Rule #5
They frown upon long holiday leave. No more than 7 days at a time. I've known of Japanese workers who found a new guy at the desk after coming back from a long holiday.
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Rule #5
They frown upon long holiday leave. No more than 7 days at a time. I've known of Japanese workers who found a new guy at the desk after coming back from a long holiday.
Agree. Korean firms even worse than local SMEs: racist, sexist, hierarchical, double-tiered salary (higher for Koreans, lower for foreigners), minimal benefits.
Better work for a GLC.
Anyone who joins a GLC will automatically become part of the 60.1%.
In the battle for hearts and minds, self preservation will always win.
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.
You are expcted to work n die for the company but will be bypassed in any promotion if there is a Jap in the Q
You will never be treated as a Jap wud as if in JappoLand
Leave such companies to Ah Neh .... only they can fuck up the biz
Citibank any better (if you are not Ah Neh...)?
Sinking are used to being third class. So I don't see any problem
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.
Got good and bad working for jap co.
GOOD
Come work on dot, punch card even for exec post, on dot can punch card take co transport home.
Wear uniform dont need waste money on clothings.
Morning do 5 BX using co time.
Time for tea break, bell rings like school recess.
Pay ot when work beyond regular hours. When i worked in a jap co, i can even purposely slow down my work, and fix ot for it.
BAD
Hierachichy is always headed by a jap boss.
If you are a not duscipline person, good luck !
A lot of you here probably have never worked in a Jap company before, and have got your ludicrous ideas from watching Jap tv dramas etc.
Morning 5BX, coffee lady, chiong karaoke with Jap bosses, cannot take long holidays... LOL!
Lanjiao understand? You twits probably also think all Jap expat ladies working here all look like AV porn stars, and the Korean expat ladies working here all look like K-pop singers.
:kma:
Morning 5BX, coffee lady, chiong karaoke with Jap bosses, cannot take long holidays... LOL!
Lanjiao understand? You twits probably also think all Jap expat ladies working here all look like AV porn stars, and the Korean expat ladies working here all look like K-pop singers.
:kma:
If u wanna work in jap company only work in av production firms
So true.. lol... and sing the company song also like bodoh ...
Not true. If really cost cutting, non Japs f.o. first.
And you got to Bow.
Ultimately, working for someone else is humiliating regardless of the nationality of the company that is paying you.
Employment is like whoring. You put up with getting fucked in order to get paid.
Working for yourself is the way to go. It's better for the self esteem. It's a lot more satisfying and best of all, the sky's the limit when it comes to financial rewards.
Read my retirement thread for more details on how to achieve financial independence by working for yourself.
Employment is like whoring. You put up with getting fucked in order to get paid.
Working for yourself is the way to go. It's better for the self esteem. It's a lot more satisfying and best of all, the sky's the limit when it comes to financial rewards.
Read my retirement thread for more details on how to achieve financial independence by working for yourself.
Sometimes people prefer to be employees and can be easily contented because you dun have to worry about daily business issues like cash flow problems.
jap companies are solid, much better than sinkie company, where they underpay you in wages or leave and whack you when you are on internships.
worse of the lots are Korean companies. Stay away from Sumseng.
angmo European companies are da best. Because Jesus is da best.
jap companies are solid, much better than sinkie company, where they underpay you in wages or leave and whack you when you are on internships.
worse of the lots are Korean companies. Stay away from Sumseng.
angmo European companies are da best. Because Jesus is da best.
Disclaimer, I work for a Japanese company in Australia. All that has been said doesn't apply more or less here.
Its ToshibaTEC. Hardly, consumer electronics. Most of Toshiba consumer electronics are OEM/re-badged apart from the TVs and Laptops.
None of this applies here.
For Rule #1: Our GM and MD are Ang moh, most upper management are Ang mohs. We have a Japanese manager in the department but he has been here for more then 10 years in Japan he has been for like 20 years. He actually requested to be posted here.
Rule #2: There are several managers that are woman/team leads. In fact for a department that deals with software there is a high ratio of woman to man.
Rule #3: I sit in a cubicle, I'm surfing sammyboy now. IT has blocked several sites as directive from Japan but some are removed on request from my GM like youtube. In general, as long as you get work done you are free to do anything you want.
Rule #4: I was actually hoping for this to happen when I joined. Till today, nothing of this sort every happened. Perhaps I'm not in the "Sales" team.
