Is there something wrong with just not showing up one morning?
Yes, in Japanese culture, many employers expect the resigning employee to submit to extensive interviews on why they are quitting as well as make apologies to the company.
Lol this was my experience with a weird ‘family business’ in the UK, they rejected (or at least tried to) my letter of resignation, took offence that I hadn’t given them prior notice so they could start the recruitment process to replace me, it was all very strange.
From what I’ve heard, it can affect your future job prospects, yes. I’ve heard of some companies in Japan that would try to find out which company you’re trying to leave them for in order to lower the likelihood you’d get hired there if you don’t leave them “the right way”. But I don’t have any personal experience in this and I haven’t talked about it much with the people I know in Japan, so this is just hearsay you should take with a grain of salt.
To claim unemployment benefits or transition smoothly to a new job, Japanese workers need a separation notice (rishokuhyo) and a tax withholding slip (gensen choshuhyo). Bitter companies will simply “forget” to process or mail these, forcing the former employee to beg for them or drag the labor standards office into the fray.
While withholding a final paycheck is strictly illegal under the Labor Standards Act, companies might delay it or refuse to pay out expected severance (taishokukin).
If the industry is small enough, word travels fast and people can be blacklisted.
And just like many USians believe you have to give two-weeks notice, many Japanese believe you must go through that process to leave a company (with possible good reason considering how hard the companies can make it).
Yes, in Japanese culture, many employers expect the resigning employee to submit to extensive interviews on why they are quitting as well as make apologies to the company.
Culturally it’s more similar to “changing families” than “just changing jobs”. There’s pros and cons to this system of course.
Lol this was my experience with a weird ‘family business’ in the UK, they rejected (or at least tried to) my letter of resignation, took offence that I hadn’t given them prior notice so they could start the recruitment process to replace me, it was all very strange.
what happens if one just doesn’t submit to such interviews or issue such apologies? does it affect their future hireability?
From what I’ve heard, it can affect your future job prospects, yes. I’ve heard of some companies in Japan that would try to find out which company you’re trying to leave them for in order to lower the likelihood you’d get hired there if you don’t leave them “the right way”. But I don’t have any personal experience in this and I haven’t talked about it much with the people I know in Japan, so this is just hearsay you should take with a grain of salt.
To claim unemployment benefits or transition smoothly to a new job, Japanese workers need a separation notice (rishokuhyo) and a tax withholding slip (gensen choshuhyo). Bitter companies will simply “forget” to process or mail these, forcing the former employee to beg for them or drag the labor standards office into the fray.
While withholding a final paycheck is strictly illegal under the Labor Standards Act, companies might delay it or refuse to pay out expected severance (taishokukin).
If the industry is small enough, word travels fast and people can be blacklisted.
And just like many USians believe you have to give two-weeks notice, many Japanese believe you must go through that process to leave a company (with possible good reason considering how hard the companies can make it).
So that’s why I didn’t get my notice, that fucker was just salty…