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Going to an office and pretending to work: A business that’s booming in China
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From what I hear, Japan kind of does this too or maybe I heard wrong. Idk. Maybe the long hours are still around?
not all companies, but companies trying to fire an employee till they willigly quit will force them to do remidial stuff. due to strong labor laws in japan, its required that BOTH the company and employee agree to quit/get laid off to actually be an official transaction. its part of the reason why an employee might feel like theyre stuck in a company their entire life.
emphasis again, this does NOT apply to all companies
Thx for finally explaining this for me. I've not quite understood it till now.
Not knowing this detail made some Japan stories very odd.
its more or less the pro/con of strong labor laws vs at will.
strong labor laws guarantees both sides will have some body to work a position, but theyre almost handcuffed together forever, so its extremely imperative to find the correct candidate.
at will has poor job security, but you have the freedom to get out of the contract with the other party as long as its not a protected reason. at will lets people jump jobs more often which is better for increasing your pay. but it has a shit saftey net, so the people at the bottom struggle.
Chaining someone to a job sounds more like indenture than strong labour laws.
Actually strong labour laws let employees choose to work for a different employer, while requiring the employer to have a valid reason to dismiss the employee.