In the business world, it is often said that business is all about results. This also applies to sports. In sports, the results of winning and losing are clearly visible to everyone. However, in the world of businessmen, results are not always everything. If management likes you, you can keep getting paid even if you don't produce results in business. The world of salaried workers is a place where unreasonableness and unfairness are commonplace.

In modern times, capitalists tend to be celebrated as heroes. The ability to make money is only one of the human faculties. Nevertheless, nowhere is this ability more over-celebrated by people than in the modern era.

People may wonder whether it is better to choose corporate or personal sales when working as a salesperson. If you choose personal sales, you may receive enquiries about your products from customers on holidays. In some cases, you may have to deal with complaints from customers on your days off. For those who find this a hassle, it is safer to choose corporate sales.

Today we invited William, an American who is fluent in Japanese, as our guest to talk about exploitative Japanese companies in the United States.

Many people in Japan think that it is right to work on any one business and keep doing that work for as long as possible. It is true that it is very difficult to continue doing one thing. A number of factors can make it difficult to continue. It may be that there is value in overcoming that difficulty and continuing a business for a long time. However, in some cases, it is important to make the decision to give up on one job, give up and try something else.

There is an old saying that goes better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. This proverb does not apply to job hunting in Japan. If you can get into a large company, you should join a large company. There is no need to go all the way to small and medium-sized companies.

There are many jobs in the world and countless companies. And although there is freedom of choice, not everyone is doing the job they want to do. Even if you get the job you want, there are times when you have to do work you don't want to do or that you are not interested in. At such times, it is good to complain and work as you have no choice, but one way is to change your mindset and try to do work that you are not interested in.

Many Japanese salarymen still think that work is the most important thing in life. I don't think this way of thinking is wrong. It is natural that ideas and values differ from person to person. However, in Japan, there are many serious and hard-working workers and there is strong peer pressure within organisations, so there are very few cases where diverse values are recognised. In such Japanese organisations, if an individual tries to live a way of life that emphasises work-life balance, he or she is likely to encounter various difficulties.