The Fat Lady Gets Ready to Sing

Amen! Someone's finally stepping in and doing something and I for one applaud loudly from the gallery. For a company that takes a hard line on everything, from tardiness to student complaints, it's hilarious just how many excuses they make for their behavior. If we're just 30 seconds late to work, we get a major 4 lesson deduction, (No doubt used to pay off some of their mounting bills), and if enough of them mount up on you they don't want to renew your contract. Also, they are one of the only companies I've had experience with that stacks up student complaints, not just over the course of one contract year, but several as the case may be then want to use them as a basis for not renewing your contract. All this yet, when they are late with salary payments all the unpaid employee gets is a lame duck apology?! When instructors get eviction notices for failure to pay the rent through no fault of their own, they don't EVEN get a lame duck apology! Practice what you preach NOVA/Saruhashi! You demand professionalism from your employees, yet show an overwhelming lack of it yourself! Where is the leadership and professionalism you expect from everyone else, when we really need it?! At a time when employees need reassurance and guidance from upper management, there is none because Saruhashi isn't telling anyone anything. The only thing he's doing is talking about some kind of vague savior who is going to come in a sweep away all of the financial problems. Saruhashi should be some kind of evangalistic sideshow preacher, because the one thing he's good at is feeding people a line of bullshit, offering false hope and taking them for all their worth! I don't believe a word coming out of his mouth and refuse to be lead by the cock through the valley of darkness by a dumb and blind sideshow monkey! I don't trust this company or the monkey running it! But for those that do,ask yourself this question: even if there is this mysterious investor that the monkey is unwilling to disclose information about, how long do you think that money will last? What student is going to sign up with NOVA now? Get out while you can and move on with your lives! I am!

I like to think of the ramblings coming out of head office as a lot like something Hitler or Goebels were spouting in say April 45. You know, victory weapons will turn the tide, God is on our side etc.

I slipped through the lines and surrendered to the nearest American (ie I got another gig). Adolf is handing out Iron Crosses to teenage boys hunting Russian tanks. Unless you want to end up in Siberia ( ie another eikaiwa ) I suggest you do it too.

Taking the analogy pretty far but Im a reikshi otaku.

Don't worry, kameraden! I made sure my schedule was closed, Im covering all my shifts, I appologised to the staff-who i respect and empathise with, BTW. I did three years, I liked my co workers (for the most part-gotta admit there's some total arseholes here) but the company was pretty crap. Stay or go, do what's right by your co-workers.

Good luck.

Although there are some things I agree with you on. How do you get complaints from students??? I've been working for NOVA for 4 years, and the only complaints I ever got were at the beginning b/c I spoke to quickly, vocab was too difficult, and handwriting was messy. (All true, and most instructors get all of those comments initially), but after I received the feedback and made the changes, I've gotten nothing but positive comments for the last 3 years. It's like I would have to TRY to make someone complain... I'm not trying to toot my horn here, I just think, if a teacher's gotten complaints... more than likely it's deserved... based on my experience anyhow. With the exception of the last month, my biggest beef with NOVA has been teachers fresh out of college who feel like the world and NOVA owes them a favour, and think they're still in college and work to drink basically are "on vacation" while working at NOVA. It's a job. Get over it, and be professional. I'm not the first person to comment like this, and I won't be the last. But seriously, the comment made elsewhere in the forums "the teachers are what make this company" is true in all it's meanings; the good and the bad, unfortunately.
Don't take this as a personal attack, it's just that well, if you're running a customer service business, and customers constantly complain about your service, wouldn't it make sense to keep record of it and hold you accountable to it?
As for being late being a big deal, I'm willing to admit there's probably been a few instructors shafted by a blanket policy when they were genuinely late out circumstances beyond their control, but I'm pretty sure most teachers who cut it close are doing so just because of not giving themselves enough time, ie. living like they're still in Uni.

Is Nova the first job you've ever had?

``How do you get complaints from students???``

I think the point is that NOVA uses a bunch of irreverent B.S. reasons to not give people raises or to dock pay. And that they are hard-line on so-called `professionalism,` while they scam students, delay employee’s pay and don’t pay rent.

