The nenkou joretsu, or seniority system, is the personnel system that determines employees’ position and compensation for work based on their age or the number of years they have been employed at the company, rather than their skills and performance. Many Japanese corporations used to adopt this system, often alongside other traditional systems such as new graduate recruitment, job rotation, and lifetime employment. Regardless of employees’ achievements in the job, employees can expect their salary and position to go up steadily level by level each year. A negative outcome, on the other hand, is that this can lead to a loss in motivation for employees with excellent performance skills.
Although many large corporations still utilize personnel systems that are based on the seniority system, more and more corporations have been abolishing the system recently and switching to a merit-based system to secure excellent employees.
The list of glossary
- Aki saiyou: Joining a company in Autumn
- Arubaito: Part-time job
- Aki saiyou: Joining a company in Autumn
- Burakku kigyou: Company with terrible working conditions
- Chuuto saiyou: Mid-career recruitment
- Hello work: Employment service center operated by the Japanese government
- Highly-skilled professionals (as in, highly-skilled foreign professionals)
- Howaito kigyou: Company with good working conditions
- Immigration Services Agency (Immigration Bureau)
- Ippanshoku: Assistant position limited to general office work
- Kisotsu: Former graduate
- Minshuu: Online review site for job hunting in Japan
- Mothers Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Nenkou joretsu: Seniority system
- Oinori mail: Notification email sent by a company to unsuccessful candidates
- Permanent residency visa
- Recruitment agency
- Rikunabi: Job hunting site
- Shinsostu saiyou: New graduate recruitment
- Sougoushoku: Regular full-time position with the prospect of promotion
- The First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Tsuunen saiyou: Year-round recruitment
- Venture kigyou: Startup with a small number of staff
- Zairyu card: Residence card
- Terewa-ku:telework / Rimo-to wa-ku :remote work / Zaitaku kinmu,zaitaku wa-ku ;work from home
- Chokkou Chokki :Go straight to the client site and right back home
- Apointomento:Appointment / Tereapo:Cold call
- Hiaring : Hearing
- Kisha; Your company/ Onsha: Your company
- Jyuden: Receive a call / Nyuden; Call was received / Kaden: Call or Phone / Kaden: Electric charge
- Inbaundo:Inbound / Autobaund:Outbound