I have been applying and interviewing for tech jobs in Japan from the US and have even gotten as far as getting a verbal offer recently before it got rescinded due to not being on the same page on overlapping hours for the 3(!) month trial period. I was willing to go as far as 20 hours overlap per week but they wouldn't budge, even though we agreed part time work was possible before the offer was given.
The question for those who received and accepted offers for non English teaching Japanese positions the 'hard' way (from overseas, no spousal visa / citizenship / PR, no internal transfer, no fancy expat package), how common were companies who had trial periods and / or required you working from overseas until a visa could be obtained, and how flexible were they over the overlapping hours?
If the only option is to fully cave in and work the 40 hours JST, it's unfortunate because currently I didn't / don't see it being realistic due to the weak yen + difference in cost of living + extremely low salary + bad economy + timezone difference. If I'm to stay in the US I need to keep working my current job until I can secure the visa and move, especially if the full time offer isn't even guaranteed
by Antique_Pin5266