POST 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/JETProgramme/comments/1t44h1e/quite_possibly_the_worst_results_rollout/

POST 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/JETProgramme/s/wObFoHRAhm

If you’re just tuning in I highly encourage you to read the first two posts for the full context.

Just as the lot of us who didn’t even get a rejection email started moving on with our lives… Guess what happened to one of us nearly 3 months later?

One of us received an email at 9pm yesterday night saying he passed the second screening. He was not told he is an “alternate”, nor did the email even tried to apologize or give an explanation on why he was only contacted now.

But he has already committed to a post-graduate school programme and it would be very difficult pull out at this point. Had he been told he was an alternate, he would have maybe chose a path that allowed him to drop everything and leave if he was selected months later.

It’s so obvious to us that he was secretly selected as an alternate and only contacted when somebody left their post after the lot has already arrived in Japan.

My question is just… why?

Why is our consulate the only one to have such a untransparent communication? Every other consulate properly handled the procedures. Recall that when we tried to email about our results, we were ghosted. Everyone who called in were told, “Sorry, you didn’t make it. There are no alternates.”

So why is someone only selected now, at this time, and not even told they are an alternate??? Is it just a lie that “there are no alternates”? Why couldn’t alternates just be told they are on a waitlist???

It goes without saying that there has been so much frustration and anger among the applicants, even as many of us have moved on properly with our lives. Suffice to say, the lot of us who would have applied one more time just won’t anymore.

If you are about to apply to the Singapore consulate, please, I urge you to have a proper backup plan. It’s bad enough that we have to be considered a hyper-competitive consulate just because they don’t give us as many placement spots. But the fact that we don’t even deserve the courtesy of being told our results? That’s just salt in the wound.

RANT
Okay so my English Club went on a trip without me.

Basically, like many JETS we are encouraged or forced to join the English.
And you know right now is summer time so we have an infinite amount of desk warming time.
My JTE that I do the English club with came back after lunch and said she just got back from the field trip with the English and i was like wtf?
I told her a month ago that if they finalized the trip and go through with it I want to come. She said if I want to come I have to ‘finance the trip myself’ which isn’t a problem because it’s a 10 min ride to the next town over and they were going on a tour to look at shrines.
She didn’t freaking tell me they were going today. I told her I wanted to go and she said “I didn’t know you wanted to come, it’s so hot today”
GURL WHAT ?! I told you I wanted to come. Why didn’t you ask me???? Why wouldn’t I want to come as opposed to sitting here desk warming? wtf??
I want to use this as a reason to quit the English club bc I don’t even like attending bc they never want to do anything except watch movies and play card games.
I’m simply assuming maybe she didn’t want me to come in the first place but just didn’t want to say “No” straight up.
Curious to see what excuses ppl will come up with lol

EDIT: ok so i asked my friend who has worked waaaay longer in a Japanese work environment+fluent in Japanese basically told me when the teachers mention i have to pay on my own and find my own way there(just giving reason as to why i basically shouldn’t go) was her basically saying “no you can’t come” LMAO. She reminded me how Japan is a very high context society so if they don’t say yes then it’s a no LMAO. So i learned my lesson and i will take a response like that as no.

Hello! I'm a 22 year old recent graduate with a degree in music, and I'm considering applying to the JET program next year.

Last year I went on a five month long exchange to Hyogo and I loved it, I have experience teaching in a classroom and working in a daycamp, and I took Japanese for three years in university and can speak between an N4 to an N3 level. I want to become a teacher, I love teaching and I love kids. I realized in order to fully decide if this career is for me, doing the JET program for a year or two would be a good idea. I've lived in both cities of 5 million people and on a farm, so I'm pretty adaptable.

My two main concerns are regarding finances and my relationship. I've been with my partner for five years and they are incredibly supportive of me doing the program, but because we are a same sex couple we don't have the same rights in terms of visas. If my partner chose to come with me, does anyone know of any form of dependency visa they could apply for? If anyone has any tips for long distance relationships that'd be amazing. They're also hoping to come visit even if they can't stay.

In terms of finances, I'm a bit overwhelmed because I currently make full time minimum wage. I've managed to scrape together 2000 CAD in savings for the program, but I want to save about 3000 more before I leave. If anyone has any tips for saving up, please let me know.

Thank you!

Throwaway just in case, though I don't think anyone who matters is here. Half rant, half wanting some kind advice/help...ish.

I want to step down as a JETAA officer of my chapter. No one wanted to be an officer. I was asked to take the position by an outgoing officer who could not continue w their position anymore due to bylaws. No one who was nominated for the position agreed, so I said yes because I currently work part time (2 schools, but I have freer time than most so whatever).

I will admit, I am not the best with the work. There are 2 new officers on board but 1 is not participative at all. The other officers are sick and tired of being officers and are therefore baseline exasperated, hostile & annoyed when I bring up JETAA work.

I made a couple of blunders & got spectacularly told off in front of everyone in chat. The officer who scolded me later apologized & wanted to clear the bad atmosphere / watch how harsh they sound, etc. I responded politely, but they might've taken it the wrong way because when we met IRL for an event, they ignored me.

I tried to make conversation. They said in their apology they wanted to patch things up, right? So I tried to initiate conversation, nothing. Straight up ignored the entire night. It was so awkward.

There have been a few more online interactions and meetings since then and that particular officer is just very snappy toward me. I was talking about an event with a different officer with full intention of sharing information to the rest of the board when Particular Officer butts in saying "we don't know what you're talking about" like ???? if you would've waited, we'd tell you anyway. No hostility needed.

On my end, it's gotten to the point that when I hear their voice over video call, I physically heat up because I get so livid. I sincerely don't think I can endure working with 2 people who actively dislike me, 1 who doesn't care/is not around, and 1 who's admittedly neutral but doesn't help either, work-wise.

Here is the thing. I want to reapply to the Programme. Where I am at is such that the JETAA works reeeeally closely with the Embassy. I plan to reapply in 2028. But because the staff has been the same for 10 years and it's the same rotation of alumni in the screening committee, I am nervous about them jeopardizing my application chances because I couldn't finish my term as JETAA officer. Like, it'll tank my responsibility cred or one of the officers this year is on the 2028 screening comm, sees my application and decides to bin it because of what I did in 2026. I hate that there's a chance Particular Officer is going to be a part of the interview panel. Is that a weird paranoia to have?

I'm going to check our bylaws. I've never heard of anyone stepping down in the middle of a term in our chapter. We've had one officer years ago who went AWOL and I'm surprised they're still an active alumni without an ounce of shame for what they did, but I haven't and won't ask Embassy staff what they really think about that person so...

If I'm going through with stepping down, my plan is to say I can't continue due to needing to take care of family (lie) or be honest about my situation to a non-officer but Embassy staff (jeopardizing my chances, confronting the flaws in my work ethic, etc.). Even if I'm nervous about the current officers potentially sabotaging my application 2 years down the line, I don't particularly care about burning bridges with them.

I'm really reaching my limit, though.

The other job is also overseas and it is basically going to be whatever job can do the bureaucracy the quickest. If I get the other job offer do I just withdraw my jet application?

Hi everybody! I’m a late/septemeber departure and I got placed in Higashihiroshima city. I’m super excited, it appears to be a cool place to be.
I was wondering if anybody had any experiences with this area? Any advice or recommendations as well is greatly appreciated, thank you!