Employment Tribunal Rules Against "Japanese Way"

[Mulboyne]

NZHerald: 'Japanese way' costs $190,000
The boss of a multi-national English language school in Auckland has been awarded $190,000 after an employment tribunal dismissed claims he was used to being treated "the Japanese way". David Page was stripped of his job as regional director of GEOS New Zealand at a conference in 2008 and demoted to head of the company's Auckland language centre. In April last year, he was fired by email after being given "one last chance" to make the school profitable. Page launched an unfair dismissal claim against GEOS, which comes under the umbrella of the GEOS Corporation founded by Japanese businessman Tsuneo Kusunoki. But the company responded by claiming that Page "accepted understanding of the 'Japanese way' of doing business". They went on to say he was used to Kusunoki "ranting", "berating" and "humiliating" people "so this was nothing new". But the Employment Relations Authority said the company's failings were "fundamental and profound". Member Denis Asher said the final warning was "an unscrupulous exploitation of the earlier, unlawful demotion". He said: "A conclusion that the 'Japanese way' already experienced by Mr Page was continuing to be applied is difficult to avoid"...more...

[Ganma]

GEOS, another crap-hole gone the way of the dinosaur. Good riddance. Even Japanese are getting sick of 'the Japanese way' business practices. The whole 'Freeter' generation has to be partially an indication of distaste for it.

[xenomorph42]

GEOS, another crap-hole gone the way of the dinosaur. Good riddance. Even Japanese are getting sick of 'the Japanese way' business practices. The whole 'Freeter' generation has to be partially an indication of distaste for it.

Couldn't agree with you more! Good thing that most of these Eikaiwa schools have bitten the dust because for sure the way they ran things was beyond deplorable, dehumanizing and totally outdated!