Why Japanese companies do so many different things

Re:Why Japanese companies do so many different things by busterarm on Friday May 22, 2026 @03:46PM (#48240622)

Or don't move into a house with a sagging roof. Most of the companies that I've worked in my adult life were perfectly fine places without any collective bargaining or ownership.

And I made orders of magnitude more money as an employee in those situations than I did otherwise. The average salaried employee's work grievances are petty to annoying and outside of that either wouldn't be solved with collective bargaining (or ownership shares) or would be solved via the legal system.

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Re:Why Japanese companies do so many different things by kibwen on Friday May 22, 2026 @04:19PM (#48241080)

It is in the nature of gravity and entropy that every roof starts sagging eventually. Congratulations on your good fortune, but the vast majority of people are not and will never be in your position.

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Re:Why Japanese companies do so many different things by busterarm on Friday May 22, 2026 @04:35PM (#48241284)

well over half of us workers report being satisfied with their job.

Also, it's a job. It's not servitude. you're trading your labor for money.

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