As far as complaints are concerned, like you said, things like hand writing and vocab. So of course you try to improve based on the feedback, but you have already complaints documented against you. In my branch students have complained about a teacher sweating during voice, a teacher’s tie’s being ugly and a teacher using a green colored pen in lessons. So while most students are reasonable, there are some pretty weird customers out there and some of them complain about ridiculous things. The sad part about it is that in my area these types of complaints are used against teachers who don’t kiss ass to those in charge.

It's called work ethic and integrity. And you totally missed the point. I'm not gonna change the way you think, that's clear by your ability to see things from such a limited point of view. But way to resort to name calling... If you make a deal with someone, you should do your best to hold up your end of the bargain. It's the right thing to do. I like what someone else said elsewhere in the forums: "My professionalism did not, nor will it ever begin and end with a paycheck." One day my friend, you're gonna wake and realize, "oh wow, I'm not in college anymore, and this is the way life really is."
But it never occurred to you, or other people who have comported themselves in such a way as you have confessed, that NOVA was a means to an end for a lot of us, and that there were plans in place for which the timing has been shot to hell. I'd like to thank you, and all others who have actively played a roll in the demise of the company, and causing thousands others a great deal of stress.
Keep up the self-centered mentality. It'll serve you well in life.
The saddest part is... how long it will take you to grow up and realize there's more to life than getting drunk. "Oh man! I got so wasted on the weekend!" la-di-fricken-da. Who cares? Oh wow. You got drunk. What an accomplishment. While you, and others like you were pissing away your money every weekend at the bar, guess what, I saved up enough money to move back to my country and put a down-payment on a house. 'Cause guess what, one day, you're gonna wake up and go "Oh shit. I'm gonna be 30 soon." And what have you got to show for it?
So don't be so naive and presumptuous as to think that someone like me had no clue about NOVA or thought "yeah, this is a career".

To the guy who has been working at NOVA for 4 years. You have Ethics and dignity. So what? What did that get you working at NOVA? Many of us came here for a semi-productive year off between grad school or before starting a real career.

When I go home, I’ll be 23 or just turned 24. I can say, “After college I went to Japan and taught English for almost a year, but unfortunately the company bankrupted. It was great experience, but now I’m ready to take on a more serious job, where I can use my degree and maybe advanced Japanese language skills”. They won’t know about my 10 TOPATSUs, they won’t know about me getting caught dating students or all the other times I was reprimanded.

What are you going say? “I’m 30, I’ve taught English at NOVA for the last 4 years. I worked really hard and took pride in my job. I would give you letter of reference, but the company went bankrupt “.

You will be a stale 30 year old, who nobody wants to hire. While those of us just out of college, with decent degrees have a shot and doing something. The reason we didn’t take this job seriously is because we knew there was no future in it. So get off your high horse.

You rock, dude! Its nice to see a Japanese perspective on this site for a change.

so what? I wasn't talking about any historic stuff here.

I read on one of these boards that 5000 of the current Nova teaching staff are Australians. With this in mind, I thought I’d post on the ESL situation back home.

First thing you need to know is that there is a teacher shortage at the moment. Most schools are finding it hard to get the teachers they need. It’s been that way for a couple of years now, but the shortage has been particularly acute the last six months and will only get worse as the peak study season rolls around.

Although ESL teaching is quite different from Nova’s patented “4 bunnies in a box” approach, many of the things you picked in Japan will stand you in good stead back home. (For starters, ex NOVA-ites are usually pretty good at keeping a up conversation with low level learners and have usually picked up a fair bit of knowledge about how English works and how it can be taught).

Within Australia there are dozens of schools in each capital city: more than 100 in Sydney alone. The ESL industry in Australia is regulated by the Federal Government’s ESOS Act 2000. Aside from compulsory insurance to protect students if schools go under, schools are accredited by a body called NEAS that ensures schools, teachers and curriculum are up to scratch. You can get information/addresses on accredited schools from NEAS at www.neasaustralia.com

The reason for the teacher shortage at the moment is probably because the general job market is so strong. Schools are finding it difficult to get good teachers and some of them a resorting to poaching them off each other. Salaries are around $35,000 to $65,000 per annum (I think that’s 3,5000,000 to 6,5000,000 yen), depending on your experience and qualifications.

