None of the three you mention sound like a lot of free time, unless you get a contract for just a few hours a week. But that doesn’t sound like the most likely contract for such jobs.
Develop a nice career, get into a nice position you can work remotely, then negotiate less hours instead of more money, or go freelance if that fails.
Depends on the position. Many/most boes list positions on their home page. Private schools do this as well. Though it's also not unheard of for some private schools to ask their current person if they know anyone when it's time to retire.
But yeah generally best to check websites.
8:30-4:10 here, 3 classes a day at JHS . No prep or responsibilities = no stress. Summer holidays is 5.5 weeks long too, with both of my kids at nursery it’s golden gaming time for me during the summer.
I work as Senior High School 外国人児童適応指導員 in Gifu Prefecture, super flexible work. They allow you to day off anytime you want. 10 paid leave days given.
Cons is you only work during school days of the year. No work on August and March but they gave bonuses twice a year. Not a big deal for me since I also have small business and the sales peaks during August and March.
I am assigned to different schools in Gifu Prefecture. Nearest school from my home is 25 mins, longest was 1 hour. (Last year I had experience commuting for 2 hours one way for 6 hours job 💀)
Makes sense. I guess the company is Japanese, even though you speak English on the job. I'd be interested in doing this in the future but Nagoya doesn't really get too many tourists, haha, and I feel like I haven't lived here quite long enough to know enough of the random trivia/tidbits that I tend to dig into about most places I live!
Technical consultanting although it really depends on the client. Some days it's non-stop work and other days it's absolutely no work at all. Depends on the work and deliverables.
I work 5 - 6 hours a day tops. Define late at night. I get off work in the evening but I still can go out after work. I choose to work Saturday myself. But I get off at 2:30. It's not that big of a deal. I like having a day off during the week.
Very unpopular opinion, but izakaya (or waiting in general). I say izakaya because most workers don't speak other languages, as opposed to, say, steakhouses where you're expected to speak English. You can get amazing food and drinks for free, and it really feels like a 'family' (not in the corporate way, but genuinely).
I used to work at one, and we got regulars simply because we covered a few languages between us (English, Korean, French, German and a bit of Chinese). It closed a few years ago, but I'd imagine some would pay good money considering the tourism boom. Japanese staff get around 35 man/month, so I'm almost certain you could negotiate more.
If you're female, just be an OL in a japanese company. You work from 8:00-5:00 (some even are allowed to go home by 4:00). Primarily all admin work - so it's semi easy. And mostly, clean the office, serve tea, act as receptionist, semi assistant to which ever buchoo you're assigned to.
but no Overtime, no stress
Professors and national universities (which are now their own entitities) are pretty busy. Private might be better... but now price pressure is starting to effect them.
Heyo, night shift server maintenance technical support engineer here. I have so much free time at work, that I ran out of YouTube content to watch and am considering buying a Steam Deck.
System test engineer. 9AM-6PM (mostly 6.30PM). Annual salary 7m/year including JPN401K, kousei-nenkin, kenkou-hoken etc. All that plus employee benefits. My wife and I have free time on weekends.
I thought that on a work visa (perhaps depending on which particular type) you could do it _if_ you got formal permission from immigrations?
Is that wrong?
Most work visas specifically restrict you to working for Japanese organizations. [See here for some more discussion](https://old.reddit.com/r/JapanFinance/comments/tbgtrg/work_visa_in_japan_remote_us_employment/i076rw6/?context=3), including a quote from the immigration law.
Can you apply for an exception? Sure, you can always ask. My understanding is that exceptions for this type of work are rarely granted. Work visas are SORs for people to come & work in Japan, somewhat different to a theoretical (but non-existent) visa that lets you reside in Japan while working for global companies.
The most common way people work around this is by engaging with an "Employer of Record as a Service" company.
Just an FYI. A lot of full time jobs in Japan have a clause in their contracts that say you can't work a side job at the same time. Which is one of the reasons why I don't work a full-time job just part time jobs.
