The longer an employee has worked for an organization, the more overall benefits he or she shall receive. In return, the employee is very loyal to his or her company. Mid-life career changes are seldom heard of. Another aspect of the company loyalty is an expectation that the employee will put in long upaid hours, often well into the night, in social business settings. Blue-collar workers often change jobs in pursuit of higher wages and better conditions.
Most organizations hire their employees straight from school.
Many new emplyoyees are hired on the basis of general educational level, including what school the potential employee went to. Japan is often portrayed as having a highly industrialized economy that is based upon large faceless organizations that are comprised of robot-like workers. But Japan is by no means constructed of workaholics with no passion for life or personal fulfillment. An interesting practice that is present in Japanese companies is collective decision-making. One example of this is what is called ringi-sei , or the circulation of consultative memorandums around a company in order to achieve consensus.