In the past years, more and more foreign companies enter China mainland. According to a survey, when wages and conditions are the same, Chinese staff are inclined to work in Europe and the United States or domestic enterprises rather than Japanese companies.
Japanese firms generally have three types of employees: The first is life-time employee. Next is contract employee with a one-year contract. The final and perhaps the most commoncategory is a person who is sent to work at the company from an outside placement company .
As a result, If you start working at a Japanese company with the idea that you are the same as everyone else and may become a manager if you keep working hard, you are absolutely wrong. In fact, most Japanese companies have discrimination against people. For example, women cannot hold some kinds of position; foreigners cannot be hired as a life-time employee; some companies don't hire Korean staff, etc. What's more, ads will often read, "Japanese only," "male only," "must be under 28" (ladies in particular must often be under a certain age), "single ladies only," etc.
A survey shows that respect for human rights is the highest in the most state-owned enterprises. If the rights of workers are harmed, the government will come forward to solve. The second is Europe and the US firms, because they have traditional respect for human rights. Situation in Japanese enterprises is the worst. Japanese companies emphasized obedience to superior, as well as obeying authority.
Working overtime without extra pay is a tradition in Japanese firms. It is usually a way to show professionalism and loyalty to the company. Furthermore, wages in Japanese enterprises are lower than those in Europe and the United States. Important positions belong to employees sent from Japan, not to froeitgn people. The development space constraints lead to difficulty to retain Chinese elites in Japanese firms.
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What is the attitude of Chinese consumers to Japanese firms? China is very much trying to move into areas where Japanese companies have traditionally been strong. I wonder if this extra economic rivalry also has added "bite" because of Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s?
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