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[source: japanprobe]
Specifically, they have been screwing their customers who sign up for long contracts by cheating them out of the 8 day cooling off period, as well as penalizing students who cancel mid-contract by calculating their already attended lessons at a higher point rate.
Nova group is therefore banned from creating 6 month or longer contracts with new students, which is where their primary income is. Even if this ban is incurred for just 30 days, with their mounting debts and plummeting public image, they are pretty much officially screwed. Employees of Nova should start looking for another job now, seriously people.
I also found this pretty picture of Nova's stock price! Isn't it beautiful?? (and udated live!)
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is set to order Nova Corp., Japan’s largest English-language school operator, to suspend part of its business for six months for having violated the law governing the industry, ministry sources said Wednesday.
Specifically, they have been screwing their customers who sign up for long contracts by cheating them out of the 8 day cooling off period, as well as penalizing students who cancel mid-contract by calculating their already attended lessons at a higher point rate.
Nova group is therefore banned from creating 6 month or longer contracts with new students, which is where their primary income is. Even if this ban is incurred for just 30 days, with their mounting debts and plummeting public image, they are pretty much officially screwed. Employees of Nova should start looking for another job now, seriously people.
I also found this pretty picture of Nova's stock price! Isn't it beautiful?? (and udated live!)
aniki wrote:
Well, if the local Nova shuts down then it may mean i get sme new eikaiwa customers, which would be good. Take my 7 hour working week up to 10 hours or something... Nova is shitty because f how they treat their teachers and the consequences of mistreating teachers is crappy teaching. As far as I know, nova pays low, as well as forcing employees into expesnive company owned housing contracts. They teach about7 hours a day, with only 10 minutes to prepare and chill out between lessons, so you can imagine how good the lessons are.
15 Jun 2007 09:40AM
magdef wrote:
Its true. I couldn't be happier that NOVA is going out of business. Not only are they a huge corporation that feeds the super rich by starving the mom and pop places, they are EVIL. They treat the teachers like objects, they treat the students like objects, they give very little vacation time, they are most of what is wrong with turning teaching into an industry. Furthermore they don't care if the teachers are drunk, hung over, sleeping, whatever in class, so long as the teacher is filling the sapce in the same room as the student. I am ecstatic to hear that those fuckers are going down.
15 Jun 2007 11:48AM
aniki wrote:
oh dear. i just made on of my first friends in mie, and it turns out he works for nova. man, its time to move back home (home being kyoto that is).
22 Jun 2007 12:17PM
Aerin wrote:
AH!!! I totally forgot to send you Karina's addy! I'll get that to you so you can get a job and come join us here in utopia.  Sorry!
22 Jun 2007 01:08PM
Jeremy wrote:
I teach at NOVA and it really isn't that bad. If anyone of the teachers who are complaining have ever worked for a real company or had a real job they would know that teaching at NOVA is easy by comparison. If the company goes under for real, then I'll collect unemployment. If not then I'll just chill and enjoy the easiest job I've ever had in my life.
22 Jun 2007 04:00PM
joe wrote:
I hear a lot of mixed stories about NOVA, which makes me believe its a lot like JET, or Interac, or any English teaching programme in Japan, all staying true to the motto of JET: "every situation is different." Jeremy I agree with you in that as long as you dont really care about the inner workings of the company and dont think about things too much - NOVA are putting money in your pocket and not taking the piss in the work place - sounds good to me!
22 Jun 2007 09:35PM
GrahamP wrote:
So, What is the current situation on Nova? My son is due to join them on 9/11 07 (yeah good date). Any update in the last month? Any Nova people wnat to tell me that student numbers are up/down or static etc?
24 Jul 2007 08:45PM
aniki wrote:
They will most likely survive for another year or so, but debts are mounting. Suggest he gets the Visa then looks for other work, once in japan there is abundant work to be found for english teachers. Does he have any experience?
25 Jul 2007 04:20PM
GrahamP wrote:
Thanks Aniki, No experience in teaching no. He is using this opportunity to gain that experience so he can then move on if he like the idea.
26 Jul 2007 08:31PM
joe wrote:
That graph is harsh! Its just a roller-coaster with no ups! Just a massive fall! Come on Nova, change your thinking and turn things around! 
31 Aug 2007 10:39PM
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