Doing Business in Japan

Re:Doing Business in Japan by joyeuse6701 on Friday November 07, 2014 @06:35PM (#8575246)

>Because of the markets. Not because their job is inherently more noble than the lowly paid ones;

So...a noble job should be better compensated? Why? Doesn't that become an issue with the concept of nobility?

> they're equally contributing to the society

How do you reason? I'd like to know how you came to that conclusion that they must be equal.

Perhaps the issue is that compensation: money, prestige, and quality of life is better for an engineer in the U.S. than Japan. At least, that seems to be the viewpoint of the American Programmers you know: More Money > Better Quality of Life.

I agree that a more egalitarian society would be better.

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Re:Doing Business in Japan by willvarfar on Friday November 07, 2014 @10:52PM (#8575933)

> the viewpoint of the American Programmers you know: More Money > Better Quality of Life.

The article addresses this directly, with an unattributed quote that he then expands upon:

> “Most people want to become wealthy so they can consume social status. Japanese employers believe this is inefficient, and simply award social status directly.”

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