Japanese Company Personnel Policies Going Global

[cstaylor]

Ouch. I'm not looking forward to the day when I'm answering to someone half my age... but then again, programming talent isn't as subjective as language translation.

Soooo... you never worked for Microsoft it seems...

Nope. Got offered a job way back when, but there was something off about the staff members I interviewed with.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

but my boss is a 22-year-old girl who spent 18 months at a community college in New York and delights in "correcting" my English for me.

Ouch. I'm not looking forward to the day when I'm answering to someone half my age... but then again, programming talent isn't as subjective as language translation.

I wish she were only half my age...

[matsuki]

but my boss is a 22-year-old girl who spent 18 months at a community college in New York and delights in "correcting" my English for me.

Ouch. I'm not looking forward to the day when I'm answering to someone half my age... but then again, programming talent isn't as subjective as language translation.

I wish she were only half my age...

You know what you need to do SDH....

(Give me her digits and let me "correct" her English)

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

(Give me her digits and let me "correct" her English)

Heh, heh...hasn't your dick gotten you in enough trouble, yet?

(If not, you're probably following in my footsteps, but...)

[IparryU]

(Give me her digits and let me "correct" her English)

Heh, heh...hasn't your dick gotten you in enough trouble, yet?

(If not, you're probably following in my footsteps, but...)

you could ask/say that to every man here... and we would still be considered in the red zone... except for GG's hubby of course... he gets a gold star.

[Mike Oxlong]

[GomiGirl]

except for GG's hubby of course... he gets a gold star.

He gets more than that - trust me.

[Mike Oxlong]

[yanpa]

except for GG's hubby of course... he gets a gold star.

He gets more than that - trust me.

Including your fave 12"?

[Coligny]

except for GG's hubby of course... he gets a gold star.

He gets more than that - trust me.

Including your fave 12"?

He IS the fav 12"...

[GomiGirl]

Actually I should change that as I upgraded from the 12" to the 15" some time ago.

Plus I rarely roam anymore.

[Mike Oxlong]

But you do most assuredly wear the pantstrap-on in the family!

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Do you guys mind?

I've just eaten a banana for lunch and this thread is starting to make my guts churn....

[IparryU]

Do you guys mind?

I've just eaten a banana for lunch and this thread is starting to make my guts churn....

I hope you didn't swallow it all in one gulp... that would really make your guts hurt...

[Coligny]

Do you guys mind?

I've just eaten a banana for lunch and this thread is starting to make my guts churn....

That soundz excessively gay... in an inuendo-ish kind of way...

(or is it because my sister would never say something like this while meaning to talk aboot food)

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Do you guys mind?

I've just eaten a banana for lunch and this thread is starting to make my guts churn....

I hope you didn't swallow it all in one gulp... that would really make your guts hurt...

Mate, if I could swallow 15 inches in a single gulp, I'd be in Las Vegas making more money than Celine Dion....

[Coligny]

Actually I should change that as I upgraded from the 12" to the 15" some time ago.

Plus I rarely roam anymore.

So that explain the vacationz in Thailand... for the upgrades...

[Taro Toporific]

In February {2010}, Rakuten began distributing papers written in English instead of Japanese at its Monday morning executive meetings, a policy that soon covered meetings attended by all employees. And in March, the dozens of participants at the executive meetings were required to speak in English...more...

Rakuten CEO: We are having a "psychological problem" with our older managers who "lose their dignity" when English is used.

[matsuki]

In February {2010}, Rakuten began distributing papers written in English instead of Japanese at its Monday morning executive meetings, a policy that soon covered meetings attended by all employees. And in March, the dozens of participants at the executive meetings were required to speak in English...more...

Rakuten CEO: We are having a "psychological problem" with our older managers who "lose their dignity" when English is used.

LOL, inferiority complex much?

"English is flat?" hahahahahahaha

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Mikitani's Engrish is superb!
But, as with all other grow-ball-izing Japanese companies, what's the point of using Engrish when you only appoint token junior directors (if at all)? My guess in this case is that it's another way for shacho-san to assert his authority.
Mikitani proves yet again that the more acquainted a Japanese is with the outside world, the more likely they are to be an insular exclusionist intent on nothing more than tokenism...sort of like minor reform to apartheid.