This is a question that comes up for almost everyone who's studied Japanese seriously I think.
If you ever had the opportunity and language ability, would you consider long term work in Japan?
I'm mostly considering this outside of the work of the typical English teacher or specialty college professor. Even those professions your rights are limited due to various factors, as well as your options.
What type of work would you be looking at and why? What factors would assure you that you do not want to work in Japan?
As for myself, from all the friends I know the demands and drain on your very LIFE are usually far too high for me to consider a regular office job in Japan. There is a huge difference between a "hard-worker" and a sacrificial lamb/sucker who works endless like a slave. I want to have time for my family in the future, I want to be able to BREATH and take a break from work sometimes (yeah I do that sometimes... really!), and I want to have options and rights. I just don't see that at most jobs in Japan. If it does exist, then I might consider it. The only job I'm really looking for is to teach at a ryuugakusei center at a Japanese university international student center. Even then, I am still speaking with teachers about the sort of job that is behind the scenes.
If you ever had the opportunity and language ability, would you consider long term work in Japan?
I'm mostly considering this outside of the work of the typical English teacher or specialty college professor. Even those professions your rights are limited due to various factors, as well as your options.
What type of work would you be looking at and why? What factors would assure you that you do not want to work in Japan?
As for myself, from all the friends I know the demands and drain on your very LIFE are usually far too high for me to consider a regular office job in Japan. There is a huge difference between a "hard-worker" and a sacrificial lamb/sucker who works endless like a slave. I want to have time for my family in the future, I want to be able to BREATH and take a break from work sometimes (yeah I do that sometimes... really!), and I want to have options and rights. I just don't see that at most jobs in Japan. If it does exist, then I might consider it. The only job I'm really looking for is to teach at a ryuugakusei center at a Japanese university international student center. Even then, I am still speaking with teachers about the sort of job that is behind the scenes.