Speaking of which, to work at a NEAS school you will need a minimum of a Degree and a legitimate TESOL qualification (deemed to be a Certificate IV in TESOL or a University TESOL Post Grad Cert/Dip or an RSA CELTA). Once you have these things you can pick up work pretty easily. You can even get recognition for the work you did in Japan which should reduce the length and cost of getting a Cert IV TESOL through a process called RPL (recognition for prior learning). One Cert IV TESOL provider in Sydney is Greenwich College (www.greenwichcollege.com.au ) And there are others in NSW and interstate.

For jobs ... you can approach schools directly (see the NEAS website) or contact job hunting sites like www.eslstaff.com who should put you in touch with jobs. General job hunting sites like mycareer.com or seek.com run ads too.

Non- Australian teachers can join in too. Pretty much all schools are happy to take native English speakers,a variety of accents is even viewed as a bonus. If you’re under 29 years old you can get working holiday visa unless you’re from USA (coz the US govt doesn’t like WH visas) or New Zealand (coz Bondi is a New Zealand suburb, so our Kiwi bretheren can live here anytime they like). You can get info from http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/49whm.htm

The teaching itself is pretty different from NOVA; students study for 20- 25 hours per week in mixed nationality classes of up to 18 students using a set curriculum and text books that werent published in the cold war. Most classes run five days a week from 9am to 3pm with an hour off for breaks. Decent employers usually pay for lesson preparation time (using a daily rate).

So why am I putting all of this down? Well, I used to work in Japan (including 12 months at NOVA) and I can appreciate the stressful feeling of working in a company that’s on the ropes. However the main reason is that I am now the director of an ELICOS College and am finding it hard to get teachers – so if you’re thinking of calling it quits at NOVA, then get in touch! (blueterrace-AT-hotmail-DOT-com)

PS For stat junkies, you can see the size of the ESL market in Australia by looking at the government statistics http://aei.dest.gov.au/AEI/MIP/Statistics/Default.htm Students numbers are up in every market except Japan which experienced a 5% decrease (another sign the English bubble has broken??) . Another good site is English Australia http://www.elicos.edu.au

Thanks for the info! That was one of the few helpful posts that end up on this site.

I can't get over the self centred recent University Graduates. Sure, NOVA has stuffed over some people, but by the most part, their only real problem was the recruitment side of things, and it shows with some of the responces here. I was AT for 2 years and I was appauled by the childishness and lack of work ethic by the recent graduates. Coming in late, not showing up due to drunkness, behaving like they are the centre of the universe, shocked me. In Australia, you would lose your job instantly with behaviour like this (and I am proud to say, the Aussies and Kiwis that I worked with were by far, the best workers). So stop blaming NOVA for your childish and immature and pathetic work ethic. I blame them only for recruiting imbeciles like some of those who have posted here who are proud of their binge drinking and their breaking of NOVA rules.

I agree with the arse licker on one thing about some dickheads that work at Nova but Mr. AT you cant condemn anyone considering how much arse you have kissed to get where you are.Its one deplorable act that is not looked highly upon in Australia.Selling out,phonies and sycophants.Nova backstabbing and spying is a disgrace.People are hired to do jobs because they can do those jobs without other peoples help.Its just not a professional environment at all.Also the complaint system is laughable.They are used to cut off bonuses when the contract is renewed.
Lets face it you are an arse kissing slug climbing your way to the top of a shit heap on instructors backs.Doesnt happen in the real teaching world.Everyone has a job and everyone does it together.I want to see the whole Nova structure go down in flames

I can count the good ATs I've had on one finger, and that's in three years!!! Pedantic, nit picking, anal retentive, backstabbing, manipulative, egotistical, jumped up little pocket Hitlers the lot. Shifting the schedule round so they get the frees, the likely no shows, the cuties, the good kids....anything except pulling their weight.

