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An international labor survey found that 8% of Japanese would never want to retire, in contrast to an overall average of 1.5%. But these are not the only differences that can be noted.
The “Workmonitor 2023” survey, the latest edition of the Dutch company Randstad’s annual study, was conducted online in October 2022 in 34 countries and regions in Europe, Asia-Pacific and America. Of the 35,000 people who responded, including entrepreneurs and job seekers, 1,000 were from Japan, with more or less equal numbers of men and women.
More than half of workers worldwide would like to retire before age 60 if possible. But among the Japanese, only 23.8% share the same opinion. And to this is added 8% of people who would like to work all their life, where the overall average is only 1.5%.
The results indicate that 12.9% of workers in Japan and 8.4% worldwide would like to retire as soon as possible. Note however that more than half of the Japanese who gave this answer were between 18 and 34 years old, while they were only 10.3% in the 45-54 year olds, and 3.5% in the 55-67 year olds. .
A purpose
In Japan, in general, people express a desire to remain independent and work as long as they are healthy. On the other hand, when asked about the meaning of their job in their life, many say that they do not necessarily expect to be satisfied with their professional activity.
Japan and the rest of the world: the main results of the study
Job loss and logistics
A purpose
Balance between work and private life
Source: Graph created by Nippon.com using data provided by Randstad
The tables above compare responses in Japan and around the world. Responses relating to the anxiety of losing one’s job and the rules of work are broadly similar.
When it comes to purpose and the feeling of having a role in one’s work environment, however, the results indicate that many Japanese work with indifference or (even worse) with the impression that they have no other choice. However, this was not the case for several years after the end of the Second World War, when employees had a real sense of belonging to their company.
On the subject of work-life balance, the survey seems to indicate that the Japanese place less importance than others on their own needs.
(Title photo: Pixta)
2023-05-03 02:33:35
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