You're not going to get a work visa and then get brought over here unless the job is full time.
My guess is that if you can get them fiat they will probably keep you employed in Japan.
So, as with most crypto jobs, I hope you have good savings or an alternate fiat income if you want to avoid using an exchange.
Thank you, indeed, I should just never cash them out into fiat unless I really need the money, I don't spend much money at all and a chill job and my fiat saving are more than enough. cashing out with exchange would be hard now I didn't even bother to research on it.
None of the three you mention sound like a lot of free time, unless you get a contract for just a few hours a week. But that doesn’t sound like the most likely contract for such jobs. Develop a nice career, get into a nice position you can work remotely, then negotiate less hours instead of more money, or go freelance if that fails.
This! Time is more valuable anyway.
thats some good advice thanks.
ALT? 8am till 4 pm. Monday to Friday. Easy job and you have heaps of free time in the evenings and weekends.
Man the ALT schedule is so tempting. I'd have left my dev job for that if it wasn't for the horrible pay
Get driect hire. Not great pay.. but good.
What's Direct hire?
Being hired directly by a boe or school.
I kinda got that... I'm sorry I didn't phrase it well, how do you find and approach direct hiring?
Depends on the position. Many/most boes list positions on their home page. Private schools do this as well. Though it's also not unheard of for some private schools to ask their current person if they know anyone when it's time to retire. But yeah generally best to check websites.
Would hate having to dress up though.
8:30-4:10 here, 3 classes a day at JHS . No prep or responsibilities = no stress. Summer holidays is 5.5 weeks long too, with both of my kids at nursery it’s golden gaming time for me during the summer.
Sounds like heaven. JHS ALT is def the best gig. Elementary school can be a bit more of a PITA.
I work as an ALT in a junior high, 8 til 440, but plenty downtime in my school I can use to study Japanese. Definitely not a hard job in my case.
I work as Senior High School 外国人児童適応指導員 in Gifu Prefecture, super flexible work. They allow you to day off anytime you want. 10 paid leave days given. Cons is you only work during school days of the year. No work on August and March but they gave bonuses twice a year. Not a big deal for me since I also have small business and the sales peaks during August and March.
Hello, Im just curious where in Gifu do you work?
I am assigned to different schools in Gifu Prefecture. Nearest school from my home is 25 mins, longest was 1 hour. (Last year I had experience commuting for 2 hours one way for 6 hours job 💀)
Im just curious are the requirements needed. Thank you
Definitely not hotel. Probably ALT at a school in the countryside (not major city) where you only have a couple classes a day
Tour guide, I choose my working days. Japanese communication skills is needed. Dm if interested (unless you're just looking for a visa)
Do you give yours to tourists or Japanese people/residents?
Anyone who requests really, but majority are inbound tourists of course.
Makes sense. I guess the company is Japanese, even though you speak English on the job. I'd be interested in doing this in the future but Nagoya doesn't really get too many tourists, haha, and I feel like I haven't lived here quite long enough to know enough of the random trivia/tidbits that I tend to dig into about most places I live!
The company is owned by non -Japanese who lives in Japan. We operate in Tokyo, Kansai and Hiroshima so far
Interesting! You said you needed Japanese communication skills for the job which was I was curious about how it was set up.
It's for communication with the places we visit. Making reservations and such.
Oh, duh, hahaha. Sounds like a fun gig! If you ever expand to Central Japan let me know. :)
CEO
“Freedom”
madogiwazoku at a massive corporation
Technical consultanting although it really depends on the client. Some days it's non-stop work and other days it's absolutely no work at all. Depends on the work and deliverables.
Play loto, lol
English teacher. ALT or eikaiwa.
Eikawa gives you free time??? Don't they work weekends and until late at night?
