An email from a Nova employee, as overseas recruitment continues
I’ve been receiving email from Nova employees, reporters and, in one case, the concerned parents of a Nova instructor. Thank you to everyone who has been writing to us and commenting, and thank you to all those who are in a position at media sources to publicize what has been going on with this company.
I would like to share an email with our readers. This arrived last night:
I am currently working at Nova ——, a branch that will close down next week.
I’m nobody important, and I have only been in Japan for one month, but that’s my point. They sent me out here, sold my a one-way ticket, sold me health insurance that won’t pay out and now they aren’t going to pay me for the work I have done. I have about £50 to last me. I can’t get home, and when I came out here, they pretty much knew that, or at least that the fate of the company was in doubt. Ok so they have to tow the party line, but they could have at least advised us to get an open return.
I understand that the culture of Japanese business is different from that in the west, but in the recruitment offices people from the west are allowing this to happen. I’m from England, our business culture is not like that.
I gave up a lot to be here, and now I can’t even go back.
Someone needs to make sure they aren’t STILL recruiting. More people arrived less than a week ago. It’s disgusting.
Yours faithfully
——
This is a deplorable situation. I spoke to this young woman on the phone, and she is in good spirits and working on finding other employment. I also spoke to a reporter from Brisbane on the phone this morning, who told me that he had called Nova’s recruiting office in Brisbane and was told that they are still recruiting. Further, they will not say anything to potential recruits about Nova’s financial situation unless they are asked directly.
Again, deplorable. Unprofessional. Criminal? Not my place to judge, but I’d like to see it tested.
A few things need to be done: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, JASDAQ and the FSA need to be made aware of what Nova is doing, especially with regard to deducting rent from the pay packets of their employees and then not actually paying that rent. This, it would seem, is a crime.
Tomorrow is supposed to be payday for staff. It probably won’t be.
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