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I think like most "weird Japan" articles this one is being mischaracterised somewhat. It is often somewhat difficult in Japan to get your legal entitlement whe
by sofon 8y ago
I think like most "weird Japan" articles this one is being mischaracterised somewhat.
It is often somewhat difficult in Japan to get your legal entitlement when leaving a so called "black" company. They might not easily pay out your remaining holiday, or they might use "power harassment" to otherwise make your exit process difficult.
So I can see that a company like this, while not providing legal services, removes the possibility of applying harassment to coerce employees to stay a bit longer or not take their full legal entitlement.
- andruby 8y agoWhat are these so-called "black" companies? It sounds intriguing.
- Arnavion 8y agoWhite-colloar sweatshops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_company_(Japanese_term) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_company_(Japanese_term)
- jpatokal 8y agoNot necessarily white-collar: for example, restaurant chain Watami is somewhat notorious for (literally!) working their staff to death.
- emodendroket 8y agoI mean, there's also the fact that these stories never tell you how prevalent or not these services are. All the attention showered on these unusual services can give you the idea that every second person in Japan is using them when that's far from true.
- sofon 8y agoNo, but this service did also do the rounds in Japan. In this case it's most likely not very useful, but I think people can understand what the utility might be (and the social context in Japan in a little different).
- nmstoker 8y agoSurely they're even less likely to uphold their legal duties if you signal that you haven't got the courage to turn up in person.
- refoundglory 8y agoA company that quits jobs as a product probably also has strong familiarity with the relevant laws and a staff lawyer.
- sofon 8y agoDon't know, but I would guess that in most cases they want to coerce people into giving up their rights. I.e. "sign this to agree you give up your right to X". That might be remaining holiday pay or something else. Actually... thinking back I've literally had an ex-boss in Japan try to get me to sign releases to various things. In the end I paid a lawyer to tell the guy to stop harassing me. This service would have been cheaper...
- hfdgiutdryg 8y agoSo, this is more akin to paying a lawyer to author a letter for you in order to persuade another party to take the legally correct course of action.