Overtime Culture Stubborn Japanese Women Hard To Return To The Workplace

Yano Hiroko Yano, who has worked in the same company for 20 years, has recently been told that P can be promoted to be a manager. "Hiroko"

However, the mother, who had been working overtime for two hours a day and had 3 children, refused the temptation, saying that she did not want to be trapped in the office like the other managers and worked late into the night.

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Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo plans to increase women's participation and activity in Japanese business management and government level, and pledge to achieve the goal of making women occupy 30% top management positions by 2020, "P > a href=" last year "/a".

However, Japan's "overtime culture" has led to the refusal of women at the time of promotion, or when they apply for jobs to work on time, Andouble's plan may fail.

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< p > Japan's cabinet estimates that unless more women or older people go to work, the number of labour force in 2060 will probably shrink from 66 million to 38 million.

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Yamaguchi Shoko, P, aged 38, is an accountant and a mother of two children, Shoko Yamaguchi.

She is not optimistic about Abe's plan.

Yamaguchi Shoko interviewed 4 companies in a job interview, indicating that she wanted to pick up the children on time.

It turned out that she was rejected.

"Unless Japan's overtime culture has changed, Abe's plan will not have any effect."

She said.

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According to a report issued by the government, < p > a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_f.asp" > Japan < /a >, 11.2% of managerial positions in Japan are currently held by women.

In Britain and the United States, the figure is 34.2% and 43.7% respectively.

Goldman Sachs's latest "women economics" report also shows that although Japan's employment rate for female labor increased to 62.5% last year, it still has a long way to go compared with the 80.6% employment rate of men.

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Ooishi Nana Oishi, a professor of research on female employment at Melbourne University, P, said that the gender gap was more significant after pregnancy in women than in Nana.

More than 60% of Japanese women quit their jobs after their first child is born, and it's hard to get back to work after that.

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< p > Ooishi Nana explained that some women quit because of "harassment by pregnant women".

This phenomenon refers to the fact that in the workplace, pregnant women are dismissed, or labor contracts are not postponed, their colleagues' language is injured or overtime demands are made in various forms.

According to data from the Japan Federation of trade unions, about 30% of Japanese women have been harassed.

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< p > Ooishi Nana said: "there are too many reasons why Japanese women can not work full-time, especially after pregnancy.

Once they tell their boss and colleagues that they are pregnant, many people are forced to leave because they are "burdens" for their colleagues.

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Besides, P usually goes to a company after graduating from University, which makes it difficult for women to find a similar full-time job after they quit their jobs.

A survey by the Japanese Cabinet Office showed that although 50% of mothers said they would be willing to work full-time if they did not work overtime, less than 10% of them could really achieve it, most of them could only take part time jobs.

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Data from the P OECD also show that Japanese men spend a lot of time on their work every day.

On average, every Japanese man worked 44.1 hours a week, ranking sixth in 33 countries surveyed by the agency.

In the United States and Holland, the figure is 40.5 hours and 35.3 hours respectively.

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The working hours of < p > a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_f.asp" > super long < /a "may explain why Japanese men spend only 59 minutes a day on household chores, far less than men in other member states of OECD.

This has also increased the pressure on Japanese women to balance their work and family. It is also a major factor for Japanese working women over 40 to earn 40% less than men.

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< p > Ooishi Nana said: "unless the time for Japanese companies to go to work is greatly shortened, their career mothers will not enjoy the chance of promotion.

Even if Andouble promoted equality between men and women, it would be useless.

Mothers need to leave the office to pick up children before the nursery closes.

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< p > Yamaguchi Shoko was a manager of a Japanese multinational company. Before the company began to lay off employees, she asked the headhunter to help find a similar job.

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< p > Yamaguchi Shoko said, "I told them that I could bring my laptop and work overtime at home in the evening if needed, just like in the previous company.

I even discussed the division of housework with my husband, so that I could work overtime when the company was too busy.

But I can not regard overtime work as normal, nor can I accept unexpected overtime notice.

As a result, they told me that Japanese companies simply could not tolerate such managers. "

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< p > some Japanese companies began to take the first step in changing the culture of overtime.

Hitachi, the second largest manufacturer in Japan, is planning to reduce hours and introduce a merit pay system, so that the number of female managers in 2020 will double to 1000.

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< p > Yamaguchi Shoko finally met a female headhunter. She was also a mother.

With her help, Yamaguchi Shoko found a full-time manager position in a non Japanese enterprise.

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P, Goldman Sachs reported that if the employment rate of Japanese women is increased, the labour force of the country is expected to increase by 7 million people, and the growth rate of GDP may reach as high as 13%.

To achieve this goal, Japanese enterprises must change their current overtime culture and seniority system.

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P Kathy, Goldman Sachs strategist Matsui Kei, said: "Japanese society has changed, young people do not want to stay in the office all day." (Matsui)

Not only women, but also men.

Private enterprises should wake up and adapt to the changes of the outside world.

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