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Does Japanese aversion to confrontation trigger this behaviour?
by bertil 4y ago
Does Japanese aversion to confrontation trigger this behaviour?
- codethief 4y agoCame here to ask the same thing. If so, how do people quit their jobs then, or do break-ups? They just never do or do they just disappear over night?
- jvanderbot 4y agoThey probably are very clear to each other, it's us foreigners who read the signals wrong.
- Sharlin 4y agoDoesn't seem like it based on the article.
- jvanderbot 4y agoI didn't realize dating was discussed.
- bhc 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouhatsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouhatsu
- Mistletoe 4y ago>“Not a Good Match”: Almost One in Three Japanese Graduates Quit First Job Within Three Years. While earlier generations saw lifetime employment as the norm, 30% of recent Japanese graduates quit within three years of starting their first job. Looks like it used to be lifetime and now that is changing.
- adastra22 4y agoYou don't quit jobs in Japan (traditionally, at least).
- rurban 4y agoThis changed for the better finally in the 90ies
- fomine3 4y agoBecause of that, there are proxy services that handle quit job for you. (though it's happened within this decade) https://www.taishokudaikou.com/ https://www.taishokudaikou.com/
- Liquix 4y agoPerhaps also a strong sense of duty and shame - after skipping one lesson they are too embarrassed to show up again. Each successive failure to respond deepens the embarrassment, making facing the instructor again an unthinkably difficult task. The same thing can happen with lack of attendance at university classes in other countries.
- fomine3 4y agoThis is my mind. If cancellation is available through a web form, it's easy. However, having to communicate it through a conversation makes me nervous.