Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

There's something I've been thinking about lately.

Regarding technical intern trainees—is it necessary to switch them to the Specified Skilled Worker program?

Going forward, I suppose we’ll be moving forward with two types of programs: something to replace the Technical Intern Training Program and the Specified Skilled Worker program, but,

It's not that we're looking for cheap labor or anything, but the kids who've just arrived in Japan are incredibly open-minded.

 

Once this becomes the norm for four or five years, it actually has a pretty negative impact on the new students.

In our family, that would mean getting hooked on gambling and not sending money back home, for example.

Or bringing up the idea of an advance (though we’re a company, so we don’t have an advance system, lol)

 

Strange things happen, don't they?

And when you change countries, things get even better!

 

I'm not saying that Vietnamese people are bad, but,

I'm gradually becoming more and more lazy, and that attitude is rubbing off on others.

I don't think kids like that will ever change, since that's just their nature, but,

It must be really tough for the company, huh.

 

When I think about it, I feel like it might be better to refresh things every three years or so.

I think this is probably a sentiment shared by every company that employs technical interns.

In particular, the difference between Japanese people and foreigners is

Japanese people tend to talk about money with a focus on technology, but,

Foreigners work primarily for the money.

 

Even though I have no skills whatsoever, I'm still being asked for money, and

In Japan, where workers are overly protected, it’s just too hard on companies.

In other countries, workers with limited skills are let go in a heartbeat, but it’s different in Japan.

Should you hire them anyway, or risk being sued for wrongful termination?

 

Foreigners seem to be really good at picking up on just the good parts of that, lol.

Well, people will always find as much information as they want that suits their purposes, lol.

 

These kinds of problems are tough, aren't they?

Even among Japanese people, there are some middle-aged guys who act all high and mighty and yell at people despite having no real skills or expertise.

Even so, since it’s a major company, they pay their employees fairly well and can’t really fire them.

 

That said, given the widespread talk of labor shortages, it’s also difficult to hire only Japanese workers, and

I'm wondering what I should do from here on out. (It's really a tough decision.)

For now, it will fall under the “Specified Skilled Worker” category, but there are likely various factors to consider regarding that as well.

It’s kind of sad to think that even though I’m doing my best to teach them all sorts of things, they’ll eventually go home, isn’t it?

I understand the system perfectly well, though.

And there are plenty of good kids, too, though lol

There were even some kids who said, “I’m going to become Japanese!” and studied really hard, lol.

How about your company?

Is everything going well?

In our household, there are some issues between countries, and even within the same country, lol.

It's tough when people get together, isn't it?

But we need to keep adapting in various ways, don't we?

 

See you later.