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Japanese workers turn to resignation agencies

(metropolisjapan.com)
167 points billybuckwheat | 5 comments | 18 Nov 24 01:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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toomuchtodo ◴[18 Nov 24 01:56 UTC] No.42169056[source]▶
Can anyone in Japan share what ground truth looks like around this? Does this churn matter to businesses when they’re in a labor supply shortage? Do these folks have other jobs they’re moving to? Or are they potentially NEETs bailing on being employed?
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1. rjh29 ◴[18 Nov 24 04:48 UTC] No.42169788[source]▶
My gf used one. She had a legal right to quit but it was inconvenient for the company. They refused multiple times, they also gaslit with "what about the children we teach, if you leave the school might have to close" etc. etc.

Using the agency means you do a 10 minute phone call and that's it. You don't even have to work your remaining days or talk to the company ever again. The agencies seem to have some legal powers that a normal person doesn't, or at least in reality they get results much faster and aren't allowed to screw around.

What did amuse me is there's a discount if you use them multiple times.

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2. rkagerer ◴[18 Nov 24 06:02 UTC] No.42170103[source]▶
Is that "gaslighting" or simply plain old guilt tripping?
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3. rjh29 ◴[18 Nov 24 08:01 UTC] No.42170620[source]▶
You're right, thanks for the correction.
4. DonsDiscountGas ◴[18 Nov 24 11:20 UTC] No.42171450[source]▶
> The agencies seem to have some legal powers that a normal person doesn't

I suspect the power that they have is actually knowing the law. Also by hiring one the employee has shown they are willing to hire a lawyer, so the employer can't bluff with legal threats. And very few employees are actually going to be worth the trouble to sue

5. _rm ◴[18 Nov 24 12:35 UTC] No.42171828[source]▶
The special powers are probably the following sentence: "sure, you could sue; also, we could check more closely for labor law violations; which would you like?".