#temporary work

But suddenly after two months they asked for helper personell again and since I still need all the money I can get and this job and coworkers are oke (low payment tho...), I will go there again. Probably for the last time since my three month pause is over soon and I can go back to amazon.

Clockwatchers (1997, Jill Sprecher)

Hi, do you have any advice for finding a reputable temp agency and applying for temp jobs? Thank you!             

Yelp is a great place to start! They might have reviews of local temp agencies in your area. Ask around, first-hand experience is best. Dress for and prepare for the interview the same way you would any other job! Dress to impress and bring your resume. Please check out our “interview” and “job interview” tags for more!

Once you get there, you can ask the interviewer any questions you might have about how the agency works moving forward– like, what is the procedure if you get called, how will you get paid, etc.

Here’s a good link for Temp Agency 101: http://blog.linkstaffing.com/link-staffing-services-temporary-staffing-blog/how-do-temp-agencies-work-7-insights-on-how-staffing-companies-work

“Japan’s birth rate may be falling because there are fewer good opportunities for young people, and especially men, in the country’s economy. In a country where men are still widely expected to be breadwinners and support families, a lack of good jobs may be creating a class of men who don’t marry and have children because they—and their potential partners—know they can’t afford to.“

‘“The gender stuff is pretty consistent with trends around the world—men are having a harder time,” said Anne Allison, a professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University who edited the recent collection of scholarly essays Japan: The Precarious Future. “The birth rate is down, even the coupling rate is down. And people will say the number-one reason is economic insecurity.”’

"Now, according to Jeff Kingston, a professor at Temple University’s Japan campus and the author of several books about Japan, around 40 percent of the Japanese workforce is “irregular,” meaning they don’t work for companies where they have stable jobs for their whole careers, and instead piece together temporary and part-time jobs with low salaries and no benefits.”

“In a culture that places such an emphasis on men being breadwinners, this has serious implications for marriage and childbearing. Men who don’t have regular jobs are not considered desirable marriage partners; even if a couple wants to get married, and both have irregular jobs, their parents will likely oppose it, according to Ryosuke Nishida, a professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology who has written about unemployment among young workers.”

The Atlantic, June 20, 2017: “The Mystery of Why Japanese People Are Having So Few Babies Many point to unromantic 20-somethings and women’s entry into the workforce, but an overlooked factor is the trouble young men have in finding steady, well-paid jobs,” by Alana Semuels

Super Painful Game of Life in Modern Japan

“The omnipresence of “the dark corporation” is an essential part of the new game of life in modern Japan. As with The Game of Life, SUPER PAINFUL GAME OF LIFE” portrays the realities of modern day Japan. Hence, the references to Japan’s exploitive and inhumane corporate behemoths and the notion of job insecurity and childlessness, all hits a little too close to home.”

“So what are dark corporations? They are defined as companies that “typically hire young employees and then force them to work large amounts of overtime without extra pay. While specifics may vary from company to company, conditions are generally poor and workers are subject to verbal abuse, sexual harassment and bullying” according to Haruki Konno head of Posse a group that helps young people with working environment problems. In a word, it’s a buffet of horrors with every kind of HR nightmare: sexual harassment? Pawahara(power harassment from your superiors)? Karoshi(death by overwork) for unpaid overtime? Take your pick! “

“The even darker reality is perhaps that even a job at a dark enterprise is better than no job at all in Japan these days. The game imitates life in the sense that if you do not land on a block that allows you to get a job, you will proceed as a “Fureetar”(a neo-English coined word for unemployed people) deprived of the good salary and benefits your peers enjoy. Such is life in Japan, if you do not manage to obtain a job straight out of college, that is, if you had the advantage of going to college to begin with, you may as well consider your career over. Even more so nowadays that the number of regular employees is roughly 60 percent, a significant decline from the 85 percent in 1985.

“The easing of labor dispatch laws has caused this shift in job security and people are willing to put up with compromising conditions which is a breeding ground for the dark companies to flourish and a cause of the ever-growing working poor.”

Japan Subculture Research Centre,January 13, 2017: “Life In Japan AKA The (Super Painful) Game Of  Life,” by Mari Yamamoto & Jake Adelstein 

Funnily, while I was sitting in the doctors office, my temp company manager send an e-mail that the delivery company once again just canceled all shifts (for those students who still work there). Because they are out of capacity BUT at the same time cried 3 weeks straight how bad and slow we all work and we all have to get faster otherwise we won't finish all the orders and they need way more workers to handle all this and now they don't have jobs anymore? ................................................. 🤨

Last time they canceled for 2 weeks, it fucked my bank account up bad....

Not that I have money now. Just one month left till I have to get something stable again. But at least I am out of this company.

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Like my manager person literally asks me TWO DAYS later why I wasn't at work and if anything is ok. lol if I was abducted or whatever that would be a bit late now. DESPITE the fact that I always was at work and their system just didn't register my card (hate it here tbh I always have to make sure they pay me).

But at least I had 2 weeks off which half of it was spend with depression and anxiety disorder.