KlingKlang 1 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Whats the official unemployment rate here? (And the real?) Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 The unemployment rate's are listed in Japanese economic newspapers (or just google the question). However, the #'s are as unreliable as corporate balance sheets. The numbers given are based on a formula unique to japan with several key differences to other nations. I won't bore you with the details but the real figures aren't known, even approximately in most corporate sectors. Link to post Share on other sites
pjem 0 Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 Quote: ...on a formula unique to japan... Why does that not surprise me! Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 An interesting number would be how many people are free-ta (?!) and arubaito. That must be massive. So many people around me are. Link to post Share on other sites
IceEiji 0 Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 There are just so many freeta here now it is becoming problem. I don't think many of the people thinking hard about future and what it will bring (or not) for them. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Is it any different to back home I wonder? I think its just shocking to lots of Japanese because it's a big change from the past when everyone wanted to be in the big companies for life and all that... Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Many of those 'guard men' come flashing baton wavers are what could be described as hidden unemployment. I'd put the elevator girls in the same catagory, although some do serve an 'eye-candy' purpose. On the other hand you could argue that all of us Engurish senseis are hidden unemployment imported from foriegn countries Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Esp the AETS right I wonder. How do those baton guys cope. You know just stood there like that all day every day. It must be soul destroying. Some of them are really into it though, hey? Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 A mate of mine did it for about a month in between jobs Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 What's his "story"? Good for picking up the babes? Sore arm? Good for baseball practice. Exciting dig? Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Quote: There are just so many freeta here now it is becoming problem. I don't think many of the people thinking hard about future and what it will bring (or not) for them. I know a few who choose those kinds of jobs over being a slave to the Japanese system. Compare living in a big city working early to late in a suit with no real vacation time and 27 layers of fustrating management with working at a ski resort in winter, travelling extensively and doing other jobs in Summer. I know which life I would rather describe as I lie on my death bed. Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Quote: Many of those 'guard men' come flashing baton wavers are what could be described as hidden unemployment. Are they seen that way from the Japanese point of view, or just ours? I'm sure those guys think they're "employed". Most of those dudes don't actually work for the construction companies etc, but for outsourced security companies, right? You'd think that if they were not needed (!), they're jobs would be cut in an effort to keep the project work. Link to post Share on other sites
BulbFish 0 Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 That is great if it works out well, but for many it is a nightmare of scraping by or having constant loans and money problems. Some of my friends are in that situation right now, freeta and thinking they want to be /should be enjoying themselves but they basically aren't becasue they always don't have enough money. Some of them seem totally miserable. Link to post Share on other sites
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