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Reality is a bit sad though - those convenience stories barely survive on tiny margins, owners pay a lot to franchises, must be open as franchise says, pay is t
by betaby 3y ago
Reality is a bit sad though - those convenience stories barely survive on tiny margins, owners pay a lot to franchises, must be open as franchise says, pay is terrible. Google would find some articles in English about that.
- netsharc 3y agoE.g. https://archive.is/www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/japan-7-eleven.html https://archive.is/www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/japan...
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoThere is an upside to that: since pay is so low, kombinis began to hire foreign workers. That in turn made has made Japanese society more accepting than in decades past of the idea of foreigners speaking Japanese (prior to this, the superstition was strong that Japanese was unique and mysterious, and foreigners could never really grok it). Now any foreigner in Japan benefits.