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Re:Why Japanese companies do so many different things by booleandilemma on Friday May 22, 2026 @12:58PM (#48238500)
In Japan, your corporate affiliation often dictates your social standing.

This is absolutely true in the US as well, by the way. People will treat you differently if you work for a FAANG company. People take a lot of pride in telling others they work for one. And we even have a word for someone who used to work for Google, for instance.

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Re:Why Japanese companies do so many different things by neutronicus on Friday May 22, 2026 @02:21PM (#48239464)
Yeah, a friend of mine from college works for Waymo (Google-adjacent) and I've overheard wives of local friends bugging their husbands to try and work him for an in.
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