At least in this kind of situation you know how many hours you've worked and what the hourly rate is so it's just a case of finding out what caused the delay. Still a bit nerve racking until you actually have the money in your hand, especially at such a crucial time but sounds overall like things are looking up.
Funny thing is, I do NOT know my hourly rate. Higher education pays by the “Koma”. One problem is, there is no single definition for Koma. It mystifies me that all me coworkers/colleagues talk about numbers of Koma they work, I have works at schools with Koma of 45 minutes, 50min,55 min, 60 min, 70 min, 90 min and 110 min and know of others that have 120 minute long Koma. The Koma is the smallest unit of time for which one is paid. For example, if one employer used a 45 min Koma, a one hour long class is two Koma.
There are other factors that make this more complicated than just this. With the school that forgot to pay me, my boss not know the pay scale, for there isn’t one. He does know that the rate for the one class I teach there on Mondays is higher than it is for the 4 classes on Thursday. They pay more for classes on Mondays and more if the teacher comes in for just one class period. Or, is it they pay more for classes when more than one class is taught, I am not sure. The class I teach on Mondays is 70 minutes in length, the Thursday classes are 90. I am not certain how long the Koma are at this school but from what I gather, may differ depending on the course, which is unique in my experience. Still, I did and do have a ball park figure I was expecting. One of the reasons for the anticipation was also to see just how much the pay would be.
Japan can be summed up with its tea ceremonies. The Japanese LOVE, nay, have a fetish for making the simplest of mundane tasks impossibly difficult. Have a practitioner explain their school of tea ceremony and apply that to all facets of life in Japan, including figuring your earnings.
Wow, that’s insane. It also means that most people might never know if an error has been made in their salary calculation unless there’s a significant gap between what the expected to be paid and what they actually received unless they put in a lot of effort to check every detail.
That’s exactly right. Further, as I performed other duties outside regular classes (Talking now of another school), these have differing rates. Workshops pay at a higher rate, for example, meetings at a lower one. Writing the entrance exam is yet another, different pay scale. The monthly pay slip does not specify the various types of pay, just one lump sum. There is no way to actually know for what I am being paid nor how much for it. Explanations from the school are far too close to the explanations of the improbability drive to want to subject yourself to it again.
Fauci'd up, indeed!
I always enjoy reading about your life. Plenty of ups and downs to be sure - unfortunately similar to mine with more of the latter than former!
Do you follow Michael Yon? He is now living in Japan with Masako. He is my top source for staying informed about nefarious globalist shenanigans.
https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelyon/p/texas-invaders-at-colony-ridge-japanese?r=xaumi&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
I think I have come across his name before, but not know in what context. Will give him a try.
At least in this kind of situation you know how many hours you've worked and what the hourly rate is so it's just a case of finding out what caused the delay. Still a bit nerve racking until you actually have the money in your hand, especially at such a crucial time but sounds overall like things are looking up.
Funny thing is, I do NOT know my hourly rate. Higher education pays by the “Koma”. One problem is, there is no single definition for Koma. It mystifies me that all me coworkers/colleagues talk about numbers of Koma they work, I have works at schools with Koma of 45 minutes, 50min,55 min, 60 min, 70 min, 90 min and 110 min and know of others that have 120 minute long Koma. The Koma is the smallest unit of time for which one is paid. For example, if one employer used a 45 min Koma, a one hour long class is two Koma.
There are other factors that make this more complicated than just this. With the school that forgot to pay me, my boss not know the pay scale, for there isn’t one. He does know that the rate for the one class I teach there on Mondays is higher than it is for the 4 classes on Thursday. They pay more for classes on Mondays and more if the teacher comes in for just one class period. Or, is it they pay more for classes when more than one class is taught, I am not sure. The class I teach on Mondays is 70 minutes in length, the Thursday classes are 90. I am not certain how long the Koma are at this school but from what I gather, may differ depending on the course, which is unique in my experience. Still, I did and do have a ball park figure I was expecting. One of the reasons for the anticipation was also to see just how much the pay would be.
Japan can be summed up with its tea ceremonies. The Japanese LOVE, nay, have a fetish for making the simplest of mundane tasks impossibly difficult. Have a practitioner explain their school of tea ceremony and apply that to all facets of life in Japan, including figuring your earnings.
Wow, that’s insane. It also means that most people might never know if an error has been made in their salary calculation unless there’s a significant gap between what the expected to be paid and what they actually received unless they put in a lot of effort to check every detail.
That’s exactly right. Further, as I performed other duties outside regular classes (Talking now of another school), these have differing rates. Workshops pay at a higher rate, for example, meetings at a lower one. Writing the entrance exam is yet another, different pay scale. The monthly pay slip does not specify the various types of pay, just one lump sum. There is no way to actually know for what I am being paid nor how much for it. Explanations from the school are far too close to the explanations of the improbability drive to want to subject yourself to it again.