Had one arsewipe check the shift for the next day and chnge EVERYTHING so HIS evaluation class would be soft as shit, then planned it for six lessons!!!! This was someone I was supposed to respect?

Can we start an "I can't believe my AT was such a prick" thread? Guess it would crash the server.

Fuck them all. No sympathy from me.

Why arent people awake at this time?i mean its not like you have work anymore or anything.
Nova is a great company.My favourite part is when a student cancels and i have to colour in flashcards.Its a great challenge to try and keep between the lines.I would do anything to uphold the companys name.I mean i already have done a few things for the AT but its all part of the service.Sometimes i hear that students join the school to get screwed by instructors but i cant really believe that although i did hear about the AT who got a student pregnant.Heard hes a real prick too but i cant buy into those malicious lies.How can perfection be tarnished?Is it possible that ATs that advocate professional behaviour arent following their own edicts?Surely not because then they would be hypocrites and there isnt room for such people in the company.Someone told me about some book called 1984.Might open my eyes they said.To the truth or to the lies?

First of all, I agree that Nova is a terrible company with illegal practices. Also, a lot of ATs and BTs are useless.

Having said that, I'm just an instructor but I think it's funny that all these people are complaining about ATs and BTs like Nova is the only company in the world where people get shit managers. So, you don't like your manager? Who cares? Deal with it like an adult like the rest of the working population does. If you have the answers, get promoted yourself and do a better job. I have never met so many people who can't cope with the shit that people come across in everyday life. Can we start a "Now that I don't live at home I have to make my own bed " thread?

This thread is typical of most Nova threads on the net, two people eventually taking shot at their opponents families, work values, social life, etc... I love it. Fight to the death.

Deliberately screwing off and being unprofessional is childish, stupid, and all the things mentioned above. But what many of the posters on Nova's side complaining about teacher's lack of professionalism are guilty of a greater crime. You forget that a company, no matter what position you're in, has an EQUAL responsibility to the employer. When teachers just say "aaah, despite Nova's complete disrespect of me as a person, a worker and treatment of the students I am still going to be professional and do my job right!" This kind of attitude is exactly what Nova management wants. Why? So they can walk all over you. They take advantage of teacher's higher professionalism and use them...just plain use them. This is what I am saying: teachers who exhibit the aforementioned personality trait are just as responsible for the work environment as Nova management is. Their complacency fosters this attitude of management to continue treating teachers as such.

(does it need to be said that I am talking about the average Nova employee and that I realize there are exceptions on both sides, or am I going to get attacked with a personal anecdote about your professionalism or some new graduate you met and did this and that blah blah blah)

And on more thing, please don't forget that "students" are people! I'm always hearing about teachers taking advantage of students like their animals. Their adults and make their own decisions. If they want to fuck a teacher then it is just as much on them as it is on the teacher or company.

When I first came to nova I was about 23 and came for a working holiday. I did some research and found out both Novas internet image and asked real people who had worked in Japan. I learnt it had a poor image as a company both for students and staff and staff treatment but was a safe bet as far as hiring and setting up placements. I enjoyed my time here for about 6 months and foolishly stayed 4 more becuse of the velvet rut syndrome.

My impression of a lot of older gaiji were wow shit you are bitter. The ATs i thought were just managers who made what was a basic job more complicated and uptight than it needed to be, but after working there for four years and seeing some of the clowns and bad hair days teachers I understand the double bind of Nova ATs - You can not fire someone unless they go over the line massively. And the students we got there were such a mixed bag that unfortunately included a really big bias towards oddness lots of mentally ill people (apparently eikaiwas are normal post treatment advice from Pyschologist here) and normal japanese anal retentiveness and keeping up appearances polite decorum eg there are no gay people in Japan in response and Japan is safety country after asking about the funny suited effeminate men who direct you to bars. Their job was damage control and like most people who actively seek a promotion they value hard work, authority figures and side perks of position and praise. But some lacked basic people skills.

the teachers well what do you expect from young or old people with no boundaries. Hell if nova wont sack you for being hungover fuck id go to work drunk everyday. the managers would ream you even if it was their mistake so I had no guilt reaming them back. Its what we call bad office culture.

