Has anyone who applied for Heart corporation received a COE yet?

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1. The Coe is sent by the government. Not the company. But you’re planning to work for heart. I doubt they even submitted the paperwork for the Coe. They’ll probably ask you to come in a tourist visa. If they do, just don’t come. It’s illegal to work on a tourist visa. Find anther company to work for.

2. Heart is terrible. I would reconsider if I were you.

3. > successfully completing my online training…

   Wait, what?

   Edit: I get it, they may have some kind of online pre-employment orientation. I hope they didn’t waste more than an hour of your time.

4. I would skip Japan in a heartbeat entirely if it’s your one and only option. Seriously, enlisting in the heart doomsquad is like willingly walking into a gulag 1945 style and going “Yaaayyy I’m ready for this, please give me all the work you need done for that bowel of gruel 😀 😀 😀 ” but no seriously, it’s just run amock with horror stories worthy of a Stephen King novel. Just. Do. NOT. Do. It.

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   EDIT: Perhaps get a plan B in the works? I’m working on mine right now incase everything falls through when I expect my COE for January (it was applied for last month and can take 2-3 months to process) look at other countries and get something in place if your in a situation like mine where it’s jump or fall, take it easy

5. Stay away from Heart!! They are a known scam in Japan! I’ve posted this before and I’ll post it again: >My first red flag should’ve been when I had to pay them ¥200,000 in cash up front for my apartment “key fees.” Then there were little surprise expenses that popped up, all of which had to be paid in cash. >They charged me ¥50,000 for rent, the landlord only charged them ¥30,000. >I was required to rent a car from them for ¥20,000. They said the cost of gas would be factored into my paycheck, but other teachers who biked to their schools got the same paycheck as I did. >The job is definitely full-time but the contract stated it as part-time so they could pay me less. >This didn’t happen to me, but to my colleague’s wife: they gave her a raise, she quit a month or two later, they took out her raise with no notice.

   Basically, they’ll piss on your leg and tell you it’s raining.

6. OP you seemed dead set on hearts, but just be warned, after a month you will wish you were flipping burgers back home.

7. Here is what the General Union has to say about Heart:

   https://www.generalunion.org/other-companies/1688-run-don-t-walk-run-away

   My advice would be to scour your contract for any fishy clauses before signing, and to join the union the second you land. The union will be your lifeline against illegal labor practices, will give you advice and go to bat for your against your employer. You need them.

8. I used to work for Heart. Hands down the worst ALT company out there. The president of the company himself told me that foreigners are second-class citizens not entitled to the same rights as Japanese. They refused to give me copies of my apartment payment receipts, told me it was “none of my business.”

9. I’m in the same boat as you