Re:A Peek into Japan's Convenience Stores
by betaby on Sunday June 11, 2023 @11:17AM
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Reality is a bit sad though - those convenience stories barely survive on tiny margins, owners pay a lot to franchises, must be open as franchise says, pay is terrible. Google would find some articles in English about that.
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Re:A Peek into Japan's Convenience Stores
by OfSanguineFire on Sunday June 11, 2023 @12:13PM
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There is an upside to that: since pay is so low, kombinis began to hire foreign workers. That in turn made has made Japanese society more accepting than in decades past of the idea of foreigners speaking Japanese (prior to this, the superstition was strong that Japanese was unique and mysterious, and foreigners could never really grok it). Now any foreigner in Japan benefits.