On the topic of work ethic if you can save money, do what is required as a basic minimun and add a dash of decent human interaction into both your co workers and customer relationships good for you. however you do not have to apologise for a company that allows and fosters such poor work environments or accept them but to blame the other teachers for not having the same decorum is pretty sad. Being immature is the last avenue of protest for most people.

A.T.s, B.T.s & the rest of you "hard workers" are a delusional. You are a product in an English speaking factory. Sure some student’s have probably befriended you, when you leave a couple people pretend to be a bit sad, but incomes the next Aussie and they forget all about you.

The people in charge do completely change the schedule everyday so they don’t have to do shit. My AT teaches like 5 students a day. Four M to Ms, one 2 person lesson and of course his minimum two frees a day . (My day starts with 4 man, 4man 3man) He takes all the cute girls and the likely no shows. He’s a worthless fuck, nobody likes him. The staff hates him, but they tell him shit like, “all the students want to take your lessons”. Because if you haven’t notice, the staff are spineless and just love to kiss as much as the pathetic A.T.s.

So big deal if people TOPATSU. It means that guy might have to teach 8 whole lessons in one day. Look, I’m on time, I’m nice to students and coworkers, I don’t sabotage the branch, but some of these people do have a point. The management system is full of rejects. I don’t really care if the company fails. I just want to get paid until my contract finishes. You won’t get a head in life dedicating yourself to NOVA!

Heh... yeah, we're all lucky to've heard this "perspective." I'm sure this individual, who in all likelyhood is just an AT or shit-stirrer, has done so many things to make Japan a better place.

People talk about how good their lessons are... What does that mean? You don't have lessons at Nova. Nova has lessons, which their talented textbook writers made, and you recite instructions verbatim from them. That's it. If you think your main contribution in the lessons is teaching, you are wrong. If students like your lessons, they actually just like YOU, your personality, and your charming conversation.

This is a good thing and you should be happy to get compliments like that, but please don't think that hard work and blood sweat and tears are why your students want your lessons. This is why both "clowns" and "serious guys" have anecdotes about how much they are loved. Everyone could just be lying about how popular they are, but more than likely it just shows that professionalism is completely irrelevant to how good of a "teacher" you are. Japanese staff choose good looking teachers to do demo lessons because they are good looking, and students are more likely to sign. They avoid giving demos to people who by accident of birth are not attractive if they think the student won't sign. This is how your value to the company is decided.

Well put. Give a person three days of "training" and you'll get an employee who realizes really quick that whatever they do doesn't really matter.

No wonder why I get all the demo lessons. Nice. Too bad most of the demos are with business men who smell of cigarettes and haven't brushed their teeth in months.

A lot of Japanese chicks love my "mother toungue".
HA HA HA HA!
What's the matter? Is your husband an employee of NOVA?
Ya married a broke loser, didn't yah?
Too bad

"It's called work ethic and integrity. "

Which Nova has not displayed. Whether it's cheating their students with their ILLEGAL refund or cooling off policy, their teachers with BS late deductions, overpriced apartments and ineffectual health insurance and the Japanese Government out of Health Insurance and Pension revenues. Bending the Labour Law just enough so that they could get away with myriad Human Rights violations. But you have work ethic and integrity. You have bushido. Congratulations, you can be the 48th ronin.

"I'd like to thank you, and all others who have actively played a roll (sic)in the demise of the company, and causing thousands others a great deal of stress."

Nova did that all by itself with the complicity of you and your ilk. They were the ones who set up the Ponzi scheme that was destined to fail. Like so many little Eichmanns, you never questioned it; rather, you jumped at the chance to catalogue and document every little infraction you could, didn't you? You liked re-assigning frees to your schedule, didn't you? It was fun to be the houseboy rather than the field slave. The sales staff did as they were told and strong armed trusting people into taking useless "lessons" designed by company bootlickers who never even taught a dog to sit up before, let alone English. I have seen a lot of good people get f*cked with for the most asinine things by so-called "professionals" while the latter let their little in-group get away with murder. Now that Nova reaps what it has sown you dare blame those who suffered Nova's contempt and disdain?

