| I teach for a Shane school in China and I'd discourage anyone from working for them. The pay is much lower than many other schools, the teachers are shipped out to teach in schools that are often over an hour from the office (if travel time is over an hour, minimal compensation is offered. If less than an hour, nothing is offered. Plus travel time does not count as hours worked). The bosses are tyranical and have little consideration for the private lives of their students. Schedules are changed at whim, my flat mate had his schedule changed five times in five days. The Shane contract is written to benefit the school only and once locked in it is hard to get out of it (to leave on good terms, you must give 3 months notice). Whenever you feel something is unreasonable and that you are being taken advantage of, the contract has some clause to cover the school.
About a quarter of my hours are made up of overtime work but overtime bonuses are only paid every 3 months.
There is no effective chain of command so school managers are free to do what they want. If you have a problem, there is nowhere to go.
Sorry this is not very well structured but I hope it is enough to put you off. There are much better schools!
I should point out that I don't know anything first hand about Shane in Japan, but I hear it's better. |