Debido al aumento de los precios y la incertidumbre sobre el futuro, muchas personas están buscando trabajos a tiempo parcial durante su tiempo libre. Las aplicaciones de emparejamiento que conectan a las personas que desean trabajar cuando tienen tiempo libre con los empleadores están ganando popularidad. Empresas que operan estas aplicaciones han aumentado, con un total de 15 millones de usuarios registrados en las tres principales empresas. Un ejemplo de una persona que encontró un trabajo a tiempo parcial es Satoshi, de 67 años, quien empezó a trabajar como empleado a tiempo parcial debido a la presión de su hija. La importancia de conocer tu situación actual se destaca en esta historia.
With rising prices and uncertainty about the future, many people are looking to work part-time jobs in their free time. One popular option is using a matching app that connects people who want to work in their spare time with employers. By registering on the app, you can skip the process of submitting resumes and interviewing.
The number of companies operating these apps is increasing, with the total number of registered users for the top 3 companies exceeding 15 million.
Satoshi, a 67-year-old living in the outskirts of Tokyo, started working part-time jobs in his free time six months ago. “From being yelled at by my 40-year-old daughter I’ve been living with ‘You’ll get fat, you’ll get dementia,’ for three years, I’ve decided to give up after thinking about it for a few months.”
The most important thing for surviving is to know your current position.
Satoshi graduated from a local national university’s engineering department and worked for a machinery maker until retirement. “I wanted to become an engineer when I joined, but I was placed in the sales department and have been in sales ever since. I believe the company knows how to assign employees appropriately.”
Satoshi has a bright personality and isn’t afraid of failure, with a strong sense of service. “The sales department just wouldn’t forgive me.”
“This is true. I hate losing. It’s not about perseverance, it’s more like a game strategy. I tell myself, ‘This is where I am, and in order to move forward, I need to acquire this skill.’ People who know it are doing their best but not seeing results, pushing forward without considering their position. The important thing is to objectively analyze your abilities and position. I realized this after joining the company. Being a coward without experience or allies, I had no choice but to practice the basics and follow my boss’s instructions.”
Making a hit list, getting to know the people on the ground, and going on business trips and sales are all part of the basic training for a sales job.
“My late father, born in the Showa era, taught me this way of thinking. After graduating from high school, he joined a major factory as a worker and worked his way up to a managerial position. His favorite phrase was, ‘Check your current position.’ For high school and university entrance exams, my father would always tell me ‘Check your current position’ and I was able to overcome them.”
If you don’t know your current position, you not only get lost on the road, but you get lost in life. At the age of 60, Satoshi became the vice president of a subsidiary after retiring as a company employee. He says his life as a company employee went smoothly.
“I had plenty of failures, apologies, and tears of helplessness, but that’s all they were. Once I realized it was an act of self-harm, I stopped blaming myself.”
It was his wife who made him realize this. At the age of 25, Satoshi fell in love at first sight with his wife, who was five years older, and married her against everyone’s objections.
“My wife was in a sales position at an overseas company. She came to explain when the company was introducing its own system. She was wearing a tight black suit with a firm body. She had heavy makeup and a strong scent. Perfume, that kind of atmosphere was a differentiation from Japan.”
His wife graduated from a university in the United States, and was completely different from the Japanese women Satoshi knew.
“She is quick-witted and speaks English fluently. Her father-in-law worked for an international company, and her wife spent her childhood in the United States. She must have experienced a lot of racial discrimination there. She clearly expresses her opinions, and when I start talking about regrets and self-blame, she cuts off the conversation saying, ‘Blaming yourself causes internal decay.'”