"The saddest part is... how long it will take you to grow up and realize there's more to life than getting drunk...Keep up the self-centered mentality. It'll serve you well in life."

As well as it served Saruhashi and his hand-picked litter of gaijin toadies. I recall my Nova interview; they were selling it like a paid vacation and what is more, those self-centred gaijin were SELECTED by Nova precisely for their naïveté and irresponsibilty.

You got some nerve lashing out. You have even bigger nerve fishing for sympathy. Now run along; I think I hear an instructor breathing in an unprofessional, non-Nova approved manner.

The complaints are pathetic and this is why i cant understand why ATs report them all to the teacher.Being told your glasses are ugly or something is just pointless.Teachers should only be told if the complaint is very serious eg. sexual comments, innuendo involving animals etc.
These crappy complaints can be used against the instructor if they accept another contract.Without a doubt Nova students are the nuttiest.I havent got one single student in my school half as crazy as the nutters there.

For a start otaku slug i can use my teaching degree to get a teaching job back home.The majority of people who teach there have backgrounds in totally different fields so coming to Japan to teach is more damaging to them simply because it counts for nowt.In my case it still counts for not much but its the same line of work i have been doing since i was 22.Nova instructors are always saying what the hell am i going to do when i get home.They are hiding out here.At least in your case Devonshire Tease you are sticking to your career path.

HaHa That is the funniest most self-righteous argument ever.What a pompous prick you are.Next!haha Do u think this is life or death boy?I told you before this experience counts for nothing as far as my career goes and i accept it because i know i can get a teaching job easily.I dont give a toss about money.It comes and goes and has no bearing on anything i do.
Do you think i am checking my grammar here you wanker?Is there some official ranking or prize based on how well i articulate myself?
The fact is they dont have plans and are drifting along like turds in a sewage farm.

You may be a great teacher, but the fact is Nova CAN and HAS made up complaints against teachers in order to find an excuse to not renew their contracts. All the "complaints" about your teaching are BS, but just because YOU didn't get fired doesn't mean someone else hasn't. They PROBABLY like you. Nova is about popularity, not about actual teaching skills. I know this for a FACT because I sued them and won. One of the issues I sued them for were falsified complaints which the judge found to be bogus. Just because a teacher gets a complaint does NOT mean that they are not being professional. It USUALLY means Nova is being petty. My story is not unique. One teacher was actually told by her student that the staff were fishing for negative comments. STOP blaming the teachers for Nova's harassment. Not ALL of them deserve the lecture.

I'm an AT at Yamashina in Kyoto... just been to the bank and what should I find?? The same 400yen thats been there for the last 10 days. Spoke to Personnel who said they have no further info and pay "could" go in later today. Have had to Toppatsu as I can no longer afford to get to work and I really don't think I should have to borrow from friends to get there.

Anybody else paid or not today?

What is their status

Hey guys,

I was a NOVA teacher for two years. I'm not going to get into any arguments about how fun/bad it was, but just want all of you guys still working to read this article from the Japan Times. Basically, anyone inspired by Monkeybridge's fax last weekend shouldn't put too much into it. It's more or less a ploy to keep you guys working. As you can see, it's 1:20 on the 25th and people still haven't been paid. There's more likely to be a fax saying they're pushing back salaries again than your actual paycheck going through. Good luck everyone.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20070925zg.html

Does anyone know if Nova came through with payment of people's salaries today? It's after 15:45 now.

Please provide an update to the rest of us if you are able. I'm sure everyone would like to know if Nova made good on their promise or failed to pay employees again. Especially since some of us are making big decisions based on what's posted here. With headlines now in NZ, AU, CA and JP....

Thanks in advance.

I saw a staff member crying because a student had demanded, quite forcefully, a refund on his tickets.....

The same staff member had assured me, with a smile, NOVA woudnt go bankrupt!

If Sahashi hasnt paid today......get a black tie

http://www.generalunion.org/ has instructions....but good luck getting anything done, their webpage hasnt been updated in a while.

