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Suzuki and other Japanese companies well known for how they treat employments as long-term relationships. And American companies are known for the opposite. It

Suzuki and other Japanese companies well known for how they treat employments as long-term relationships. And American companies are known for the opposite. It would be interesting to see how Japan recovers economically relatively to the US post Corona crisis.

HelloMcFly 7y ago
> Suzuki and other Japanese companies well known for how they treat employments as long-term relationships. There are many, many contexts and scenarios where this exact same sentence can be said in a highly negative way. In this instance it is great, but I can assure you that many Japanese workers experience the dark side of this mindset (e.g., stay in the office as long as possible; don't "shirk duties" by taking time for yourself; god help you if you're a woman; etc.). I have no doubt this is not everyone's experience, but it's also not uncommon.
- lmilcin 7y ago
  There probably does not exist perfect company. What we can do is to learn how companies solve the problem. Was the layoff necessary? Was the form of the layoff necessary? Probably not. Probably with all those billions of investments you could have made choices that will leave you with more than paper thin margins or maybe you could beg your investors for more to keep the company afloat. This could have easily be a formative experience for the company bringing everybody together and motivating for years.
- palerdot 7y ago
  I don't know if we can draw a parallel between great japanese automobile companies with their software counterparts; But thinking about how japanese motorcycles are known for its longetivity and less maintanence compared to other country made motorcycles, I feel like there is a correlation here and the way companies like suzuki treats their employees is imbued in their DNA for delivering motorcycles that emphasize on longetivity ...
- jki275 7y ago
  You've got it correct -- that is Japanese culture. Perhaps there are exceptions, it wouldn't surprise me if they exist -- but the norm is what you wrote.

HelloMcFly 7y ago

> Suzuki and other Japanese companies well known for how they treat employments as long-term relationships. There are many, many contexts and scenarios where this exact same sentence can be said in a highly negative way. In this instance it is great, but I can assure you that many Japanese workers experience the dark side of this mindset (e.g., stay in the office as long as possible; don't "shirk duties" by taking time for yourself; god help you if you're a woman; etc.). I have no doubt this is not everyone's experience, but it's also not uncommon.

lmilcin 7y ago
There probably does not exist perfect company. What we can do is to learn how companies solve the problem. Was the layoff necessary? Was the form of the layoff necessary? Probably not. Probably with all those billions of investments you could have made choices that will leave you with more than paper thin margins or maybe you could beg your investors for more to keep the company afloat. This could have easily be a formative experience for the company bringing everybody together and motivating for years.
palerdot 7y ago
I don't know if we can draw a parallel between great japanese automobile companies with their software counterparts; But thinking about how japanese motorcycles are known for its longetivity and less maintanence compared to other country made motorcycles, I feel like there is a correlation here and the way companies like suzuki treats their employees is imbued in their DNA for delivering motorcycles that emphasize on longetivity ...
jki275 7y ago
You've got it correct -- that is Japanese culture. Perhaps there are exceptions, it wouldn't surprise me if they exist -- but the norm is what you wrote.