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Nearly three in four Japanese workers dissatisfied with their current workplace: Survey

March 3, 2007
By Ken Worsley


What Japan Thinks has recently published a translation of an interesting survey done by JR Tokai Express Research and reported by japan.internet.com concerning how satisfied workers are with their present employer. As What Japan Thinks reports:

The 330 people [surveyed] were all employed in private industry, with an overwhelming 95.5% male. All of the sample was aged 30 or older, with 35.8% in their thirties, 52.7% in their forties, 10.6% in their fifties, and 0.9% in their sixties.

26.7% of the workers reported being satisfied with their current jobs, with 43.6% saying “there are some dissatisfying points.” 75.6% say the have tried to make some attempt at improving what they are dissatisfied with, with 39.3% saying they saw no result and 47% saying they haven’t seen any result yet.

Thanks to Ken Y-N for another fascinating look into the numbers behind corporate Japan.

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2 Responses to “Nearly three in four Japanese workers dissatisfied with their current workplace: Survey”

  1. Lionel Dersot on March 3rd, 2007 9:49 am

    The English version of J-Cast has an article at this page about “why business in Japan is difficult”:

    http://en.j-cast.com/2007/03/02000756.html

    Compare the Japanese version with the delicious first sentence translation:

    “Even if you have some dissatisfaction in the company, you are able to pass the mediocre life. “

  2. Ken Worsley on March 5th, 2007 11:51 am

    I’m not sure why they bother…seems like a big waste of time to put stuff up if they’re not going to have it rendered into something people will actually read…

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