[Liam67]

I have recently left my job with Shane English Schools Japan. I was working in Chiba Prefecture, and although it is my first ESL Job and I was admittedly very naive in accepting the first job offer in Japan I got, i have to say that I was totally disgusted at the way I was treated.

The management structure of the company is an absolute joke, with a non-existent cover system that not only means that teachers have to work their days off, but also that the teacher who has called in sick then has to call said teacher in person to tell them they are working, which of course further damages the already pitifully low staff morale.

The textbooks in the schools are falling to pieces, as are some of the schools themselves.
Before signing up, in the highly deceptive and, I believe potentially illegal, sales pitch we are given about all the bonuses we can earn, they neglect to mention that said bonuses are infact impossible to earn.

Then there's the exorbitant fees for apartments which are usually in the middle of nowhere, I had to walk 25 minutes to the nearest train station. The only redeeming features of my time there were the very helpful and friendly Japanese school staff I worked with and also the students themselves. Of course they are the biggest losers in all of this as they have no idea how much they are being ripped off.

So in short, do not go near Shane Japan, they are a cowboy outfit and if things continue the way they are going, they won't be around much longer.