“Japanese people line up at soup kitchens in Australia” “130 applications for work”...What is the cause of “working holiday poverty”?

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0001@Old Man Friends Club ★ Security Guard [lv.10] [Sprout].Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:33:15.63ID:G9BvEno/9
“If you go to Australia on a working holiday you can make a lot of money. I’ve seen that pattern many times, but in reality there are some difficulties and differences.”
Sekki, who is currently residing in Australia, went there in January this year on a working holiday visa. After attending a language school for four months, she is now posting about her life there on social media. “I started looking for work a month after I arrived in Australia, but in the end I couldn’t find one.” (Sekki, same below)
The minimum wage in Australia is said to be about 2,300 yen in Japanese yen, but what awaited Sekki was a tough job search. I handed out my resume and applied to about 130 jobs, but only got to interview for three. He said he couldn’t find a job and his savings were dwindling. “I paid about 140,000 yen a month in rent, and also had living expenses. Instead of eating out casually, I cooked at home to keep food costs down. It was quite tough for the first 2-3 months until I found a job. I continued to look for work, and now I have three jobs.”
You might think it would be better to find a job before going abroad, but according to Sekki, the reality is that unless you have a job that requires specialized skills, you basically have to find work locally. Even if you do get a job, you can easily get fired. “For example, if you break a plate at a restaurant, you can be fired on the same day, or you can be fired after four days because your English level is not high enough.”

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0013Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:38:21.61ID:t636n5/N0(1/3)
>>1
I’m happy that the minimum wage has gone up in Japan,
but even part-time jobs like in Australia are becoming scarce… Employee wages are funded by corporate profits. What Japan needs isn’t a higher minimum wage, but an end to the deflation that is making it harder for companies to make profits.
0019Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:38:56.72ID:2lwtY1er0
>>1
I saw on Instagram that Japs are treated like cockroaches overseas.
When they hold a soup kitchen for the homeless, Japanese people gather from somewhere and line up.
It’s easy to tell because Japanese people obediently line up in order lol.
0035Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:42:07.17ID:vPEa00V+0
>>1
Thank you Abe-chan.
0003Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:34:55.04ID:25NMiyib0
I’m going to Australia soon.
0004Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:34:59.78ID:oAWeFK/00
Shoe shiners swarm around the soup kitchen.
0008Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:36:14.17ID:L+C8f+x+0(1/4)
The general rule is to change jobs after you’ve found a job

I guess that’s what you meant when you said “I started looking for a job a month after coming to Australia.”

0009Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:36:39.05ID:C1YbLOPZ0
A paradise on earth project.
0011Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:38:13.56ID:G9jGexCK0
I went to Australia and made 10 million yen a year! I saw a lot of posts like that at one point. I guess he just took it at face value and went there with no plan, even though he had no skills or English skills.
0012Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:38:18.99ID:Bl5zmuTS0(1/3)
In that sense, Japanese people who are weak at English are better off than Chinese and Koreans, who are increasingly going abroad.
Although there is also the disadvantage that it doesn’t foster global talent.
0015Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:38:41.26ID:bC90Issq0
There are more and more articles that make me think not to go.
0016Security Guard [lv.8] [Sprout].Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:38:43.70ID:vG5CGHGi0
Queuing up for soup kitchens overseas = foreigners receiving welfare in Japan
I’m writing this because there are people who don’t realize this.
0024Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:39:57.07ID:Bl5zmuTS0(2/3)
>>16
It’s not the same unless you’re on welfare.
0017Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:38:49.01ID:WrcGy6Pn0
The wages are high but the cost of living is also high.
0018Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:38:56.69ID:+0pNOdRH0
The main reason is that you can’t speak English, so master it before you go.
0020Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:39:18.20ID:G4dqBf1y0
Someone who is useless and can’t earn money in Japan is unlikely to be successful abroad.
0021Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:39:33.52ID:EQIM2T8V0
I’m sure he went there without planning, but he should have stayed with a host family and gone to school at first.
0026Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:40:10.01ID:qKtvk10K0
Working holiday is great! Second helpings are great too!
0027Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:40:36.18ID:lZsxa3zQ0(1/3)
Language barrier.
0031Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:41:08.75ID:Bw7oIrKg0(1/2)
They just did to them what they do to international students in Japan.
0032Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:41:12.02ID:R10GBqet0
I did a working holiday 10 years ago, did various part-time jobs, made money, had fun, and came back. My junior at work is still going there now, and the hourly wage has gone up, so it looks like he’s making a lot of money and having fun. People who can’t find a part-time job on a working holiday are either the kind of people who shouldn’t go abroad in the first place, or they’re too picky about the jobs they do.
0033Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:41:27.18ID:WrIbsdte0
They don’t teach in school that behind every successful person in the baseball draft, there are hundreds of times more people who failed.
0037Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:42:39.02ID:oedjnqcd0
I guess I don’t make as much money as a regular employee in Japan. I guess I have no dreams.
0039Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:43:06.24ID:Z1Xmchvp0
Being fired for breaking a plate would be the height of misery.
0040Security guard [lv.20].Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:43:31.29ID:sbPxvWHj0
You should bring at least enough money to live for a year without working. In Australia, it would be around 2-3 million. Money is the only thing you can rely on overseas.
0041Anonymous Donburako.Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:43:32.78ID:xPoQfw+b0(1/3)
And the mass media will go and report on this situation. That would be a good story lol.
0042Security Guard [lv.1] [Sprout].Aug. 17, 2024 (Sat) 11:43:38.67ID:zIwJmgda0
You left Australia with the dream of earning more money than you could in Japan, despite the high cost of living there, right?
Reference: https://asahi.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1723861995

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