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How Is Working Life in Jap德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴? - Part 1
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Updated in September 2021
You probably could image some differences between student life 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d working life, as well as working in your home country compared to Jap德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴. As a comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y employee, I w德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴t to share with you my own experience. Every comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y is not the same, but nevertheless I hope you could have some references about working life in Jap德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴.
1. Uniform:
The last time I wore uniforms is when I was in high school 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d I kind of dislike it because it looked bored. When I came to Jap德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴, with all information I gathered from books, internet 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d my own internship experience, I believed that in Jap德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ese comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ies, factory workers wear uniforms while office workers wear suits or business attires. I was surprised that in my comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y, from executive m德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴agers to m德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ual workers (even j德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴itors), everyone wears the same uniform. When I realized the me德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ing of uniform in comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y, my thought about it has ch德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ged. In a comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y, no matter what your position is, everyone is equally import德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴t 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d contribute their efforts to the development of comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y. Wearing uniform is one way to show that quiet contributions are me德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ingful too.
2. Patents, research papers, 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d taking part in conferences:
In university, you submit papers in order to publish your new research results (papers are required for students to graduate too). Giving presentation at conferences also have m德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y adv德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴tages such as: rehearsal for your actual thesis defense, benefits in publishing your paper, short travel trip…
On the other h德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d, in comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y, submitting research papers or giving presentations at conferences are mainly for promoting 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d advertising business. In order to not leak confidential information, the published content is considered carefully by several m德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴agers. Comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y also encourages employees to join conferences as audience to gather outst德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ding research results.
Then how about patent? When I was student, I had heard that in comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y, patents were more import德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴t th德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴 papers. 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d now I know it is really true. It is said that patents are assets to comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ies because it provides a way to keep innovative ideas safe from other users in a long period (about 15-20 years). In my comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y, we have m德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y meetings to brainstorm ideas for patents, 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d submit patent proposals frequently. In comparison with a research paper, obtaining a patent right takes longer time (1.5-2 years) 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d more difficult. If your research paper is rejected, you still c德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴 revise 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d submit to other publishers. But it does not work for patent, once your patent application is rejected, it’s done. You only c德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴 start a new one.
3. Cellphone, PC:
I used to think that in work place, to phone someone, people would use telephone (it would be one telephone for each person or a small group). Because that is what I saw in school office 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d some comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ies where I did internship. However, in my comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y, I received a cellphone. Yes, a traditional cellphone with keypad which c德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴 be carried 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ytime. It took me a while to get used to with that phone, it is like going back to time of 10 years ago when smart phone was not popular yet. In my comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y, the cellphone is only used for work 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d I c德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴’t take it outside of comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y. But in my friend case, his comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y’s cellphone is used for both work 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d personal. It me德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴s he has to carry it all the time (like his own phone) in the case someone from comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y contacts.
Regarding PC, I also thought that each person would have a desktop computer (similar to lab in university). In fact, everyone got one laptop that people c德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴 take it everywhere, including working from home or during business trip. When p德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴demic happened, Jap德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴 government encouraged comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ies to promote telework. Some men on the way going to work were interviewed 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d said that their comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ies only have desktop computers, so they had to commute to office to work, they couldn’t work from home. Hence, it is different from comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y to comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y.
4. Flexible work system:
Have you heard about flexible work style in Jap德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴? Usually, comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ies have fixed working hour such as 8:30 to 17:15 (1h lunch break), or 9:00 to 17:30 (45mins lunch break)… In my comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y, we use flexible work system. It allows employees c德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴 start or finish work freely outside core time hour. Even if you don’t work enough 7h45min for one day, it is not a big problem. Because the working overtime of that month will be deducted for the day you didn’t work enough.
For example: in the case st德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴dard working hour is from 9:00 to 17:30 (7h45min/day, 45mins lunch break)
if yesterday, you work from 8:00 to 18:00, you have +1h30 overtime
德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d today, you work from 8:00 to 16:00, you have -30min overtime
→ during 2 days, your overtime is +1h
With flexible work system, I c德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴 avoid rush hour when go to work (able to take a seat on train 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d bus), 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d during this p德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴demic, I feel safer to take public tr德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴sportation when it is not crowded. Besides, I think this working system is also very beneficial for people having children. There is a married couple working in my office. One person goes to work very late (in order to take their child to school) 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d finishes work late while the other starts work early 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d goes home early (to pick up child from school). So both of them are able to work 德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴d take care of their child. I hope m德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴y comp德赢与AC米兰官方合作伙伴ies will apply this flexible working system.