Shane English School japan is not actually a company, it is a brand name that "Shane Corporation Japan" and it's various subsidiaries operate their schools under. So, although your (English) contract may say that your employer is "Shane Corporation", this is not actually true, this is merely a tactic that the "Saxoncourt Group" uses to make it difficult for you (as an employee) to report your REAL employer to the authorities for breaking the law (because you need to know who your real employer is in order to report them). A number of Shane English School & Saxoncourt around the globe have recently gone into receivership or been liquidated... But Mr Lipscombe owns his global empire via a company called "Saxoncourt Holdings Ltd" registered in the British Virgin Islands (where companies are not required to disclose the state of their finances on the public record), so it's hard to say but the principal of Shane English School Japan recently threatened that the company was in danger of going bankrupt. I recently left Shane after working for them in Japan for abour 15 months. I have to agree that they should be avoided at all costs. The vast majority of Shane teachers are deeply unhappy in their jobs, and at the time that I made my departure, teachers were leaving in their droves to work for other language schools. Morale is kept deliberately low by removing holidays at the last minute, unfair distribution of cover days teachers are required to work, and frequent impositions on teachers´ free time by requiring them to teach additional hours for very little, and sometimes no additional reward. Accommodation is very, very small and poorly furnished and they charge roughly twice the market value for it, thereby making a profit from their teachers accommodation needs. Most other schools subsidise teacher accommodation. Attitudes to their teachers vary. DOSs are never seen all you will get is a fax or told to read a guide book , but central management at Shane HQ seem to regard teachers as property rather than people. Shane provide virtually no professional support. As far as I am aware (and I did make enquiries) none of the monkey pea brain DOSs has more than a CELTA, which means that if you wanted to undertake a DELTA you would be in trouble, as there is most likely no one within the company who will be able to act as your mentor (a requirement for anyone wishing to undertake a DELTA by distance study). And if you find yourself in any kind of trouble, you can expect absolutely no assistance from the company. Their only concern is that you turn up for work, regardless of what calamity may have befallen you. I certainly wouldn´t recommend Shane as a first teaching job. It really offers no potential for professional development and in the majority of cases seems to put people off the teaching profession. You work on your own and could be teaching German for all the school knows,Just about everyone leaves with a fairly bitter taste in their mouth, and I would suggest that any postings to the contrary are certainly written and posted by Shane management, or DOSs, under instructions from head office. A bad company to work for. Very disappointing. They do not care about teaching English just have fun play games and keep students happy even if they are not learning ****, teach to the book not the student is what one dos told me, their books are 20 years old , poor and are full of errors but make the school money so who cares!
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I don't see a question here, perhaps you should post this online in a rating site for English teachers of ESL abroad. Also, this could have been better situated in another category. Sounds like you had a tough time of it in Japan.
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Now I understand the problem Hideki Itrabu had communicating with George Steinbrenner.
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tldr you can buy used underwear in vending machines in roppongi though.