The thing to remember is that Japanese companies are structured very silo like. There can be a lot of autonomy in the right department,subs. Think of them as not just a big company but a big company with multiple smaller companies within. Pick the right one and you won't see any of these.
Nope, siting in a cubicle, my boss cubicle is actually directly behind me with his back behind me as well.
Nope, going on a LONG holiday for 5 weeks next month. Come back and I'll be going for 1 week training. So 6 weeks OOO.
Yes.. I think that is the general impression people get about Japanese company. It could also be due to the environment in Singapore as well. What I will say is this, they do "retain" permanent staff as much as possible. Unless they have no choice, redundancy can still happen. This again ties down to the silo concept for Japanese companies. It also relies heavily on what your sub, division, dept, performance is like. In fact during the 2008 financial crisis, all contractors are fired pay for engineers were frozen, and managers gets a temporary pay cut of 10%. Pay might not be the highest in the marketl, however, its also not the lowest out there. You won't get a huge increment year on year but in general you get a stable, increment tied to inflation. I have many colleague that left for better paying jobs but ended up coming back. They might be able to get 30-50% more outside but their workload increases 3 times. I would describe that in general Japanese companies are very conservative when it comes to hiring. As they have the policy that retaining people is important, but you don't want to over hire and start retrenching them later. For every increase in head count they would make sure that that is what they need for the department in the foreseeable future.
Its ToshibaTEC. Hardly, consumer electronics. Most of Toshiba consumer electronics are OEM/re-badged apart from the TVs and Laptops.
None of this applies here.
For Rule #1: Our GM and MD are Ang moh, most upper management are Ang mohs. We have a Japanese manager in the department but he has been here for more then 10 years in Japan he has been for like 20 years. He actually requested to be posted here.
Rule #2: There are several managers that are woman/team leads. In fact for a department that deals with software there is a high ratio of woman to man.
Rule #3: I sit in a cubicle, I'm surfing sammyboy now. IT has blocked several sites as directive from Japan but some are removed on request from my GM like youtube. In general, as long as you get work done you are free to do anything you want.
Rule #4: I was actually hoping for this to happen when I joined. Till today, nothing of this sort every happened. Perhaps I'm not in the "Sales" team.
The thing to remember is that Japanese companies are structured very silo like. There can be a lot of autonomy in the right department,subs. Think of them as not just a big company but a big company with multiple smaller companies within. Pick the right one and you won't see any of these.
Nope, siting in a cubicle, my boss cubicle is actually directly behind me with his back behind me as well.
Nope, going on a LONG holiday for 5 weeks next month. Come back and I'll be going for 1 week training. So 6 weeks OOO.
A lot of you here probably have never worked in a Jap company before, and have got your ludicrous ideas from watching Jap tv dramas etc.
Morning 5BX, coffee lady, chiong karaoke with Jap bosses, cannot take long holidays... LOL!
Lanjiao understand? You twits probably also think all Jap expat ladies working here all look like AV porn stars, and the Korean expat ladies working here all look like K-pop singers.
:kma:
Yes.. I think that is the general impression people get about Japanese company. It could also be due to the environment in Singapore as well. What I will say is this, they do "retain" permanent staff as much as possible. Unless they have no choice, redundancy can still happen. This again ties down to the silo concept for Japanese companies. It also relies heavily on what your sub, division, dept, performance is like. In fact during the 2008 financial crisis, all contractors are fired pay for engineers were frozen, and managers gets a temporary pay cut of 10%. Pay might not be the highest in the marketl, however, its also not the lowest out there. You won't get a huge increment year on year but in general you get a stable, increment tied to inflation. I have many colleague that left for better paying jobs but ended up coming back. They might be able to get 30-50% more outside but their workload increases 3 times. I would describe that in general Japanese companies are very conservative when it comes to hiring. As they have the policy that retaining people is important, but you don't want to over hire and start retrenching them later. For every increase in head count they would make sure that that is what they need for the department in the foreseeable future.
the exception are those with hidden jappo blood...........no?
What crap. You are always working for someone. You are working for your customers if you run your own company.
I run businesses and I certainly don't work for any customer. I work to provide a good service or product in order to attain a broad customer base. If one of the customers tries to boss me around, I'll tell him politely to take his business elsewhere.
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