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Post by Riko on Sept 7, 2021 20:38:37 GMT 9
I have a first meeting with my supervisor online. What kinds of things did you say/ask your supervisor during the first meeting? I do have questions about apartment, rent, utilities, bank, etc. A lot hue..but just wondering what's appropriate. I don't wanna sound too rude by asking so many questions.
Thank you for your advice!
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Post by のらねこ on Sept 8, 2021 3:01:21 GMT 9
I haven't heard anything direct from my CO yet but I'm following this for the future! Side rant: I found the PERFECT apartment for me on suumo but I'm so worried it's gonna be gone before my CO even gets in touch with me since it's in such a perfect (read: nice area, easy train access, etc.) spot ;-; I also don't know if they'll have an apartment already set up for me that I have to live in, and if so I'm wondering if it would be rude to say "hey could I do this one I found instead" especially if the one they have for me is farther from work than the one I found. |
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Post by Aya Raincoat on Sept 8, 2021 8:42:19 GMT 9
I have a first meeting with my supervisor online. What kinds of things did you say/ask your supervisor during the first meeting? I do have questions about apartment, rent, utilities, bank, etc. A lot hue..but just wondering what's appropriate. I don't wanna sound too rude by asking so many questions. Thank you for your advice! Are you talking about the daily meeting you have with them during orientation? Since you'll be talking every day, there isn't any rush. My first "meeting" was just an email with some info on the apartment and how much money to bring with me to start everything (housing, train pass, insurance, etc.), plus greetings and a few pictures of the office and the people there. I mostly chatted with my pred after that, and she had a lot of the info. I only met my soup once at Tokyo Orientation.
In any case, they'll probably have some things to say before you even ask your questions, and those may answer a lot of them. That being said, your supervisor might not know some of the stuff (I'm thinking specifically the utilities info, depending on what it is), and those might better be directed to your pred (if you have one) or other JETs in your city (if there are any.) I suggest writing down all the thing you want to ask and just putting them in order of priority, or thematically.
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Post by Aya Raincoat on Sept 8, 2021 8:53:56 GMT 9
I haven't heard anything direct from my CO yet but I'm following this for the future! Side rant: I found the PERFECT apartment for me on suumo but I'm so worried it's gonna be gone before my CO even gets in touch with me since it's in such a perfect (read: nice area, easy train access, etc.) spot ;-; I also don't know if they'll have an apartment already set up for me that I have to live in, and if so I'm wondering if it would be rude to say "hey could I do this one I found instead" especially if the one they have for me is farther from work than the one I found. Most COs, except for Tokyo, have housing set up for their JETs, but this may have changed with the timing of arrivals. If you had a predecessor, I think it's still likely that you'll inherit their apartment
If your CO already has an apartment for you, it could be pretty difficult to get out of it (as you may have read in some of the other channels.) It could also mean extra costs, but that's hard to say. It might be considered rude to reject an apartment that's been set up without even seeing it, and that might not give them a great first impression of you, but that's all conjecture. They might be pleasantly surprised that you took the initiative instead! Obviously, it'll be easier to get out of an apartment you don't want before coming, and if you really like this other one, why not go for it? Maybe just be careful how you present it and act like you had no idea they might have housing for you already?
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Post by thelatter on Sept 8, 2021 9:35:12 GMT 9
I haven't heard anything direct from my CO yet but I'm following this for the future! Side rant: I found the PERFECT apartment for me on suumo but I'm so worried it's gonna be gone before my CO even gets in touch with me since it's in such a perfect (read: nice area, easy train access, etc.) spot ;-; I also don't know if they'll have an apartment already set up for me that I have to live in, and if so I'm wondering if it would be rude to say "hey could I do this one I found instead" especially if the one they have for me is farther from work than the one I found. Most COs, except for Tokyo, have housing set up for their JETs, but this may have changed with the timing of arrivals. If you had a predecessor, I think it's still likely that you'll inherit their apartment
If your CO already has an apartment for you, it could be pretty difficult to get out of it (as you may have read in some of the other channels.) It could also mean extra costs, but that's hard to say. It might be considered rude to reject an apartment that's been set up without even seeing it, and that might not give them a great first impression of you, but that's all conjecture. They might be pleasantly surprised that you took the initiative instead! Obviously, it'll be easier to get out of an apartment you don't want before coming, and if you really like this other one, why not go for it? Maybe just be careful how you present it and act like you had no idea they might have housing for you already?
