From setting up your apartment and cellphone to training and helping you adjust to Japan. AEON only provides 5, and they count national holidays (usually on Mondays, already a … A free inside look at company reviews and salaries posted anonymously by employees. Managers make a good part of their salaries from monthly bonuses for reaching sales goals, so they will push teachers very hard to sell unnecessary items to students in order to get these bonuses. I could try to speak it with my coworkers during lunch and times when we weren't busy, but other than that, it's English at all times. In Japan's mature retail market, Aeon is shifting its strategic priority to refurbishing existing stores instead of opening of new outlets. the first one was a skype interview which lasted around 15 minutes. -Overall a great experience and opportunity to experience working in Japan-Long work hours. This program uses data, lessons, home study, and coaching to give students personalized feedback and achieve their English goals. This is not a career. Everything is written in black and white.

You get to meet new students from all different careers and ages. It's not the same at all schools.

The company pretends to cap your rent at ¥55,000, but in reality you can find company apartments listed at much less on the internet. AEON teachers always have Sundays off plus one extra day, ECC teachers have two days off a week but it really depends on what school/s you work at. -Students-New programs or flyers or updates every day, things are always changing and there was no organizational process to let us know when they changed or how to handle it, just shoved at us the day of. With five facilities in Vietnam and two each in Cambodia and Indonesia, Aeon Mall logged an operating profit of 34.7 billion yen ($372.11 million) from them in the year ended in February, contributing to 15% of the group's profit. They give you extremely low pay during training so that training pay + flight allowance= one normal paycheck. Legally, every company in Japan must give 10 days of paid time off per year that employees can use at will. Research group Myanmar Survey Research said commercial facilities were in strong demand among young people and families seeking places of entertainment and relaxation.The World Bank forecast that Myanmar's economic growth will slow to 0.5% in fiscal 2019 through September 2020, but will pick up to 7.2% in fiscal 2020.Sign up to our newsletters to get our best stories delivered straight to your inbox. Application. Interview process was pretty long. If you have the usual weekends, then you miss out of 10 national holidays in the year. All AEON branch schools have resumed in-person lessons! It's part of the job, but a lot of people seem surprised by it. Sexual harassment and racial discrimination are rampant within the company, and the management and trainers do nothing to protect teachers from it. It plans to increase the number of outlets to 70 in China and other countries in the year through February 2026, from 30 at present.Though an end to the novel coronavirus pandemic is not yet in sight, Yasutsugu Iwamura, president of Aeon Mall, said, "We will not change the plan. It has operated six shopping centers in Myanmar since 1999, including the Junction City shopping complex that opened in central Yangon in 2017.The group has also formed alliances with foreign businesses including Japan's Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance and Nippon Life Insurance.The location for the new mall is in Dagon Seikkan, where Shwe Taung has been promoting new urban development since 2014. It is also near to the Thilawa Special Economic Zone.In 2018, the Myanmar's government implemented a regulatory reforms allowing foreign companies to enter the retail and wholesale sectors in return for investment beyond set levels, paving the way for Aeon Mall's entry into the market.

AEON is a great first job in Japan, but if you plan on staying a while, it is not a forever job. Transition time. Especially teaching kids, I was tired a lot in my first month. • Language barrier - not all of the staff in the office will be able to speak English fluently. WHY AEON. If you do not have sales experience, it may feel strange but it'll come with practice.-Fun and easy job (if you get lucky in location placement AND have good staff working with you) Opportunity to meet a lot of fantastic people.General challenges adapting to a completely new environment and work culture.Depending on the school you’re at you’ll have a great time. I think it just makes it hard to adapt to life outside work when all you do is speak English at work.Gain international work experience. Highly recommend having some ability to speak and understand Japanese. The management company division was new when I worked there but they are reputable and always want to do the right thing. If you don't like kids at all, this position is not for you. The salary is pretty livable and you can save a good amount, granted you don't take trips every weekend.There is little to no room for growth, unless you plan to become a trainer and spend your time training new employees at the training office.