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Hello. I’m Yasui, a solo business owner running a company that mainly conducts inspections of high-pressure gas facilities.
The new year officially got underway for me today.
Since I was in Yokkaichi, I stopped by a ramen shop called “Rāmen Nakagawa,” which I had seen mentioned in a book.
It was delicious.
Because I’ve been running a one-person company, I honestly haven’t built any real organizational systems as a company.
I did hire employees in the past, and while we signed employment contracts, there were no work rules at all.
Looking back, that was quite risky… and of course, going forward, that’s no longer acceptable.
What really surprised me was the current state of wages in today’s job market.
Even mid-career hires are being paid fairly high salaries, and just hearing the numbers made me think, “Wait, that much?!”
I initially thought I could just explain things simply, like what standards are used and why the pay is set at a certain level—but it turns out the situation is far more complex than that.
You have to look at things like median and average incomes by age, differences between men and women, and what kinds of attributes those figures are actually based on.
Although society as a whole suffers from chronic labor shortages, it doesn’t seem that companies that can attract people will necessarily survive.
We’re entering an era where companies that can operate with as few employees as possible have an advantage.
But if you do that, a company loses its sustainability.
Still, the ones that remain may be those that no longer need to hire people at all.
Small and medium-sized companies in regional areas are likely being worn down by rising wage levels.
Their stamina is steadily declining.
Choosing what kind of people to hire becomes critically important.
Yet, when you look around, it doesn’t seem that there’s an abundance of outstanding talent in rural areas either.
How do you bring out a person’s strengths?
How do you make the most of them?
It looks like I’ll have plenty to worry about in the days ahead.
Thank you very much for reading all the way to the end.
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