Monday, February 4, 2008

The Threatening Email

About 3 hours ago, I received an email from GComm, and according to the email all instructors received the same thing... I had heard rumors of this and warned the teachers at work that I had heard this was happening... Supposedly, this went out in an email to managers a week or two ago, and only now the instructors are being told... GComm feel they can bully us as they have so many teachers on standby ready to take our jobs if we show up late to work... For those who didn't get the message it is included below... Summary is, if you are late you are fired, if you are seriously ill, you can call Foreign Personnel... Those working at GComm, do yourselves
a favor and be on time...

To all NOVA instructors,

Having re-opened the branches succeeded from the previous NOVA, we have started lessons and have received words of gratitude from former NOVA students. New enrolments are also increasing each day.

However, over the past few days complaints from NOVA students about instructor absenteeism have been reported to G.education Head Office. These complaints include comments like:

“Frequent cancellation of classes due to instructors’ absenteeism has disappointed us because we had higher expectations of the new NOVA.”

“In the past NOVA cancelled a lot of lessons so our lesson package expired with many lessons left. We want you to ensure the same thing doesn’t happen again.”

On looking into records of lesson cancellations, over a one-month period more than 3000 hours of NOVA lessons were cancelled due to instructor absences. At this point in NOVA’s revitalization we can not lapse into the same situation as the public is closely observing how NOVA performs. For the company to prosper we need to avoid disappointing students at all costs.

As a result, from today the following rules are implemented:

* No absenteeism will be permitted.
* In unavoidable circumstances, such as poor health, instructors should continue to contact Foreign Personnel by the established deadlines.

If you are unable to meet these expectations, it may not be possible to continue your employment
with G.education.

We trust that you have a thorough understanding of the current situation and thank you for your cooperation.


Takashi Ono C.E.O
G.education Co., Ltd.

* This document has been produced to inform you of company policy and is being sent to all NOVA instructors.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's crazy.We haven't received anything like this at MM.I guess everything at MM is quite different than branches.

Anonymous said...

Heard that Ono is no longer the CEO. He has been demoted for some reason.

Big Man in Japan said...

Anon 1, check the email account you gave GComm, a friend asked me late last night if it was true, and found out when he checked his email... If you still don't have it then that would be interesting...

Anon 2, I thought Ono was the owner and started the whole business... Will have to do some research into that... Wonder what the implications will be for us???

Anonymous said...

Curious
Funny old thing it is now February the 15th and I still haven't seen this e-mail, apart form on-line of course. It is kind of comforting to know that some things never change. A total lack of Good-communication (G-comm for short).
Okay, okay but sorry couldn't help myself. Loose lips sink ships but...hmmm...what's the collary? Actually at this point damned if I know but no information makes for many unhappy folk and you can count me in that group. It is like living in a fugue state and it sucks!