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TOKYO Mark Giordano Flames Jersey , April 5 (Xinhua) -- From the baby boomer era that saw Japan's older generations work to rebuild the nation after WWII to following
generations who inherited the growing economic prosperity that ran through the
bubble era, one constant for the nation's working people in recent history has
been the guarantee of a job for life.


White and blue collar workers alike, whether they graduated from high school or university, worked for an investment bank or in a factory, would all, on
joining their respective companies, be able to rest assured that from day one
until retirement age of well into their 60s Authentic Michael Frolik Jersey , they would be financially taken care of by their firms.


Such a life-long guarantee of work has traditionally worked both ways. In exchange for the assurance of a regular paycheck, generous biannual bonuses and
a pension that would carry an employee through their silver years until their
last breath, companies would insist on loyalty, and for some, demand that their
staff prioritize working for their company above all else.


"It was a simple formula back then, you'd make sure to arrive at the office on time, do the work to the best of your ability while at your desk Authentic Mike Smith Jersey , enjoy a coffee and a cigarette with your friends a couple of times a day, and never ever leave the office before your boss," said Shigeru
Ishida, a 67-year-old retiree, who worked for Hitachi. sourcing materials and
components for construction machinery in the nation's capital.


Ishida said his days at the company where he both began and ended his career were always grievously long and sometimes if they involved visiting a client in
a prefecture outside Tokyo, he'd have to stay overnight in a business hotel or
just "crash in an all-night Izakaya" (restaurant) and jump on the first train to
make sure to be back at his desk on time.


"It wasn't unusual to work 11, 12 or more hours a day and then we'd often drink with our clients as a lot of business was Authentic Troy Brouwer Jersey , in those days, not done by email or in conference rooms, but in bars, (hostess) clubs and Izakayas," Ishida reminisced.


"It was tough, we never had enough sleep, but we were constantly deepening relationships with our customers Authentic Dougie Hamilton Jersey , clients and prospective contacts after hours -- it was all face-to-face. Otherwise if our section manager or more senior bosses
wanted to drink, well, that was work too."


He explained that work was his "true family" and his colleagues his "brothers." While he spent a lifetime providing for a beloved wife and two
children -- his biological family -- work was his main priority and this was
commonly understood to underpin Japan's working ethos for many decades.


"My working life from start to finish was like a marriage with no possibility of divorce," he said, adding that for his generation of "salaryman" such a
viewpoint was the norm and was based on "mutual trust and unwavering loyalty."


Nowadays, however, such an ethos is far from the norm Authentic Travis Hamonic Jersey , punctuated by globalization, societal shifts and an economic outlook that sees big businesses in Japan, according to the central
bank's latest quarterly Tankan survey, feeling pessimistic as the world's
third-largest economy has witnessed demand for its goods wane, leading to
falling production and exports, and households feeling the pinch as wages and
bonuses remain comparatively paltry, which has pummeled domestic consumption.


Japan's post-bubble era has seen a number of changes to Japan's economic and social landscape Authentic Sean Monahan Jersey , that also includes the growing pressures of a shrinking and rapidly-aging population, which has led to a growing demographic crisis.


The current administration under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is struggling to implement actual, definitive solutions for, with various repackaged versions of
the leader's failed "Abenomics" rescue plans falling someway short, as leading
economists have consistently attested.


"There's just not the stability there once was in the job market and this is evidenced in the increasing numbers of people switching jobs mid-career and the
fact that the economic downturn has led to a number of companies laying off
large numbers of employees, and offering early retirement as part of
restructuring or turnaround plans due to falling revenues," sociologist and
sessional lecturer Authentic Matthew Tkachuk Jersey , Keiko Gono, told Xinhua.

"And in this environment, people feel less secure on both sides of the fence; the companies can no longer make lifetime guarantees and the employees no longer
feel the same sense of loyalty, as we've seen by the rise of headhunting here
and people switching from traditional Japanese firms to international ones for
more perks, including the chance to live overseas," Gono said.


She went on to say that new troops of freshman join the workforce from high schools or universities every year.


With this year's intake transitioning to working life at the beginning of this month, their ideology is changing. Many Authentic Mikael Backlund Jersey , she proffered, are not necessarily thinking of their new employers with long-term goals in mind and with notions of loyalty to
their companies being far less important to them than they were to their
parents' and their grandparents' generations.


A recent survey confirmed the shifting and increasing sense of job insecurity and, hence, declining trust from employees in their companies. According to
Edelman PR, who polled Japanese workers on their attitudes and commitment under
the current climate of economic anguish, to discover just how loyal they feel
toward their employers, 60 percent of the respondents have a mistrust of the
companies they work for.


In terms of other countries polled regarding the same issue Authentic Kris Versteeg Jersey , Japan was found to rank bottom in terms of its employees' trust of their companies, with Mexico coming in top. Some 89 percent
of polled Mexicans say they trust their companies, with other countries
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