So speaking to the AM today and a Block Trainer in a neighbouring branch it turns out that a few days ago one teacher came back off of standby. Our branch is 20 students away from calling in another instructor, the nearby branch has one coming in off of standby next week, and the other branch in the area is about 12 students away, so effectively that means that by about next Thursday, our area, which had previously had 9 instructors on standby, will only have 2 left on standby... This is an awesome effort, and I have to pay tribute to the trainers in nearby branches who are in the AM's ear the whole time and making sure she knows how urgent it is that our guys (all the standby instructors are male) get back to work...
I transferred to my original branch (the one I was at before the shut down) on February 1st. The branch is becoming quite full now, when I started at the original branch in November we would get about 6 frees a day as well as a usually empty VOICE lesson... Today I had no free lessons, at the start of the day some were scheduled, but they filled in during the day... Things are kind of getting back into a normal kind of pattern, or as normal as it could be...
Unfortunately due to this crap, I have to say goodbye to a good friend tomorrow... This experience is toughening all of us up, and desensitizing me to goodbyes...
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Any word on backpay yet? There's a post on LetsJapan which claims that at least one teacher has gotten the required forms. Think there's any truth to it?
At our branch there are 10 guys. 5 were put on standby and so far 3 have come back. In the instructors room we have a list of people on standby and 40 boxes beside each name. As a new student signs up, the Branch Manager colours in a box. When it gets close to 40, the instructor is called back. Although the next guy is close to coming back, both standby instructors have received the threatening transfer letter. The Branch Manager can't understand why.
Anon... It is a possibility, but the rumors I have heard from people who went to the Labor office are that paperwork will start coming through at the beginning of March as the lawyers are so busy with so many people out of pocket...
Paul, that is strange about the transfer letter, but I also find it positive that your manager is making an effort to get the boys back... I think as long as we all get our guys back to work as soon as possible, the transfers/sackings will not happen... They need those instructors to make a profit...
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