Look at the parts in a red font. Although he knows that there are differences
in economic power and exchange rate between nations, he has given such a
remark. He must be a convinced
criminal. He gives a comment shown in
the second red font probably to fend off criticism. On the other hand, he gives another comment
shown in the third red font: “Annual
income of one million yen is sufficient for rank-and-file employees.” His logic is contradictory. I am not so foolish as to expect such money
monger to express a logical argument.
However, he had better give more decent comment whether it may be true
or false.
Masatoshi
Takeshita
April
23, 2013
English translation of a Japanese article: Asahi Shimbun digital – April 23, 2013 –
Interview
with UNIQLO Chairman Yanai: “Annual income of one million yen is inevitable”
Mr. Tadashi Yanai, Chairman and President
of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.,
gives an answer at an interview at Minato-ku,
Tokyo
Photography: Shigetaka Kodama
Will “global equal pay” system motivate
employees or further “impoverish workplaces”?
We asked Mr. Tadashi Yanai, Chairman and President of First Retailing,
about the aim to introduce this system and the criticism of the company referred
to as “exploiter” where employees are abused.
Will UNIQLO which is going to globally sift
for introduction of “global equal pay” system face growth or death?
–
What is the purpose of
introducing the “global equal pay” system?
“Our basic idea is
that employees are paid the same wages proportionate to profits they make in whatever
country they work. I have been
thinking about it since we opened stores overseas. Brilliant employees in emerging countries or
developing countries are paid less just for differences in country. This cannot be accepted by a company trying
to globally develop business.”
–
Compared to China, workers in
Japan are highly paid. Will downward pressure
be applied on wages of Japanese workers and will employees in less paid
countries earn more wages?
“Store managers in
Europe are far more paid than store managers or temporary workers in
Japan. We have no intention of
decreasing pay in Japan. On the
other hand, we cannot increase wages in developing countries at once to the
level of those in developing countries.
We are considering specific mechanism of how to level wages and
practically equalize them.
–
What do you think about a high
personnel turnover rate?
“It is a problem of globalization. I have told to
employees for a decade that in the future, annual income will be divided
between 100 million yen and 1 million yen and middle-class people will be
decreased. Unless employees can make
increased profits through work, their annual income is decreased to 1 million
yen because their wages are put on a par with those of low-paid counterparts in
developing countries. It is
unavoidable.
–
You mean that people without
added value will leave the company or in some cases get depressed.
“I think so. It might be tough for Japanese, but people
working overseas are working much harder.”
“I’m concerned about migrant workers away
from home to take menial jobs. Unless we
can create an added value, which knocks out foreigners in global competition,
Japanese have no other choice but go away to work. Global economy is either “Grow or Die.” It is an exciting age. Unless we change, we will die. I say to our employees that if you don’t
change, you should die.”
——————–
Excerpt from a Japanese article: Otaku.COM
– April 23, 2013 –
8Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:21:23.49 ID:dIdGcR200
It
is employees that will die.
The
president will never die.
9Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:21:39.34 ID:eGfJcrHO
>I
say to our employees that if you don’t change, you will die.
I understand you mean “die
for the company.”
10Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:21:47.10 ID:kWYjCZc10
Employees
will be given minimum wage or be ignored?
12Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:21:59.34 ID:JjeR/tV0
Income
gaps in the society must increasingly be widened.
13Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:22:19.39 ID:/Qgi9S2J0
It’s
a universal exploiter.
14Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:22:28.51 M4+3tJg30
Why
don’t you crush such an awful company quickly?
17Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:22:43.02 ID:GbJi96Xn0
I feel like this man will
be attacked to death by his employees before their annual income falls down to
one million yen.
18Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:22:57.61 ID:SF/QM4m00
Thanks
to success in Abenomics, annual income has reached one million yen. Good for you!
19Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:23:06.73 ID:U1dHWNSX0
As
expected, Myanmar standard is applied to employees and American standard to
board members.
24Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:23:31.88 ID:4n8orbZv0
Still, many people buy
UNIQLO goods. I’ll never buy them.
28Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:24:27.07 ID:BjMLvuj0
Neither
people making one million yen per year nor those making 100 million yen will go
to UNIQLO stores.
Don’t they know that without middle-class
people, they can’t get sales?
30Name: Nameless@ posted on April 23, 2013
(Tues.)
13:24:30.03 ID:5itVW7BK0
I
hear this guy hardly pays taxes in Japan.
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