http://onceatraveler.com/the-truth-about-aeon-part-v Running and traveling across the seven continents Thu, 17 May 2012 07:34:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://onceatraveler.com/the-truth-about-aeon-part-v/comment-page-1#comment-42 Got the heck out Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:43:46 +0000 http://onceatraveler.ianmack.com/?p=514#comment-42 AEON has not improved as a company, and in my experience, they have worsened. I'm a very hard worker and very dedicated to doing a good job, but their mind games made me have to leave around the 4-month mark. After my friend greeted me at the airport, the first day of training, the trainer pulled me into a dark room and told me that I had made a terrible impression and would have to "choose which was more important; my friends or teaching English." Then my branch treated me like a complete child, sometimes screaming at me about obscure rules I had no way of knowing, like that *I* was supposed to spend extra time at night calling people that couldn't be bothered to show up instead of the counselors (um...unpaid overtime much? Well, that seems to be AEON's theme...). The kicker for me was when I went into work in hysterics because my mother was sick and I was thinking about going home. The head teacher said "Well, there's nothing you can do about it if she's sick, so why don't you just keep working." Nail in the coffin. I handed in the resignation letter the next day and dealt with hellish meetings for the next month trying to get me to care that I was going to be causing their company so much damage. After how much damaged they caused me after putting me in a filthy apartment and sucking up all my free time, It's really a shame, because I really loved my students and teaching was really fun, but I had to get out. Now I work for another eikaiwa and I've been there for 6 months with absolutely no problems. It's fantastic. Anyway, great blog! I wonder if any of us will stop being scared to say anything and make more of these.... AEON has not improved as a company, and in my experience, they have worsened. I’m a very hard worker and very dedicated to doing a good job, but their mind games made me have to leave around the 4-month mark. After my friend greeted me at the airport, the first day of training, the trainer pulled me into a dark room and told me that I had made a terrible impression and would have to “choose which was more important; my friends or teaching English.” Then my branch treated me like a complete child, sometimes screaming at me about obscure rules I had no way of knowing, like that *I* was supposed to spend extra time at night calling people that couldn’t be bothered to show up instead of the counselors (um…unpaid overtime much? Well, that seems to be AEON’s theme…). The kicker for me was when I went into work in hysterics because my mother was sick and I was thinking about going home. The head teacher said “Well, there’s nothing you can do about it if she’s sick, so why don’t you just keep working.” Nail in the coffin. I handed in the resignation letter the next day and dealt with hellish meetings for the next month trying to get me to care that I was going to be causing their company so much damage. After how much damaged they caused me after putting me in a filthy apartment and sucking up all my free time, It’s really a shame, because I really loved my students and teaching was really fun, but I had to get out. Now I work for another eikaiwa and I’ve been there for 6 months with absolutely no problems. It’s fantastic. Anyway, great blog! I wonder if any of us will stop being scared to say anything and make more of these….

]]> http://onceatraveler.com/the-truth-about-aeon-part-v/comment-page-1#comment-30 AEON Japan Fires Teacher Over Personal Blog… Allegedly | Japan News Today Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:31:26 +0000 http://onceatraveler.ianmack.com/?p=514#comment-30 [...] Japan Fires Teacher Over Personal Blog… Allegedly Japan Cruising the web I found a very detailed in depth experience from a former teacher who used to work ... one of the large eikaiwas still in business in [...] [...] Japan Fires Teacher Over Personal Blog… Allegedly Japan Cruising the web I found a very detailed in depth experience from a former teacher who used to work … one of the large eikaiwas still in business in [...]

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