Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

Recently, we’ve been seeing an increase in requests for estimates from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism projects that operate on a full two-day weekend system.

A two-day weekend is certainly a good thing, but it simply means the project schedule gets longer. As a result, the craftsmen’s wages go down.

That's simply four days less, right?

I'm guessing the government is raising the labor cost rate, right? (At least for now.)

That’s how it goes, right? (Is the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism also struggling to come up with a solution?)

However, the amount of money actually going to the construction companies hasn't increased that much.

This is a difficult issue, but the trend toward a two-day weekend shows no signs of stopping.

Actually, though, this idea of a two-day weekend is based on the concept that one of those days is for studying—both for the company and for myself.

And then I have another day off to rest.

That's what Matsushita Electric (now Panasonic), which introduced a two-day weekend,

Konosuke Matsushita wrote this. He said, “One day for self-improvement, one day for rest.”

When I think about it that way, I suppose a two-day weekend might be an option, but is the percentage of people who pursue a liberal arts education actually XX% of the total population??

 

From now on, more and more foreigners will be coming in.

Given that, there’s no doubt that manual labor jobs outside the construction industry will also be filled almost entirely by foreign workers.

This is especially true given that Japanese people don't work that much.

When people talk about the "labor shortage" these days, isn't it actually the case that there are enough people, but the number of people who aren't working is increasing?

I often find myself thinking that. It just goes to show that many Japanese people end up choosing the easy path.

I get that it's nice to have an easy job, but it's hard to make good money with an easy job, isn't it?

And yet, they still say the pay is low (lol)

 

With the job market so favorable to job seekers, salaries in the construction industry are skyrocketing.

These days, even a complete novice can almost always earn 10,000 yen a day.

We’ve reached an era where, with just a little effort, it’s easy to earn between 12,000 and 14,000 yen.

That just goes to show how few people there are, but even so, no one comes.

At this point, we really have to rely on foreign workers, but hiring them is actually surprisingly difficult.

Generally speaking, after signing a contract with the union, employment begins no sooner than seven months later.

Even if we need someone right away, it’ll be seven months before they can start.

Places that say, “Our union is even faster! We can do it in three months!!” are a little scary, lol.

We're likely to have trouble again this year because of this labor shortage.

 

See you later.