ALT Working hours...how many do you teach?

[hokkaido1]

my new job is 6.5 hrs per day

[Kanashibari]

9 hours a day plus overtime, including anything from 4 to 8 hours on Saturday.

[Richard_BenoitEnglipedia Drone]

9 hours a day plus overtime, including anything from 4 to 8 hours on Saturday.

Yuck! I hope you enjoy your work! That would be a double bonus, money and fulfillment!

[moolooman]

My new job has a clause in the contract that says if I don`t have classes in the afternoon I can go home straight after kyuushoku eating.

[Kanashibari]

9 hours a day plus overtime, including anything from 4 to 8 hours on Saturday.

Yuck! I hope you enjoy your work! That would be a double bonus, money and fulfillment!

Well, I teach at a private junior high school/college now, and it's by far the highest paid job I've ever worked in Japan, but also the hardest job I've ever worked.
Basically, as a F/T teacher, and not an ALT, I'm treated for the most part much the same as a Japanese worker, meaning I'm expected to do overtime.

To be honest, one and a half months in, I'm still thinking "What the hell have I got myself into?"
However, I'm doing it because I want to marry my girlfriend this year, and someone needs to pay the rent if we decide to have kids and whatnot.

Still, I'm usually the first person to go home every day (not including part-time teachers), as I'm also busy with obligations outside work, as I'm also a musician currently in 4 bands.
Not only that, but even though I'm working in Japan, where people are raised on the mindset that your career is everything, I gotta care about my mental and physical health, as well as keeping my beliefs. So...... unless there's a staff meeting or English club event, I rarely allow myself to stay past six, and nobody complains.

Other perks are that I generally have more "freedom" than an ALT usually has, including a relaxed dresscode (t-shirt and jeans is fine for a non-ceremonial day), and the fact I'm allowed to surf the net, as long as it's mostly work-related.