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>Japanese workers clearly need to assert themselves. I would hesitate to make such an assertion without deeply understanding Japanese culture. There are always
by javajosh 2y ago
>Japanese workers clearly need to assert themselves.
I would hesitate to make such an assertion without deeply understanding Japanese culture. There are always trade-offs. The Japanese people have a very unique culture with a lot of positive attributes; it could be that this phenomena is a side-effect of a greater good. To wit, the notion of "loyalty" in Western firms has all but disappeared, in both directions, along with pensions and the rest. As with an engineering decision, you must consider the trade-offs carefully before making a change, or you risk making things worse.
- autoexec 2y agoI'd argue that the notion of "loyalty" in Eastern firms isn't doing very well either considering how employees are being mistreated. Employers abusing their workers certainly aren't loyal and employees who are being abused or intimidated and feel unsafe leaving that job aren't sticking around out of a sense of devotion for their company. I don't think people have to choose between slavery and pensions either. There is clearly a lot of room for a much healthier middle. In any case, whatever the consequences would be to Japanese culture if workers stopped having to pay someone to feel safe leaving their job I feel pretty comfortable saying it would be well worth it.
- lucianbr 2y agoHave you considered the possibility that the good effects are for some smaller group, such as business owners and managers? If we're going to be wise and realise that all decisions have advantages and disadvantages, we should also realise these are not distributed equally. I'm sure slavery had advantages too, for the owners.