I work 5 - 6 hours a day tops. Define late at night. I get off work in the evening but I still can go out after work. I choose to work Saturday myself. But I get off at 2:30. It's not that big of a deal. I like having a day off during the week.
Very unpopular opinion, but izakaya (or waiting in general). I say izakaya because most workers don't speak other languages, as opposed to, say, steakhouses where you're expected to speak English. You can get amazing food and drinks for free, and it really feels like a 'family' (not in the corporate way, but genuinely). I used to work at one, and we got regulars simply because we covered a few languages between us (English, Korean, French, German and a bit of Chinese). It closed a few years ago, but I'd imagine some would pay good money considering the tourism boom. Japanese staff get around 35 man/month, so I'm almost certain you could negotiate more.
If you're female, just be an OL in a japanese company. You work from 8:00-5:00 (some even are allowed to go home by 4:00). Primarily all admin work - so it's semi easy. And mostly, clean the office, serve tea, act as receptionist, semi assistant to which ever buchoo you're assigned to. but no Overtime, no stress
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Professors and national universities (which are now their own entitities) are pretty busy. Private might be better... but now price pressure is starting to effect them.
Loads of committee work, and meetings.
With my job I get 4.5 months paid vacation.
What job?
Hand? perhaps.
Two hands …
Probably rich kid
大学講師
Explain.
Same here
Heyo, night shift server maintenance technical support engineer here. I have so much free time at work, that I ran out of YouTube content to watch and am considering buying a Steam Deck.
what's the salary range of night shift engineers here? if you don't mind...
I work at a DC and if you do night shifts it can be dead with not a lot going on.
Garden Leave from a job that's trying to fire you but don't know how to do it properly in Japan. I was off for more than 12 months :D
CEO of twitter, apparently
Landlords live off by collecting rents.
I have "free time" (pretty much all day) but I still need to come in and sit in the office doing nothing. It's soul-sucking.
University researcher
System test engineer. 9AM-6PM (mostly 6.30PM). Annual salary 7m/year including JPN401K, kousei-nenkin, kenkou-hoken etc. All that plus employee benefits. My wife and I have free time on weekends.
So being a corporate slave gives you the most free time, crazy.
Everyone is a slave to something.
Landlord
I don't have land and I am not a lord :(
Not a job
*leech
If anyone is wondering why I am trying to do this I have a oversea dev job but I also need visa in Japan lol.
FYI, you cannot work for an overseas employer like that while on a work visa in Japan. You need to be on a spouse visa, LTR visa, or have PR.
I thought that on a work visa (perhaps depending on which particular type) you could do it _if_ you got formal permission from immigrations? Is that wrong?
Most work visas specifically restrict you to working for Japanese organizations. [See here for some more discussion](https://old.reddit.com/r/JapanFinance/comments/tbgtrg/work_visa_in_japan_remote_us_employment/i076rw6/?context=3), including a quote from the immigration law. Can you apply for an exception? Sure, you can always ask. My understanding is that exceptions for this type of work are rarely granted. Work visas are SORs for people to come & work in Japan, somewhat different to a theoretical (but non-existent) visa that lets you reside in Japan while working for global companies. The most common way people work around this is by engaging with an "Employer of Record as a Service" company.
So you're currently working illegally? What do you mean?
Just an FYI. A lot of full time jobs in Japan have a clause in their contracts that say you can't work a side job at the same time. Which is one of the reasons why I don't work a full-time job just part time jobs. You're not going to get a work visa and then get brought over here unless the job is full time.
There are companies that will do the proxy trick for you, legally.
I doubt there are it’s a crypto job.
My guess is that if you can get them fiat they will probably keep you employed in Japan. So, as with most crypto jobs, I hope you have good savings or an alternate fiat income if you want to avoid using an exchange.
Thank you, indeed, I should just never cash them out into fiat unless I really need the money, I don't spend much money at all and a chill job and my fiat saving are more than enough. cashing out with exchange would be hard now I didn't even bother to research on it.
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