It used to be that paawa hara (power harassment) applied to pressure unwanted employees to quit their jobs. Now, with the labor shortages in Japan, this has changed to yame hara (quit harassment).
Workers wanting to quit say they are not allowed to! One worker said when he submitted his resignation request form to the company, it was not accepted because the size of the characters were too large. Another resignation was rejected because "the carriage returns at the ends of the lines were strange." Another worker was assigned to a team for a project scheduled to start six months later, two weeks before his quitting date. Others have been plied with drinks or criticized by employers saying things like, you know there is a labor shortage, how can you leave us? Bosses feel it reflects badly on them when employees leave.
Have you heard of anything like this before? What is the labor situation where you live? Too few workers or too few jobs?
Interesting. You have probably read that the unemployment rate is very low here now. But I have questions on how those statistics are calculated. Our area has more jobs than qualified people. The government says 190,000 jobs were added last month. Yet other statistics say manufacturing and retail jobs fell. I didn't read what sector increased. Also, most jobs offered in this area except the RV factories are usually less than 40 hours a week and do not offer benefits.
Is the Japanese economy zooming? Or do you have less population to fill the jobs? xx, Carol
This is really fascinating. About the only time I ever have heard of anyone trying to get an employee to stay is when they are really amazing and then the offer comes with money or more vacation or something. But if the employee wants out, whether to retire or leave for somewhere else, there is no issue. How intriguing.
I think it depends - some areas of works, it's too many workers, others, too many open jobs. I think my job is pretty secure for the next two years or so!
This is a new expression to me. What's next, I wonder?
ReplyDeleteHi Pamela: This is horrible, I am sure its nothing like that here in the USA.
ReplyDeleteOur unemployment rate is dropping.
Catherine
There's not enough jobs to go round here, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteVery strange. I've not heard anything like this.
ReplyDeleteQuite are unemployed locally here.
Interesting. You have probably read that the unemployment rate is very low here now. But I have questions on how those statistics are calculated. Our area has more jobs than qualified people. The government says 190,000 jobs were added last month. Yet other statistics say manufacturing and retail jobs fell. I didn't read what sector increased. Also, most jobs offered in this area except the RV factories are usually less than 40 hours a week and do not offer benefits.
ReplyDeleteIs the Japanese economy zooming? Or do you have less population to fill the jobs?
xx, Carol
This is really fascinating. About the only time I ever have heard of anyone trying to get an employee to stay is when they are really amazing and then the offer comes with money or more vacation or something. But if the employee wants out, whether to retire or leave for somewhere else, there is no issue. How intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI think it depends - some areas of works, it's too many workers, others, too many open jobs. I think my job is pretty secure for the next two years or so!
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