Ken Uchikura Newsletter Vol. 248 Individual Responsibility
Aug
30
Individual Responsibility
When I first started working a long time ago, someone told me today's youth have gotten weaker. They used to work hard in a much harsher working environment. Such was the case with me back then. I worked from morning until midnight, and we all went out drinking after work. There were times when we missed the last train and we stayed at the office, or we all stayed at a hotel. I’m not trying to say they were right, but it was just the norm back then. There was no such thing as "working overtime”. And I didn't even think about separating my work life from my personal life. But if I didn't, I wouldn't have been part of the team. That’s why there weren’t any promotions, and I think it’s also why creating female managers was hard.
But the company didn’t dictate these decisions. They were my own. Everything was the world of the company and I was working within it. And that’s how it was supposed to be. I didn't even feel like I was working overtime.
However, these days, thinking that way is wrong, and the company and employees are two separate things. I believe this is an American way of thinking that has spread to Japan and the rest of the world. This has since led to the idea that a company is a company, and an individual is an individual, and politics has the role of regulating the company and protecting its employees.
We live in a time where society’s, companies’, and individuals’ roles are becoming increasingly clear, but we can’t forget that workers keep society and companies running. Society uses regulation to control the company, and the company uses people according to that regulation. Is this really the way to achieve teamwork? I sometimes wonder, but perhaps it is outdated to feel that way.
Kenichi Uchikura
President / CEO
Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.
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