49% of Japanese Firms Keep an 'Old Guy Who Does Nothing' on Payroll
Nearly half of Japan's big companies keep a 'window tribe' of idle older workers on payroll, even as Western CEOs cut jobs in the name of AI productivity.
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Japan
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Japan
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