Very this. Especially if the apartment is rented under the name of someone ELAI in your office (i.e. my apartment, which is under the Mayor's MAYGI). I'd say it's more kosher to just live in the provided housing for a bit and to move later if you don't like it or there are problems. Then at least you'll have a reason to reject the accommodations already prepared. More importantly, you can be present for the slew of paperwork and preparations that are probably necessary when renting a property in Japan.
Also, the logistics of renting out an apartment before you get here seem like way too much for a CO to handle and will cause both you and your CO a lot of headaches. In essence, they'd have to go in your place to look at this apartment, vouch for you, and sign a bunch of stuff without having once met you. I'm sure there a bunch of other considerations that I'm missing that make this really difficult for both the new CIR and the CO.
I'm not a 100% ally of WA, but if you're interested in maintaining workplace WA, it might be prudent to just live in what's given to you at first, then inquire about moving if you find out you don't like it.
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Post by のらねこ on Sept 8, 2021 11:06:12 GMT 9
Most COs, except for Tokyo, have housing set up for their JETs, but this may have changed with the timing of arrivals. If you had a predecessor, I think it's still likely that you'll inherit their apartment
If your CO already has an apartment for you, it could be pretty difficult to get out of it (as you may have read in some of the other channels.) It could also mean extra costs, but that's hard to say. It might be considered rude to reject an apartment that's been set up without even seeing it, and that might not give them a great first impression of you, but that's all conjecture. They might be pleasantly surprised that you took the initiative instead! Obviously, it'll be easier to get out of an apartment you don't want before coming, and if you really like this other one, why not go for it? Maybe just be careful how you present it and act like you had no idea they might have housing for you already?
Very this. Especially if the apartment is rented under the name of someone ELAI in your office (i.e. my apartment, which is under the Mayor's MAYGI). I'd say it's more kosher to just live in the provided housing for a bit and to move later if you don't like it or there are problems. Then at least you'll have a reason to reject the accommodations already prepared. More importantly, you can be present for the slew of paperwork and preparations that are probably necessary when renting a property in Japan.
Also, the logistics of renting out an apartment before you get here seem like way too much for a CO to handle and will cause both you and your CO a lot of headaches. In essence, they'd have to go in your place to look at this apartment, vouch for you, and sign a bunch of stuff without having once met you. I'm sure there a bunch of other considerations that I'm missing that make this really difficult for both the new CIR and the CO.
I'm not a 100% ally of WA, but if you're interested in maintaining workplace WA, it might be prudent to just live in what's given to you at first, then inquire about moving if you find out you don't like it.
Thanks to you and Aya Raincoat for your advice on this! What is... what is workplace WA though? Are you saying 和？EDIT: I now get it, there's a lot of cheeky huleezus everywhere but I'm not from BR so I'm taking a break from "hue"  |
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Post by Dee on Sept 8, 2021 14:29:10 GMT 9
I have a first meeting with my supervisor online. What kinds of things did you say/ask your supervisor during the first meeting? I do have questions about apartment, rent, utilities, bank, etc. A lot hue..but just wondering what's appropriate. I don't wanna sound too rude by asking so many questions. Thank you for your advice! Are you talking about the daily meeting you have with them during orientation? Since you'll be talking every day, there isn't any rush. My first "meeting" was just an email with some info on the apartment and how much money to bring with me to start everything (housing, train pass, insurance, etc.), plus greetings and a few pictures of the office and the people there. I mostly chatted with my pred after that, and she had a lot of the info. I only met my soup once at Tokyo Orientation.
In any case, they'll probably have some things to say before you even ask your questions, and those may answer a lot of them. That being said, your supervisor might not know some of the stuff (I'm thinking specifically the utilities info, depending on what it is), and those might better be directed to your pred (if you have one) or other JETs in your city (if there are any.) I suggest writing down all the thing you want to ask and just putting them in order of priority, or thematically.
I agree with this. They probably have a lot of information to convey to you. Make a list of the things you want to know and then see what they talk about first before jumping in and asking. When I was first contacted by my CO I wanted to know about my apartment (especially since I brought my family with me) and what kind of work I would be doing. |
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