Shaneful?

[ramchop]

http://www.scumbagsinjapan.com/shane.html

Why Shane Lipscombe and his sweat shop
"Shame" English School are BIG scumbags in Japan

Now I know this guy has a screw loose (didn't he get done by Metropolis in court?), but is there any substance to his claims? I know an English teacher seriously thinking about coming to Japan to work with Shane.

[Taro Toporific]

Why Shane Lipscombe and his sweat shop
"Shame" English School are BIG scumbags in Japan

I know an English teacher seriously thinking about coming to Japan to work with Shane.

Scumbags? Who really knows anything about state of a Japanese EngRish business. However, looking at this piss-poor keitai-cam shot of their subway ad, would you wanna go to such a school ?

[ramchop]

However, looking at this piss-poor keitai-cam shot of their subway ad, would you wanna go to such a school ?

That ad's targetting potential students (and I have no idea how successful they are at convincing the Japanese mindset). The overseas recruiters seem to do a reasonable job of convincing teachers with little inside knowledge or contacts in Japan, I'm sure they must use different material.

[Taro Toporific]

The overseas recruiters seem to do a reasonable job of convincing teachers with little inside knowledge or contacts in Japan, I'm sure they must use different material.

Their website is somewhat better than their sad subway poster...
http://www.shane.co.jp/index.html

Check out the TV CM spot--it actually looks fun...
http://www.shane.co.jp/images/shane-cm.gif

What salary are they offering to overseas FG wannabes?

[Taro Toporific]

...it's indentured servitude. All these Engrish-factolies are pretty much the same...

Check out the amusing Shane "history" here.

[Camarao]

they seem to have picked up a bad rep, I don't know whether its all down to that site. I do know 2 people that have worked there (one for 4 years) and they said it wasn't bad, though hard work.

[silver_blue]

Did 2 years with them. As good/bad as any other eikaiwa. Will overcharge you for shoddy accommodation, not make any pension payments, and force an illegal two month notice period by threatening to withhold your "discretionary" bonus.

The British English thing is a lie, too, at least for kids' lessons - Shane's own in-house texts are US English.

Still, I don't think they're any worse than any other eikaiwa - it's fine for a year or two.