HIROSHIMA – After a garbage collection company in this west Japan city made efforts to improve its working conditions and go beyond a male-oriented atmosphere, women, including many with children, now represent around 40% of its workforce.
This is a good story and a company that seems to be doing the right kind of things but this quote is eye-popping:
Earlier, we thought we’d hire women to just fill in for a shortage of male workers, but now we view them as fully equal.
…it’s still Japan and they have a long way to go when it comes to gender equality, I’m afraid. I mean, case in point: Japanese city apologizes after advising pregnant women to cook, clean and give husbands massages.
Literally just watched this episode of Parks and Rec yesterday.
Came her for this
That’s an interesting initiative
