tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682372293272440328.post241883354340476448..comments2023-03-24T01:12:14.561-07:00Comments on Tokyo Correspondence: Father of the HybridYuri Kageyamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11719207020021557665noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682372293272440328.post-6471230487349135742007-11-06T06:41:00.000-08:002007-11-06T06:41:00.000-08:00Good point. But if too many workers are choosing t...Good point. But if too many workers are choosing to leave a company, then that's not good news for a company, and possibly a reflection of a problem at the company. Some kind of raiding of a company is probably inevitable but there are many companies that have no problems holding on to their employees because they are happy there.Yuri Kageyamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11719207020021557665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682372293272440328.post-17153643462320113672007-11-05T01:57:00.000-08:002007-11-05T01:57:00.000-08:00Loyalty is a sensitive issue, isn't it. Are you lo...Loyalty is a sensitive issue, isn't it. Are you loyal to your company or to your work/craft? For example, you switch a job because you're loyal to your craft; because you can practice your craft better. Of course, you can be both but in Japan loyalty means mostly your attitude towards a company. <BR/>Is Toyota a good company because its workers are loyal? Maybe, but mostly because Toyota produces world-class cars. There're lots of Japanese companies that demands loyalty but are in huge debt or already bankrupt. <BR/>Is Toyota worried about the American executives switching jobs to U.S. auto makers? Of course, they should be. But they must be proud too--albeit secretly, behind doors, at karaoke bars. Because if Toyota wasn't a blue-chip company, vying for the No.1 automaker in the world, who would snatch a Toyota executive? One day maybe, although a big IF, a Japanese former Toyota executive may be running GM or Ford. Is this too far-fetched? That would be a cultural shock for Americans. But in a do-or-die situation, anything can happen, right? And in the dire U.S. auto industry, that may not be a worst nightmare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com