You might also want to look in the mirror when talking about “running your mouth” at people. Because your diatribe fit that description to a T.

Notice where I said it was common and unfortunate? Notice where I said my suggestion is to find a different job? Why? Because this is Japan and the fact of the matter is it isn’t going to change because a few foreigners are getting screwed.

Japanese screw their own employees. They also don’t give two pisses about foreigners. Combine these two facts and you end up with what we have. So, rant all you want the fact is it’s never changing. So the only option left is to do something about it yourself and hope you get lucky with a different company.

On a last note I never blamed anyone. Quit being a douche and try reading what people wrote for a change.

So I stopped going to the majority of the company events at my Japanese company.
On average, there is at least one time a week that they wanted me to drink,
go cycling, bowling, or some other form of event.
We work 60 hours a week, and are expected to do this.

I cut the number of events from around 52 per year to 5 or so.
There is also a company trip to Australia in the planning.
I don’t wanna go to this either, so I decline..

So guess what happens?
They create a committee called the “Recreation Committee” and put me as chair member.
I organize the first event on company time, and of course don’t attend.
Now they are saying it is mandatory that I attend future events!
All of this is for my own good because it promotes togetherness for the company.
And what’s good for the company is good for me, according to their logic.

So needless to say, I am applying for jobs at foreign companies within Japan,
and at companies back home in America.
I just can’t take this crap anymore!

The ALT you are running your mouth off at was DIRECTLY HIRED BY A BOE which was a stated MEXT goal that for the most part never happened because it is very hard to implement. I am 100% they are a PREMO ALT. A typical Japanese BOE is about the pickiest direct client imaginable.

What I do know is, regardless of the reasons, these worker abuses are happening on a large scale and creating immense unhappiness and unstable working conditions within the foreigner communities and in isolated foreigners throughout the countryside.

It is not as easy as blaming dispatch ALTs as if they made a bad decision then telling them to pick up their life and find better employment.