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That’s like 100% of American companies and most of our government…you ain’t special Japan!
15 upvotes, 4 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "That’s like 100% of American companies and most of our government…you ain’t special Japan!"
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Anonymous 4w

Dream job if I’m being real

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Anonymous 4w

There’s actually a huge cultural difference in Japan. Kind of simialr to the US idea of promotions it functions on a ladder system. But in this case people at the top (usually older) are expected to know how to- and have- had the jobs of the people below them. In the U.S., promotions are more often tied to performance and specialization — someone can rise quickly without ever having done the jobs below them. The cultural expectation of experience is much stronger in Japan than it is here. Cont

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

So that “old guy who does nothing in Japan”- probably has literally done everything in the company at some point. As opposed to in the US where executives are often just the people who had the money and the connections to position themselves as stakeholders.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

Side note because this forum is the internet equivalent of a witch trial: I’m not saying this system is objectively better. Because it does have some pretty serious flaws (like how the driving brains of young people have little to no cultural leg up in the workplace). But it is notably different.

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