Actually I did get an extra ¥20,000 per month added this year cited as a cost of living payment (in addition to bonuses and a small raise). It’s supposedly due to expire next calendar year but the company may continue with it. Not fantastic but was a welcome surprise.
I asked for a raise and I got less hours.
My company sorta adjusts salary based on cost of living, but it is only for people in the US for now. For us in Japan it is tough luck.
Hahahahaha! No.
my company usually raises all salaries by around 3% every year. less during covid.
We get steady raises as your tenure gets longer but that’s not really related to cost of living
It goes up annually by 3% or so and this year there was a COL bonus in summer too. Nobody is going to give you a forex bonus unless you’re a trader and came out on top
Nope.
Not at all. Only promotions can result in any changes in salary. With the tough job market for knowledge and high skill jobs, very little incentive to raise pay for companies.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahahaha
Ah………. (Cough cough)
Sigh.
Generally wages are negotiated in the coming months for the next fiscal year. The national average increase was the highest this year since 1993.
I’d say the biggest factor is how much value you bring, and what is the current supply of labor (how easy are you to replace)
As long as you are performing well, you have nothing to lose by asking for a 10% pay rise as long as it’s in the pay range for your position.
You will probably achieve a higher salary increase by switching jobs/industries however.
I got raise from inflation and rising cost. But insurance and other also went up so…. Same same but different but still same.
I think you’re looking for r/japanfantasies.
I asked. I got.
Â¥5000 base increase and Â¥5000 “work expense” increase.
While Â¥10000 isn’t a huge bonus. Every it helps and glad I asked.
Edit: I also get bonuses from performance. This has also gone up (post asking for raise) Last year bonus for being ranked 1st I got 6万. This year. Ranked 1st again got 8万 (quarterly performance.)
Never got a pay rise after 3 years at my old company despite an increase of responsibility, workload and cost of living so I just quit and got a new job.
I’ve actually had wage reductions with the yen to USD depreciation. I get paid by my home company in US dollars and as the yen has weakened over the last couple years they have reduced my wage to equalize for a US quality of life in Japan. Each quarter it is reevaluated. Kind of sucks, but the USD pay makes up for it.
Unfortunately nothing of the sorts.
I got a “raise” that was so low it was basically an insult. Their excuse was that the company “didn’t make as much money in the past year.”
My dad, who is a delivery truck driver, said his salary hasn’t gone up in 30 years lol… 🥲
Not at all, even I asked for.
Got a 5%, not what I hoped for but Japan HR are stingy and didn’t allow my US manager to do more.
My current position… nope. My previous one gave a cost of living increase. Before that, one place gave ¥20 per month increase! Woo…
I’m graciously waiting my <2.8% raise because I’m at the top of my salary band and not getting promoted…
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Mine did. A super tiny adjustment but at least they did. Again, they’re in Japan but not a Japanese company.
Nope, but I got 2 pay deductions during Covid!
Nope ðŸ«
not even 10円 but most food I buy now is like 30% or more now…
The Japanese government has its head in the sand thinking inflation will bring salary increases along with it.
I’m clearly doing this wrong – gave everyone between a 5% and 10% bump this year due to inflation and price rises. (IT company, for reference.)
I asked for a cost of living adjustment and boss lady said “no”, so I quit and got a 30% increase elsewhere. Statistics show you’re more likely to get a raise by getting a new job than staying at your current one.
In response to rising costs, an associate’s employer decided to scrap a 40,000 a year employee benefit program and a 70,000 a month housing support program. As such, that’s essentially an 880,000yen annual pay cut whilst being expected to do exactly the same job for exactly the same hours.
In order to compensate for this, employees are now allowed to get part time jobs on top of their existing full time jobs providing that the part time job skill set required does not encroach on anything they use for full time work. This is after getting the part time job and submitting the job details to their full time employer for approval. If the full time employer refuses then they need to find another part time job.
However, shareholder dividends have been increased to make sure that all the important people are kept happy. Joys of large Japanese corporations!
On the flip side, my non-Japanese employer decided to raise all salaries at the end of last year to allow employees to maintain the same quality of living.
