I'm an American working for a major Japanese industrial corporation (not for long, ha, ha!). When my previous manager left to pursue another job, I took over his duties & responsibilities without a new title or pay increase just because there was no one else who could step up to the plate & handle it. For 2+ years I did that vicious, thankless job better than anyone else had thought possible; I was even promised the title/$$ by the VP on my reviews. Enter Year 2003. A Japanese branch manager who had made an absolute SHAMBLES of a sales office in the west coast (try 80% employee turnover & 1/4 of previous year's sales level) was brought in to HQ to run my division because: A.) They needed to bring him to HQ where they could "watch over him", B.) They couldn't fire him (he'd lose face), C.) They couldn't send him back to Japan (they told the US they didn't want him!) and D.) He had to have a management position so he wouldn't lose face. (Those were not my words, those were the words of an upper-management official attempting to explain the situation) FUCK! To make matters worse, this cock-gobbler. promoted one of my subordinates (Japanese) on top of my position strictly on the bases of race & familiarity. The man is an imbecile, an absolute ignoramus & I am thinking of serving the company with a discrimination suit. If you're a cynic like I am, you're thinking "OK, what's the OTHER side of the story..." - but in this case, dear reader, there is none.... just Japanese Old Boys Network at work. It ain't racist if it's just the facts, ma'am.
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