Next month I have to decide if

a) I stay in Japan another year in my current job
b) I return to the States and try to find a new job

Since you guys actually know what the economy is like back home, which would you choose?

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1/25/2009 6:45:35 PM

STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS PLACE

1/25/2009 6:46:04 PM

a

unless, of course, you hate it

1/25/2009 6:46:13 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trolcS3V7dY

1/25/2009 6:46:51 PM

STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS PLACE

1/25/2009 6:47:02 PM

Naw, don't hate it, but I've already been here 3 years. I'm feeling the itch to go back to FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY and stuff.

1/25/2009 6:47:26 PM

I'd try to find a job here before coming back

Just trying will reveal how fucking difficult it is

1/25/2009 6:48:23 PM

would you be able to find a job? if i were you i'd probably just keep the job I know I can have... but then again I wouldn't really wanna be out of the US for that long either

1/25/2009 6:48:59 PM

^^ True, but technically I need to make my decision to recontract in 2 weeks. Which is bullcrap because who is going to hire someone 6 months out from when they can start?

^ I'm sure I can find a job. Is it a job I want to do is another question.

[Edited on January 25, 2009 at 6:49 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2009 6:49:21 PM

i was signed 8 months before i graduated

1/25/2009 6:50:17 PM

It's a bit easier when you're still in school and going for something entry level

1/25/2009 7:00:55 PM

actually it wasn't entry level and it was halfway across the country, you're just making excuses

[Edited on January 25, 2009 at 7:07 PM. Reason : i get at least 2-3 calls a week from headhunters, you can't tell me there arent jobs out there]

1/25/2009 7:06:51 PM

stay

1/25/2009 7:12:04 PM

^^ Nope, not making excuses. I've put my resume in for pretty much every job in my field. To be fair to them a lot of them won't even be screening applicants until Feb, which sucks for me.

1/25/2009 7:14:31 PM

I thought this shit was the clash

1/25/2009 7:20:31 PM

if you go there will be trouble

1/25/2009 7:23:35 PM

psh come back while you still can

1/25/2009 7:24:18 PM

if you stay it will be double

1/25/2009 7:26:10 PM

I'd stay in Japan where you have a job. Things are not looking good and just going to get way worse here in the next 6 months IMO.

1/25/2009 8:45:35 PM

Are there any actual projections on when things will start to get better in America?

1/25/2009 8:47:54 PM

girl you've got to let me know

1/25/2009 8:50:13 PM

Lots of predictions. Some say it'll start to improve at the end of 2009, some say we won't hit rock bottom for a couple years yet.

1/25/2009 8:53:56 PM

your yen is worth so many $ bucks right now

1/25/2009 8:54:40 PM

What company are you employed through in Japan?

I've been thinking about teaching english in japan for a long time now.

1/25/2009 8:59:07 PM

stay in Japan, at least for another 6-12 months. Shit, go find a job in China if you want to leave Japan. Just stay out in Asia.

1/25/2009 9:02:13 PM

^^ I'm doing JET. Best pay/benefits in Japan for the most part.

^ Problem is if I recontract I'm committed until July of 2010. I could break my contract but that would make me a dick and they wouldn't give me my plane ticket home

1/25/2009 9:05:35 PM

stay in Japan, I love your threads about what new phrases/comics your students are coming up with.

1/25/2009 9:11:42 PM

I'm giving them a new comic next week lol.

1/25/2009 9:21:30 PM

Esta undecision me molesta

1/25/2009 9:28:05 PM

I'd stay over there for now. At the very least have a job lined up before you come home..if you can't find one, stay.

1/25/2009 9:31:32 PM

how's the sushi?

1/25/2009 9:33:27 PM

Delicioso

1/25/2009 9:38:46 PM

stay

1/25/2009 9:49:53 PM

another vote for staying. If you're tired of Japan, find some other country you can go to, just don't come back here.

1/26/2009 12:04:19 AM

Quote :

"a) I stay in Japan another year in my current job"

1/26/2009 12:06:01 AM