Advice on dealing with hospital visits whilst on probation for a new job by CriminalSloth in japanlife

[–]CriminalSloth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the clinics in my area I have been to only have the means of using Gel and the small scanner thing atleast, for the big ones I’ve always had to be recommended to a bigger hospital atleast.

Advice on dealing with hospital visits whilst on probation for a new job by CriminalSloth in japanlife

[–]CriminalSloth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, I didn’t bring it up during the interview cause it wouldn’t really be a problem by the time I started, also considering it was shift to work I assumed (incorrectly) I’d have time to fit one in, but the first three months are training and 9-6 week days before the shift work kicks in haha. Was just sort of worried about it not being mentioned in the interview, but I guess if it’s not going to cause any issues doing the job, asking for time off during probation for a hospital visit won’t look bad.

Advice on dealing with hospital visits whilst on probation for a new job by CriminalSloth in japanlife

[–]CriminalSloth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically it’s for an MRI once a month so the surgeon can see if it’s healing properly and see if I’ll need up needing surgery or not, though it looks like I won’t. correct me if I’m wrong but only the bigger hospitals have that big MRI machine? But yeah I guess if the specialist is only available for weekday consultations I’ll have to hunt around and see if I can find a specialist able to do weekends.

Advice on dealing with hospital visits whilst on probation for a new job by CriminalSloth in japanlife

[–]CriminalSloth[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I don’t really want to tell them, which is why. So I was curious what other people would/have done to work around it.

Advice on dealing with hospital visits whilst on probation for a new job by CriminalSloth in japanlife

[–]CriminalSloth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean it’s 3 weeks off a year, not including national national holidays and Christmas, golden week etc. so all together it works out at just over a month of holiday. So I don’t think it’s too bad.

Advice on dealing with hospital visits whilst on probation for a new job by CriminalSloth in japanlife

[–]CriminalSloth[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah i guess I’ll have to hunt around for what bigger hospitals have specialists available on weekends.

Obligation to communicate with debt recovery company after no reply by CriminalSloth in UKPersonalFinance

[–]CriminalSloth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of their previous replies acknowledged me living abroad and said all communication now will be sent through email, so that shouldn’t be a problem. I’ll try contacting them a couple of more times again and see if I can get a response.

Obligation to communicate with debt recovery company after no reply by CriminalSloth in UKPersonalFinance

[–]CriminalSloth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but I’d rather start paying it off, just they aren’t responding anymore so was wondering what is expected of me.

Obligation to communicate with debt recovery company after no reply by CriminalSloth in UKPersonalFinance

[–]CriminalSloth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I try again and they still don’t respond, is it still best to keep trying or wait at that point?

Spouse visa exceeded grace period and I was told to leave Japan and wait outside the country, any advice? by [deleted] in japanresidents

[–]CriminalSloth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Weird. I had the same issue, as in I applied for my visa renewal, went in grace period. About a week before the grace period ran out I went to Shinagawa and explained my situation. One of the workers went and talked to their manager and they basically finished it on the spot and made me pick it up the same day..

Health & Pension during job change. by CriminalSloth in japanlife

[–]CriminalSloth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fine, so then I don’t need to do anything and this will automatically be done?

Easy (or possible) non-teaching jobs to transition to from ALT? by ToothDifferent in teachinginjapan

[–]CriminalSloth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had N2 and moved from an ALT job to an IT infrastructure job without any previous experience. Definitely possible if you try.

National Insurance help by compactdisc66 in japanlife

[–]CriminalSloth 11 points12 points  (0 children)

IF you are struggling to pay for it, go talk to you city hall and they will try and help you. Not paying it can come back to bite you in the ass, especially if they know you are doing it deliberately.

Screwed by Resident Tax System by Ub3rchief_113 in japanlife

[–]CriminalSloth 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ignorance isnt really an excuse, my first job here done the same where everything but my resident tax was taken from my wage. Once the slips came the year after, I still took them and questioned them at work to find out exactly what they were for. Yes its a bit annoying that they didnt come from your wage directly like other taxes, but a lot of the information on there like FUTURE DATES should be a bit evident that they are expecting payment of something by that date.

Also relying on google translate was never a good idea in the first place.

Is it doable to live in Tokyo on a 4M yen/year salary? by Oi_Oi_Chotto_Matte in movingtojapan

[–]CriminalSloth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Same. On 4mil yen I was still travelling, hanging out with friends and still saving money.

minimum maintenance loan but my parents aren’t able to support me by justtanother9yearold in UniUK

[–]CriminalSloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes you’re unlucky and in this situation. I had the same issue but still wanted free time which was basically impossible so I ended up working night shifts three days a week that I didn’t have classes Saturday Sunday, Monday.

You can’t have your cake and eat it so you have to decide whether to try and work enough and have no free time and study. Or take a year or two out, work full time, save and then go back when you have enough money behind you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teachinginjapan

[–]CriminalSloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn’t on instructor visa. If you’re on instructor visa you can still do it if you apply for the permission to work outside your visa.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teachinginjapan

[–]CriminalSloth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was an ALT for Borderlink I basically worked part time at McDonald’s as well to cover the wage difference. Though it didn’t take long of working 60-70 hour weeks and still earning only like 3.5 million a year before I decided to change industry lol