Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

Do you know how to use CAD?

Do you know how to use Excel?

Can I submit my documents electronically?

 

A director is definitely a must-have, isn't it?

There are even some older folks who insist they can't do it and just refuse to try, lol.

 

When I was 20, CAD wasn't very common yet, and Lotus 123 and Ichitaro were the main programs used, rather than Excel.

And that was back when word processors were the main tool for creating documents.

Since I’d been using PCs rather than word processors since around that time, I think I was probably more skilled in that area than anyone else at the company.

I used DOS-V CAD to draw my blueprints.

Even back then, I was drawing up blueprints and preparing documents on behalf of my seniors and supervisors, so I became quite skilled in those areas as well.

 

I went from having absolutely no idea to becoming more proficient than anyone else in just over half a year.

This has nothing to do with age, right?

Even now, I’m still quite forgetful, but as I mentioned the other day, I’m a jack-of-all-trades, so I can handle just about anything to some extent.

 

I don't want to, but I'll give it a try anyway.

It's okay if you don't like it. But if you just give it a try, you'll gradually get better and eventually be able to do it.

Older people say things like, “I don’t know how to use Excel” or “I don’t know how to use CAD,” but that’s no different from getting in the way of young people’s work.

Even though we're trying our best to make things easier by using IT technology, even just a little, there are people who can't or won't do it, and they're getting in the way.

 

Right now, Minister Kono is trying to do away with personal seals.

That's a wonderful initiative.

While there is a movement to get rid of unnecessary items, older people place great importance on tradition.

It doesn't really matter whether you have a seal or not, does it? (Except for important documents.)

Take invoices, for example.

It's funny how they say it's no good just because there's no stamp, even though the person making the request is the one issuing the invoice. lol

Like, "Email won't work," or something.

Our invoices use an electronic seal, so it's already included in the template.

All you have to do is print it out. If you're sending it by email, save it as a PDF.

Then, simply attach it to an email and print it out to complete the invoice.

Like, "It has to be sent by mail," or "Please stamp it with ink." (It's ridiculous, lol.)

To be honest, you can't tell the difference between the red ink and the printout at first glance lol

And I only send them as printouts, too, lol

 

We really wish something could be done about this kind of wasteful, outdated system, don't we?

I’d like you to set aside convention and try out the new system.

If you’re an older person (though sometimes younger people are included too) who can’t or won’t do something—even if you’re a supervisor—please understand that making your subordinates do what you can’t do is stealing their time.

It goes without saying that a boss should do what their subordinates can't.

It is a sign of a supervisor’s negligence to make subordinates do what the supervisor cannot do.

Of course, it’s perfectly fine to have strengths and weaknesses, and if the results show that someone is slow or not very good at something, that’s understandable, and subordinates will accept it.

Bosses who just keep complaining—even though they can’t do the work themselves—while piling work on you are nothing but a source of stress. (Though I suppose the opposite is true, too.)

 

Thanks to having had such a lousy boss back in the day, I was able to experience a lot more than most people.

I'm actually grateful for it now lol

 

Perhaps thanks to the pandemic, we’ve made significant progress in streamlining our administrative operations.

I’d like to gradually reduce the amount of work that isn’t directly related to construction, even if only a little.

 

See you later.