Why do foreigners leave their jobs at Japanese companies?
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Why do foreigners leave their jobs at Japanese companies?
- To return to my home country, 47.9%
- To move up in my career, 36.6%
- Problem with appropriateness of work assigned, 23.0%
- Lack of fit with Japanese corporate culture, 16.4%
- Relations with co-workers, 14.5%
- To get married, care for a family member, 13.9%
- Salary, 12.9%
- Difficulty communicating in Japanese, 12.3%
- Problem related to working hours and paid vacation, 4.1%
- Worried about the future of the company, 3.5%
- Health reasons, 2.2%
- Other, 2.2%
Here are some things to consider about the kind of company you might want to work for in Japan.
- Large, medium or small-sized company?
- Domestic or global company culture?
- Although Japan as a whole is internationalizing, not all Japanese companies are doing so at the same pace, and some Japanese companies still very old school.
- Are you the only foreigner? Are you the first foreigner to have ever worked there?
- Your role and seniority level when you start.
- Whether you have a chance to learn new skills and advance your career at the company.
Japanese corporate culture
We will cover Japanese corporate culture more in-depth in a another post, but here are the main issues to be aware of when you come to work at a more traditional Japanese company:
- Language – Can you communicate with your manager and co-workers in Japanese?
- In-direct communication style – Do you understand the sub-text of what is and isn’t being said?
- Long hours at work and need to put in face time
- Consensus decision making and focus on process
- Fear of failure – Can lead to conservative decision-making or no decision making at all
- Career path – Do you see yourself advancing at the company?
- Seniority trumps a lot of other things
Source and Details:
https://resources.realestate.co.jp/living/why-do-foreigners-leave-their-jobs-at-japanese-companies/
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