Why I Quit The Company Tomoyuki Iwashita Analysis

“Why I Quit the Company” by Tomoyuki Iwashita was a passage about the author telling the many reasons that pushed him to quit a secure and desirable job in a prestigious company. The company provided many luxuries for their employees; however, the worker’s effort put into the hard work was exhausting and overwhelming because they felt a deficit in their time and freedom. As a result of the workers’ loss of time and freedom, their emotional states were negatively impacted and began to think poorly of their jobs. Although all cultures highly value wealth and success, it may not necessarily bring happiness in life. First, the benefits of working at a prestigious company seemed to outweigh the negative effects in the beginning. The most rewarding feature of this level of work was the promise of a wealthy and successful future to the young people. The benefits provided includes a nice dormitory, 24-hour hot bath service, and free meals every day. In addition to the free services, Iwashita states that “the company building contained cafeterias, shops, a bank, a post office, a doctor’s office, a
The text states that “this isolation is part of the brainwashing process.” This was the company’s way of creating devoted workers. The company believes that their employees should be working all the time and ergo never have time for personal wants or needs. For example, starting employees are offered scholarships to study abroad in preparation for the job. Most of their new employees are single and under thirty. The company prohibits marriage until the course has been completed and those who are already married must leave their family for an entire year for this course. The company’s invasiveness seems overly immoral and beyond their jurisdiction in their involvement (Iwashita