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Actually I did get an extra ¥20,000 per month added this year cited as a cost of living payment (in addition to bonuses and a small raise). It’s supposedly due to expire next calendar year but the company may continue with it. Not fantastic but was a welcome surprise.
I asked for a raise and I got less hours.
My company sorta adjusts salary based on cost of living, but it is only for people in the US for now. For us in Japan it is tough luck.
Hahahahaha!
No.
my company usually raises all salaries by around 3% every year. less during covid.
We get steady raises as your tenure gets longer but that’s not really related to cost of living
It goes up annually by 3% or so and this year there was a COL bonus in summer too. Nobody is going to give you a forex bonus unless you’re a trader and came out on top
Nope.
Not at all. Only promotions can result in any changes in salary. With the tough job market for knowledge and high skill jobs, very little incentive to raise pay for companies.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahaha
Hahahahahahahaha
Ah………. (Cough cough)
Sigh.
Generally wages are negotiated in the coming months for the next fiscal year. The national average increase was the highest this year since 1993.
I’d say the biggest factor is how much value you bring, and what is the current supply of labor (how easy are you to replace)
As long as you are performing well, you have nothing to lose by asking for a 10% pay rise as long as it’s in the pay range for your position.
You will probably achieve a higher salary increase by switching jobs/industries however.
I got raise from inflation and rising cost. But insurance and other also went up so…. Same same but different but still same.
I think you’re looking for r/japanfantasies.
I asked.
I got.
Â¥5000 base increase and Â¥5000 “work expense” increase.
While Â¥10000 isn’t a huge bonus. Every it helps and glad I asked.
Edit: I also get bonuses from performance. This has also gone up (post asking for raise)
Last year bonus for being ranked 1st I got 6万. This year. Ranked 1st again got 8万 (quarterly performance.)
Never got a pay rise after 3 years at my old company despite an increase of responsibility, workload and cost of living so I just quit and got a new job.
I’ve actually had wage reductions with the yen to USD depreciation. I get paid by my home company in US dollars and as the yen has weakened over the last couple years they have reduced my wage to equalize for a US quality of life in Japan. Each quarter it is reevaluated. Kind of sucks, but the USD pay makes up for it.
Unfortunately nothing of the sorts.
I got a “raise” that was so low it was basically an insult. Their excuse was that the company “didn’t make as much money in the past year.”
My dad, who is a delivery truck driver, said his salary hasn’t gone up in 30 years lol… 🥲
Not at all, even I asked for.
Got a 5%, not what I hoped for but Japan HR are stingy and didn’t allow my US manager to do more.
My current position… nope. My previous one gave a cost of living increase. Before that, one place gave ¥20 per month increase! Woo…
I’m graciously waiting my <2.8% raise because I’m at the top of my salary band and not getting promoted…
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Mine did. A super tiny adjustment but at least they did. Again, they’re in Japan but not a Japanese company.
Nope, but I got 2 pay deductions during Covid!
Nope ðŸ«
not even 10円 but most food I buy now is like 30% or more now…
The Japanese government has its head in the sand thinking inflation will bring salary increases along with it.
I’m clearly doing this wrong – gave everyone between a 5% and 10% bump this year due to inflation and price rises. (IT company, for reference.)
I asked for a cost of living adjustment and boss lady said “no”, so I quit and got a 30% increase elsewhere. Statistics show you’re more likely to get a raise by getting a new job than staying at your current one.
In response to rising costs, an associate’s employer decided to scrap a 40,000 a year employee benefit program and a 70,000 a month housing support program. As such, that’s essentially an 880,000yen annual pay cut whilst being expected to do exactly the same job for exactly the same hours.
In order to compensate for this, employees are now allowed to get part time jobs on top of their existing full time jobs providing that the part time job skill set required does not encroach on anything they use for full time work. This is after getting the part time job and submitting the job details to their full time employer for approval. If the full time employer refuses then they need to find another part time job.
However, shareholder dividends have been increased to make sure that all the important people are kept happy. Joys of large Japanese corporations!
On the flip side, my non-Japanese employer decided to raise all salaries at the end of last year to allow employees to maintain the same quality of living.