First of all, I became AT because of hard work. I was also well respected by my co-workers (admin staff and other teachers). In my branch, we all worked as a team. Perhaps you people that complain about your AT have never done a single days work in your life and have no concept of teamwork. It is a 2 way street. You people are no better than a gay rooster in a chicken farm.

Secondly, it is you who would have a problem in Australia where arse lickers and backstabbers get all the promotions. At NOVA, you simply show maturity and act responsibly and you get promoted.

Thirdly, I can let you in on some AT secrets. A "stupid" complaint will not lose you your job or a payrise. ATs know the difference between a legitimate complaint and a bullshit complaint and will act accordingly. There was a student who was stalking one of my teachers and would make some pathetic complaints about him. Was he affected by the comments? Not at all because he was a good teacher. What type of people do you think ATs are to accuse us off plotting and spying? Then again, if the company employers imbeciles like the majority that post crap in here, I guess some moron ATs would also be hired.

Goodness knows what goes on in other branches. I am glad the branches in Shikoku were so well managed.

By the way, in my branch, we had a policy whereby everyone should have to do equal number of students. An AT or a co-ordinator who was behind in their duties would be given precedence when free lessons were available. These ridiculous allegations that ATs will get 6 frees a day is a pathetic lie. The only time that happened is when a typhoon hit Shikoku and guess what, all teachers would have 6 frees. You will need to work or risk getting sacked by your boss. Something that NOVA never did to those who deserved it.

You bludgers need to get off your high horses and grow up because when you go home to Australia, USA, or wherever the hell you come from, you will be hit with a cruel reality check.

No pay today. They really are pricks.

You bunch of dogs.Hope you get evicted!Didnt get paid and still hanging on to the company.Most people on Earth are not smart enough...u Nova whore.What an arrogant self-serving piece of crap.Go down in flames you money-grabbing sacks of shit especilly all those gay ATs that work in the Sakai area.

I'm using it NOW because he asked for it. Gotta shoot him down and show him that he's not as great as he thinks. I've never seen anybody talk so much trash because he has a TEACHING degree. He thinks he's a god. So I'll cut him down.

Trust me, I don't do this in my daily life.

In fact, I'd be willing to suggest that there's nothing special about you at all. So cut the trash!

Or is the problem that you grew up in some Jerry Springer-esque trailer park, and a TEACHING degree is the greatest accomplishment that anybody you know has ever achieved? In that case, congratulations, but in the real world, it isn't viewed as so much of an accomplishment. You can surround yourself with NOVA teachers, who I've found are not the most ambitious of people, to make yourself feel good, but once you get outside of NOVA, you're just a trash-talker with a TEACHING degree.

I don't work for NOVA anymore. I've already explained myself a few posts above this one. Please have a look (there are two separate threads, but they're right next to each other). I didn't mean any offense to anybody except that prick who's trying to make everyone else feel like shit because of his awesome TEACHING degree. I'm cutting the arrogant boy down.

I humbly apologise if anybody else took offense. Really. If we had met in person, you wouldn't hear anything it unless you asked. It's mostly a part of my life that I've forgotten about, but I recall it for just such occasions.

Well, well, well...we've come full circle, haven't we? And I'll bet you thought you were hot $hit when whatever jagoff AAM you had offered you the BT spot. Alienated your friends? Ratted on your old co-workers? Whatever you did to make those in Head Office decide to offer you that despicable position, it couldn't have been anything respectable.

Today, all the folks you pissed on got paid, and you're holding your nuts, hoping that NOVA won't abandon you...kinda like a desperate puppy, hoping for a quick suck on the master's teat.

Was it worth it, pal? You still feel like the big man? Better than everyone else? Wha-chu gon' do with all dem' shiny suits you dun' bought cuz you thoght you wuz movin' up in da world? You know...those $hitty, 2-man-en pinstripe suits from that $hitty wholesale store? Maybe a cheapass faux-leather briefcase to go with it?

"Block Trainer," what a f*cking joke that is. You should've "trained" yourself to go out and find a real f*cking job.

I piss on every one of you. Oh, and I have a better job than you! A-hyuck!

Have a great week, folks!!