\n| Fukuoka<\/td>\n | 3.72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nRaises and Promotions<\/h2>\nIn the past, the majority of Japanese companies used seniority (or tenure) as a basis for salary raises and promotions. The longer an employee stayed at the company, the higher their salary would be \u2013 regardless of their performance at work.<\/p>\n Since the mid-90s, the old system is in the process of breaking up and diversifying into a variety of salary schemes. Some companies still employ the traditional seniority scheme, others have switched to 100% merit-based systems. Others again chart a middle route, combining aspects of both.<\/p>\n That being said, for the average employee, raises and promotions in Japan tend to be on the conservative side.<\/strong> Sudden jumps in salary are relatively rare, and changes tend to be more incremental. For promotions, employees usually go through one or two lower managerial positions over a few years before being appointed as high-ranking managers.<\/p>\nAt most Japanese companies, salaries are raised\/revised once per year<\/strong> (in April). Salary negotiations take place in meetings (\u9762\u8ac7 mendan) between employees and their superiors. For regular employees, raises and promotions are also affected by evaluations from middle management.<\/p>\nThe culture of foreign capital firms (companies that have their main headquarters overseas and are maintaining branch offices in Japan, called \u5916\u8cc7\u7cfb gaishikei in Japanese) is often closer to that of their respective \u201chome countries.\u201d As a result, salary and career progressions as well as raises tend to be handled differently there. However, this is not always the case, especially for foreign companies that have been operating in Japan for a long time.<\/p>\n Bonus Payments<\/h2>\nBonus payments are a unique aspect of Japanese work culture. There\u2019s no law that requires companies to give out boni \u2013 it\u2019s 100% a custom that came about as a result of Japan\u2019s postwar economical development.<\/p>\n Bonus payments are lump-sum payments of \u201cextra salary\u201d that are paid once or twice a year, usually in June and\/or December. However, there are also companies that don\u2019t have a bonus system at all. It is also common for companies to suspend or curb bonus payments during harsh economic downturns.<\/p>\n Depending on the company, the factors influencing a bonus payment and the paid amount can vary significantly. Broadly speaking, they can be broken down into two categories:<\/p>\n \n- Fixed bonus payment<\/li>\n
- Flexible bonus payment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With fixed bonus payments<\/strong>, employees start at certain bonus amount (e.g. one month\u2019s worth of salary). For job listings that only list annual salary, these bonus payments are often already included in the total figure. Just like in the seniority-based salary system, employee\u2019s bonus payments increase at a fixed rate together with their annual salary.<\/p>\nSome companies may have extra incentives for high-performing employees. However, long-term employees are very likely to receive higher boni.<\/p>\n Flexible bonus systems<\/strong> are designed to reflect the performance of individual employees. Better performance at work means a higher bonus; under-performing employees receive less. In contrast to fixed bonus schemes, they are less transparent and don\u2019t allow a lot of planning ahead. On the flipside, they can mean a quite a significant increase in salary for \u201cgood performers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wages and Salaries in Japan According to Japanese job board provider doda, in 2020 the average salary -across all positions, industries and job types – was 4.09 million JPY (around 37,200 USD) per year. This means that the average Japanese employee makes around 340,000 JPY per month. Salaries by Job Type Of course, average salaries […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-purple.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tebiki-jp.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tebiki-jp.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tebiki-jp.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tebiki-jp.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tebiki-jp.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/tebiki-jp.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/tebiki-jp.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tebiki-jp.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tebiki-jp.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |