Good to work for Japanese company?

Administrator · Mar 19, 2014

My nephew is thinking of applying for a job in Toshiba. Anyone know people inside? Is working for Japanese company good? Heard that japanese are workaholic but do they expect the same in Singapore? I found a review on them and it is very positive but recently got Japanese company retrenching so he is rather scared.

Leongsam · Mar 19, 2014

I can't think of a worse place to work.

laksaboy · Mar 19, 2014

Japanese company is more rigid and hierarchical, maybe slightly less perks than American or European companies, but they are the last to let go of employees in bad times.

Anything is better than working for SMEs and local towkays with cheapskate mentality. :cool:

gingerlyn · Mar 19, 2014

Working In
1) Japanese firms
2) PAP firms
3) SME

which is better?

xebay11 · Mar 19, 2014

laksaboy said:
Japanese company is more rigid and hierarchical, maybe slightly less perks than American or European companies, but they are the last to let go of employees in bad times.

Anything is better than working for SMEs and local towkays with cheapskate mentality.

+1 agree, although retrenchment is rife these days, chances of being let go in Japanese company is less than local and US, European MNCs.

halsey02 · Mar 19, 2014

gingerlyn said:
Working In
1) Japanese firms
2) PAP firms
3) SME

which is better?

PAP firms, pay the best...but must bend & do "yum, yum" to survive & must have no balls....

Dark Knight · Mar 19, 2014

If it's Toshiba consumer electronics section, I don' think they are doing well these day.
Not many people buy their products these days.

8868 · Mar 19, 2014

A friend's husband working in JAL told me that in recent year JAL brings in many Japs who were redundant in Japan to work in Singapore. They gave them a status as Executive for EP purposes but actually they are doing non executive jobs.

syed putra · Mar 19, 2014

Executives Cannot go home before the boss. Lucky nowadays no more drinking sessions on a daily basis.weekend, golf with boss. Not expected to take holidays.
But one japanese, in KL decided to go local and easy peasy.says he may not be able to work like a jap anymore.

Jlokta · Mar 19, 2014

gingerlyn said:
Working In
1) Japanese firms
2) PAP firms
3) SME

which is better?

超级白 firm confirm betterest.

But prerequisite is to have your balls cut off and go to work wearing a dog collar.

nutbush · Mar 19, 2014

the worst is to work in a jap MNC with sinkie bosses, my boss then, a mr tang yew keong, i remembered was terrified that i may bypass him and discourage me by telling me(in a intimidating manner) that japs like to be served. that was only my 2nd day of work. imho, can join and learn things from them but be prepared for lots of politicking.

po2wq · Mar 19, 2014

evry morning got exercise ...

evry evening, gotta wayang as u r xpected 2 stay until ur boss leave ...

red amoeba · Mar 19, 2014

had a few friends working in Jap firms:

Rule #1
if you are not Japanese, forget about promotion and senior mgt. U can work until cows come home...they will deploy a young chap from Japan to shit on your head. In fact, this is true for all MNC, except Singaporean firm who will hire FT to shit on your head instead of promoting you.

Rule#2
if you are a lady, worse...you have no status in the company, relegated to coffee lady...maybe its not shown outwardly but definitely telling during appraisal.

Rule #3
they have strict rules & protocol...eg: all will sit at a long table, no cubicle no screens...so if you wanna surf sammyboy during office hours, think twice.

Rule #4
If you lucky in position to entertain clients, ho say liao..my fren in private banking, sibeh ho...every friday go cheong japanese KTV with boss...n you noe...Japanese KTV are the cream of cream...best part, company pick up tab....

eatshitndie · Mar 20, 2014

red amoeba said:
Rule #3
they have strict rules & protocol...eg: all will sit at a long table, no cubicle no screens...so if you wanna surf sammyboy during office hours, think twice.

in a typical, traditional, rigid jap conglomerate or zaibatsu, yes. your seating position at the collection of desks in an office will determine your pecking order in the team's hierarchy. for example in a team of 8, team leader or manager sits at one end with his desk facing everyone on the team and back to the window, if any. 3 will sit facing the other 3 alongside manager's desk. and finally each team gets graced by a young office lady sitting on the opposite end of the 8-desk arrangement, facing the boss. the office lady is in the best position to surf sammyboy. :p

looneytan · Mar 20, 2014

po2wq said:
evry evening, gotta wayang as u r xpected 2 stay until ur boss leave ...

can go home early la and next day tell your boss you were in the toilet last evening

Capano2121 · Mar 20, 2014

8868 said:
A friend's husband working in JAL told me that in recent year JAL brings in many Japs who were redundant in Japan to work in Singapore. They gave them a status as Executive for EP purposes but actually they are doing non executive jobs.

Their dumbest nincompoop will still be your boss even if you have been the highest sales achiever in the company for the last twenty years! And there's no such as a extraordinary achievement amounting to a immediate payrise & promotion, this only come at a regulated time frame set by the HQ in Japan! And most of your hardwork goes to maintaining their perks as expatriate! And yes they will lord over you even though they know the dept will will die without you & the new transfer will find all & any means to try to get rid of you as the first thing they will do when they touch down at Changi airport! So working for jerkpenis firm ho boh?

kopisiewdai · Mar 20, 2014

Heard quite a lot about non japs no being given equal opportunities as compared or the japs.

king_of_abalone · Mar 20, 2014

Good leh jap company

I knew two guys who worked for japs

One became the prime minister of a small country

The other became the president

rushifa666 · Mar 20, 2014

king_of_abalone said:
Good leh jap company

I knew two guys who worked for japs

One became the prime minister of a small country

The other became the president

Those two should have been tied to Raffles Hotel after the war and blown up together with that symbol of empirism!

Dark Knight · Mar 20, 2014

red amoeba said:
had a few friends working in Jap firms:

Rule #1
if you are not Japanese, forget about promotion and senior mgt. U can work until cows come home...they will deploy a young chap from Japan to shit on your head. In fact, this is true for all MNC, except Singaporean firm who will hire FT to shit on your head instead of promoting you.

Rule#2
if you are a lady, worse...you have no status in the company, relegated to coffee lady...maybe its not shown outwardly but definitely telling during appraisal.

Rule #3
they have strict rules & protocol...eg: all will sit at a long table, no cubicle no screens...so if you wanna surf sammyboy during office hours, think twice.

Rule #4
If you lucky in position to entertain clients, ho say liao..my fren in private banking, sibeh ho...every friday go cheong japanese KTV with boss...n you noe...Japanese KTV are the cream of cream...best part, company pick up tab....

True case for Rule #1:
Promotion to senior management post is possible if the current senior manager of yours is a local boss and he is in favor of you.
You will need to be an apprentice of the current senior manager and he will be giving you a lot of career guidance.
He will give you all the praises and credits of your capabilities right in front of those Japanese senior managers.
When the time comes for the current senior manager to retire or if he got "let go" due to downsizing, you will be the next be promoted
to a senior manager post even if you are not good in doing sales in the department.

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