Human Resources

　　终身聘用

　　lifetime employment

　　A: Your way of recruitment of employees is quite different from that in Japan.

　　B: What's the difference? Maybe we can learn something from you.

　　A: Basically,the biggest difference is the matter of lifetime employment

　　for all of our regular employees.

　　B: That sounds great,but may not feasible in our nation.

　　正式员工

　　regular employee

　　A: In Japan,we assure that a regular employee will stay with the company for his entire career.

　　B: What do you mean by your regular employees?All your employees or merely the white-collar?

　　A: Actually,both white-collar and blue-collar.

　　B: Do you mean that the companies in Japan and their employees have a certain commitment to each other to stay together through the employees entire career life?

　　A: You said it!

　　临时员工

　　part-time/temporary employees

　　A: We recruit temporary employees sometimes.

　　B: Then how do you decide who will be the regular employees?

　　A: We have an interview procedure and they will also pass a strict test.

　　Then those with excellent performances will become regular employees.

　　裁员

　　lay off workers

　　A: You don't even lay workers off in slack times?

　　B: That rarely happens in Japan.

　　职务升迁应当以工作表现为基础。

　　The promotion should be mainly based on the performance at work.

　　A: What about the promotion and transfers in Japanese companies?

　　B: The employees are usually promoted or transferred on the basis of seniority and this is consistent with the seniority system in many areas in Japanese society.

　　A: But I think the promotion should be mainly based on the performance at work.

　　B: It's reasonable, too.