Jinji Ido – Japanese HR at its worst
Japan is known for its life-time employment and the image that you join a company right out of college at 22 and then stay there until you retire. However, that is not true for most companies anymore (and never was for all companies to begin with) and not only do most companies not offer life-time employment anymore, almost 40% of all employees are non-permanent. That leaves at least the majority of workers who have a safe workplace, right? Wrong! Let’s…