh my gosh congrats on grad school!!!

holy shit that sounds so terrible. i'm sorry you had to go through all that.

What did you study in uni?

I'm half way through this video and this young woman has taught me heaps of useful information .l recommend you watch it because she doesn't hold back

Ive been teaching at an Eikaiwa here too and I'm going through it. I've been here for 3 going on 4 and im thinking job hunting now because I can"t do it anymore lol. The big point is ure done girl! good for u getting into Grad school. I"d like to do the same honestly, are u working part time while being a grad student?? if u dont mind me asking

Thank you for sharing your experience 🙏

I think working freelance as an English teacher is the problem. I had an almost identical experience in Poland through an agency They required original teaching content that you were not paid for and withhold your pay if it is “under” a certain amount until the next month.

Sorry if you answered this and i missed it, but what program did you go through?

@MorenaInJapan

10 ай бұрын

I worked for Shane Corp

I'm quitting my ALT and eikaiwa jobs, which is mostly teaching kids. However, I'm gonna start another eikaiwa gig just teaching adults. I actually enjoy teaching adults since most of my adult students care about learning English, and I've taught adults online for the past 2 and a half years. But the pay sucks. Hoping to go back to school and get a better paying job.

What are you going to grad school for?

I'm coming to Japan as a ALT for JET, but after i want to go somewhere else. I'm using the time in Japan to do a MEd and to get out of my country. Leaving where I am at is costly, so this is a good way to do that, especially since my curent job pays poorly, and i have a gross roommate, but can't afford to live alone

Thanks for being honest! ❤

Nice story time ❤

thanks for ur honesty. love japanese culture and was considering teaching english there but it seems like the work culture is not healthy. maybe english teachers in thailand or korea have better experiences?

@annamay731

10 ай бұрын

As a future English teacher who has been looking into these exact three countries as options, based on my research, I found out that Thailand is not that great when it comes to pay. I'm not sure if their work culture is as stressful as Japan, but I've watched a bunch of other English teachers videos that went to Thailand and they spoke about how the workload was intense, they get very little breaks in the school year, and they're not paid nearly as much. Thailand was going to be my first option and then I got discouraged immediately. So now I'm looking into Japan, and I find this. 😭 Guess my next stop is going to be in Korea. One of my advisors worked there before and he had great opinions about it, but that's just him. Edit: My research I just did on Korea by watching and reading about other foreign English teachers' experiences there turns out to be tremendously worse. 🥲

@EdSmed20

10 ай бұрын

@@annamay731 lmao yea i think there are bound to be horror stories about pretty much anywhere. thailand, japan, korea, vietnam, taiwan all have their pros and cons. have u considered taiwan or vietnam?

@annamay731

10 ай бұрын

@@EdSmed20yeah I was actually researching all of those yesterday. Watched a ton of videos and read some past feedback. I heard the most good things about Thailand. Feedback about Taiwan and Vietnam were also mostly good too. Those are pretty much my main three options right now. Probably going to go with Thailand because that was my number one to begin with. I only considered Japan and Korea because of higher pay. Even though Thailand pays less, they have more teacher respectability and more breaks in the school year. It's just a lot more kids per classroom to handle.

@EdSmed20

10 ай бұрын

@@annamay731 taiwan seems to be the best place to teach for a high salary. i surfed the TEFL reddit for a few hours and they all spoke highly of taiwan. im like u though, i think i may go with Thailand. im not too concerned with the salary but I do want a nice work-life balance so I can travel and pursue my photography hobby in my spare time. and yea thailand may have more kids to handle but i think we'd love the kids anyways haha

I moved back to the US from japan 4 years ago. I remeber when I was there, after 6 months it felt like this every year. I continued to stay for another year. A year and a half in total. When I look back I’m happy I went there in the first place. A lot of people never get to see the other side of the world let a lone live in it. However if i can offer anybody some advice who’s about to embark on working at an ekaiwa. Do it and look for another job ASAP. Do not feel horrible about quitting 1 month into your contract. Literally use this as a means to physically move to Japan. Do not waste time, it’s not all fun and games. If you really want to stay in Japan long term, leave ASAP. Even for something that pays a little less initially but is bound to give you free time to make your next move. Looking back, it was not worth it for a year and a half, I should’ve left for another job when I had the chance. HOWEVER if you know you don’t want to live in Japan for more than a year, just stay and coast on by, they wont fire you as bringing in another teacher from japan costs more money than just moving you to a different school or them terminating you after a year.

oh damn. Sounds like they were scamming you with that paycheck. I had a similar salary but would usually come out with 220,000 yen. Did they raise the taxes or something?

