Topic: Japanese life
TokyoNow: Nearly everyone's a manager at this company
Tuesday March 9, 7:30 AM / Kyodo
Half of the 60 or so full-time employees of a manufacturing company in the Tokai region of central Japan hold managerial positions, which strangely enough, saves the company money.
Initially, the company aggressively persuaded more than a dozen union members in 1999 to become managers, telling them that management could not afford to pay them overtime.