Human Resources

終身聘用

lifetime employment

A: Your way of recruitment of employees is quite different from that in Japan.

B: Whats the difference? Maybe we can learn something from you.

A: Basically,the biggest difference is the matter of lifetime employment

for all of our regular employees.

B: That sounds great,but may not feasible in our nation.

正式員工 regular employee

A: In Japan,we assure that a regular employee

will stay with the company for his entire career.

B: What do you mean by your regular employees?

All your employees or merely the whitecollar?

A: Actually,both whitecollar and bluecollar.

B: Do you mean that the companies in Japan and their employees

have a certain commitment to each other to stay together

through the employees entire career life?

A: You said it!

臨時員工

parttime/temporary employees

A: We recruit temporary employees sometimes.

B: Then how do you decide who will be the regular employees?

A: We have an interview procedure and they will also pass a strict test.

Then those with excellent performances will become regular employees.

裁員 lay off workers

A: You dont even lay workers off in slack times?

B: That rarely happens in Japan.

職務升遷應當以工作表現為基礎。

The promotion should be mainly based on the performance at work.

A: What about the promotion and transfers in Japanese companies?

B: The employees are usually promoted or transferred on the basis of seniority

and this is consistent with the seniority system in many areas in Japanese society.

A: But I think the promotion should be mainly based on the performance at work.

B: Its reasonable, too.

為員工創造一種快樂的工作環境。

a happy working environment for employees.

A: It is said that theres much paternalism in the employee relationships

in Japanese companies.

B: Many share the same idea with you,but we dont believe so.

A: How do you define the socalled“paternalism”in Japan?

B: We are interested in creating a happy working environment for our employees

and we hope that the employees see the company as a kind of family

and working here as a part of their life.

額外福利 fringe benefits

A: How time flies!Its pay day again!

B: How I envy you,Nancy!

Your company has very generous fringe benefit policies.

獎金 bonus

A: You have got a decent job and decent salary.

B: The bonus is not an easy buck!

It has a great deal to do with the degree of responsibility in a job.

干得越多，收入越多

The more you work,the more you get.

A: Do you have to work overtime?

B: Thats for sure!I work 24 hours overtime a week.

A: But the overtime pay is usually higer than the regular pay,right?

B: Sure,that means the more you work,the more you get!

具體福利政策

specific wellbeing polices

A: What specific wellbeing polices do you have in your company?

B: We have health insurance,transportation allowances,

luncheon allowances and subsidized housing.

A: Do you mean that your company assists the employees in purchasing a house?

B: Yes,but our company housing allowances take the form of dormitory facilities

for single employees and apartment facilities for married employees.