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A surprising number of Japanese seem to be actually enjoying the recession.
A surprising number of Japanese seem to be actually enjoying the recession.
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2023-08-29
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A surprising number of Japanese seem to be actually enjoying the recession. Pressed by their companies to work fewer hours, they are taking more time off and spending it with spouses or at home with their kids. Or they are fulfilling the dreams of freedom they have harbored since their schoolboy hell in cram schools. If their paychecks come to less, prices in Japan have dropped, too, and there are a lot more cheap imports to choose from.
Tens of thousands of Japanese are hurting deeply, laid off by companies they once trusted or forced into worthless jobs. And many are determined never to have faith in the system again. But whatever the individual may experience, one thing is likely: Japan’s corporate culture will never be the same. "The myth of a corporate family cul-ture is gradually fading, " says an editor in chief of a Japan’s most popular help-wanted magazine. "Corporations can no longer afford lifetime employment and seniority system, whereas young workers do not consider company life the most important. For a long time, both management and workers enjoyed a kind of mutual agreement. That’s changing now. "
Now the frustrating long recession has seemed to belie the success of the Japanese businesses. It is taking the torque(动力)out of Japan’s hard-driving corporatism. In a country where companies once commanded the loyalty, job-hopping isn’t even news any more. A government survey released in January showed that 60 percent of Japanese adults would not rule out switching companies.
Within the corporations, too, an earthquake is underway. Only a few years ago, seniority was still virtually the only measure of pay scales, no matter how well one performed. Today many companies have adopted a do-or-die(孤注一掷的)merit system. Many can’t make the grade: men in their 50s who’ve spent decades as company men, quit or move to subsidiary companies at lower salaries. Some courageous ones are now leaving corporate life to start new careers on their own. Even at Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., a long stalwart(坚定分子)of traditional management, employees older than 50 are being edged into "second careers. "
Companies and employees alike have little choice. Japanese corporations may face collapse if they continue the current employment system. During the high growth years, they took a large population of baby boomers. The bubble burst exactly when these people became senior corporate members. Japan is encountering a tough time with the heavy burden of their high wages and retirement fund ahead.
Japan’s traditional "after-work" culture is receding with the tide as well. Getting together with colleagues after work over a glass of beer or a cup of tea has long been a salaryman’s daily routine. Once, an invitation from one’s section chief was something that subordinates could not refuse. But the younger generation now prefers to spend evenings with friends. Young men in businesses seem to think that going out for drinks with their boss is their overtime work. [br] Nowadays, employees who have worked for the company for a long time would probably______.
选项
A、stay in the company till they are supposed to retire
B、work for some other company in the meanwhile
C、ask the boss for a higher salary and better condition
D、act passively as a result of a decrease in their enthusiasm
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。第四段指出由于公司采取业绩评定制度,许多人无法完成业绩,就算是为公司工作了几十年也可能辞职或要求下调,就连松下公司50岁的老员工也被迫边去做“第二职业”,所以[B]正确。[A]、[C]与事实相反,[D]没有提及。
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