Another burned English teacher in Japan has joined the ranks. Lol

❤❤❤!!

lmao you're scaring me, I'm about to go teach in Japan in a few months. I've taught before in another country where we had to make up lesson plans so I know how much of a struggle it can be. Hopefully you'll have a better time in grad school!

@SeraSan-

Жыл бұрын

Are u teaching now?

@nakuatravels

Жыл бұрын

@@SeraSan- Not yet, but I will be in a two weeks!

@SeraSan-

Жыл бұрын

Wow, it is nice. Are you a native speaker? Do you think being a teacher is difficult in Japan? I'm also interested in teaching In Japan😊

@amcutiechuu

Жыл бұрын

​@@nakuatravelswhat abt now?!

@nakuatravels

Жыл бұрын

@@amcutiechuu I just started teaching and the actual classes are okay, but the management... I don't know if it's just Japanese work culture or this specific management, but there has already been drama

"I did not go to University to be an English teacher in Japan." loool, still blunt as ever! There are other jobs for foreigners in Japan that you can do which don't include teaching I would guess though right? In media, tech, fashion and retail etc. I imagine they're not the easiest finds, but they're out there. Working in Japan is a bit of a myth though, the salaries paid on average are so low. You thought about going back home for work? There's a much wider and bigger selection of better paid, enjoyable jobs out there in the States.

Who doesn't like fried chicken tho?!? 😒

!!!

I teach in Hong Kong. I hate it much more.

Goodness gracious. I was considering choosing Japan for when I teach abroad, but now I'm not so sure. This is the third story I've heard about people having bad experiences with pay and being overworked there. 🥲 I'm going to try looking into my third option, Korea instead. Edit: NEVERMIND! I just watched a bunch of videos and read about other teachers' real experiences in Korea and it is so much worse! 😭

@EdSmed20

9 ай бұрын

everywhere will have ppl with bad experiences, just like in the usa. you should just choose one that aligns with your ideal work/life balance and salary expectations.

@annamay731

9 ай бұрын

@@EdSmed20 Oh certainly. The issue is the places that I would like to go to that have more favorable experiences, seem to pay much less. I've been interested in going to Thailand for quite some time and I usually hear good things about it there. The thing is because it's so much of a smaller economy, it only really pays expat teachers just enough to make ends meet. I want to be able to make ends meet and save so that's why countries with bigger economies like Japan, Korea, etc. seemed more attractive for that salary benefit. Their experiences seem to often be unfavorable though. I still want to give Thailand a try. I may also venture to Vietnam or Taiwan.

You remind me of Naomi Osaka

I had the same experience as you except i literally had to travel every day for more than two hours to get to class and each time i had different classes so basically more traveling hours and btw we payed the transportation fees not the school🙂 so imagine that. Of course i quit that job but i honestly don’t understand why Japanese schools make it so hard for teachers to work there . Japan is a beautiful country but working there as an english teacher is hell so i don’t recommend

~( "?... Nah we ,,// ) are not like (x))|\\ that, we can't call you out for that, if your not happy with the way things are going on the job and you have no control, this is the best place to go. To teach abroad is no easy job and the pay well what can we say. it gets better with time. we can understand how you feeling with the long commuting and all. thank you for sharing you life in the Asiatic world of Japan Morena . Can you TEACH the Japanese language "?

Tell me you don't know how to gather enough details about a job you're flying across an ocean to do without telling me that. These are things you need to bring up, man. Sounds like you walked onto a bear trap because you weren't looking and you're blaming the bear trap :-/

@MorenaInJapan

Жыл бұрын

I’ve lived in Japan for several years… I knew it was going to be shitty but not that shitty. Which is why I’m going to grad school instead.

@Hot2Trotsky

Жыл бұрын

@@MorenaInJapan hope it works out better for you. College is the new grift. I have a masters that's been gathering dust until I just started TEFL job hunting

the mixture of classism and prejudice must stink in those environments

No sound 😢

@MorenaInJapan

Жыл бұрын

Huuuh 😭 there’s sound for me

I don't know...I think you should have really put energy into building your channel and putting out lots of content as a influencer. You may have the potential to make good money.

@MorenaInJapan

Жыл бұрын

I was being harassed and stalked online every day. I wasn’t happy.

@persebra

Жыл бұрын

@@MorenaInJapan So sorry to hear about that. I wish you the best in your endeavors.

@SleepingGiantAfrica

Жыл бұрын

Most influencers don't make real money either, and even when they do it's rarely stable from month to month. It's mostly a dud 'job'. The next time an influencer tells you they're making money, ask for receipts, or some specific kind of breakdown just to make sure they're for real.