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Re: [tlug] Looking for Summer Internship in Japan



>> I talk about Japan's IT crisis. Do you know what is happening at those
>> system integration companies (called SIers in Japan)? They hire a lot
>> of Haken people with a very little programming skill....

> What are Haken people?

派遣, i.e. contract workers, people being sent by agencies into
companies. This is big Japanese company's way of hiring people they can
sack easily (*).

Darren

*: For some roles, they have to be offered a 正社員 (full-time employee)
position within three years. (Apparently software developer staff can be
kept on as 派遣 indefinitely, though.)



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