My cousin worked in Japan for a few years. He said it was an awesome experience.
His job was a Quality Engineer for process improvement. He summarized it as, listening very carefully to the issues the guys on the production line were having and then write them up as process improvements. He said, you cannot criticize your manager, at all and suggesting improvements was a delicate process. He, being an 'outsider', was in a position to do it. He said that everyone knew the game but as long as no one really acknowledged it and he phrased his 'reports' carefully everyone won. He also had a few other observations. - When walking on the street, make eye contact with someone random and they will trip. Making eye contact with a stranger implies a relationship and the only relationship you could have with a random stranger on the street is if you were going to run into each other. - His co-workers liked to treat food as a 'dare' sport. He likes strange food so it worked well for him. Steven On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Pat Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > I worked for Mitsubishi for almost 10 years and, as a woman, it was quite a > trip. I will say, however, that it was one of the best jobs I ever had. > Yes, they do work hard and play hard and if you can’t run with the big dogs, > you’d better stay on the porch. But, if you prove to them that you are > willing to do a top notch job, you will gain awesome respect, which is a lot > in their culture. The biggest thing to remember is to never criticize > another person and do your job to the best of your ability (a good tenet for > any job, anywho). It will often seem that the job is thankless – they are > not into accolades, but it will pay off in the end. My husband got > transferred to the Northwest. I was stuck in Orlando for almost a year, > trying to sell our house so I could leave. We were paying two mortgages and > almost at the end of our rope. Somehow, management found out, laid me off > with a huge severance package (that paid all the bills) and then hired me > back the next day as a contract employee at much more than I had been making > until I left. I will be forever grateful and would go to work for a > Japanese company anytime. There is no BS, no backstabbing and if you ever > have difficulty in the job, speak up and they will offer all the help in the > world. If more American companies were run like that, we would not be in > half the mess we are. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Pat Marshall > > Systems Administrator > > Flying Rhinoceros > > Portland, OR > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Scott Williamson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:46 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Ot - Working with Japanese Company (was: OT - Reduction in hours, > forced to use PTO) > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
