King of the Hill
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Inside, there's usually a grocery store, a food court, several different kinds clothing stores, and restaurants.
Like with most companies in Japan, there seems to be a surplus of workers; unlike in America, where you're lucky to find one checkout stand open. Sometimes I wonder, as do many other people living in Japan from America and other countries, how can they afford to have so many workers? I mean there are always signs almost everywhere hiring part-time workers. I would be lucky to even find a job working at a Wal-mart back in America during this time of economic idling. They must be doing something right here in Japan.
There are a lot of other nuances of Japanese culture that can be observed in the workplace. Like once a person gets a job, it's usually hard for the person to get fired. The company usually tries pretty hard to retain the employee. There are also downsides to Japanese companies as well, but I don't care to go much into detail about this aspect of Japanese business.The service in Japan is phenomenal; wherever you go the people are usually friendly and welcome you to their stores. I don't know why I found this to be such a shock, but in America the expectations you get from a worker at, say Wal-mart, tends to not be that high.
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