Hey guys and girls on ask Japanese it's Cathy cat! Who wants to work in Japan raise your hand
if you do write yes in the comments straight away and let's start this video today we're going to
talk about the first salary that you'll get or that people even here in Japan will get at the
Japanese company of course if you start in a company you get less pay than someone who's
been there for a while and the initial starting salary can vary on which sector you are going into
This video will hopefully help you to understand what kind of salary you can expect when you come
to work in Japan... so take notes let us know in the comments down below you know yes or no and
let's go
Number one Nintendo do you love games I think this is one of the companies that pretty
much everyone is aware of worldwide, this is the company that has created famous characters such
as mario and more the bearded guy so how much is it actually to work at Nintendo first of all
let's go a little bit back in time 1889 is when N startedt up they started with hanafuda cards
hanafuda cards is like a Japanese type of play cards and then
in the 1970s they worked towards developing other types of games that we now know and maybe you have
one at home maybe you have a switch or a ds or similar things like that so this is one of
the companies that has brought us really really famous merchandise and not just mario but also
you know the yellow mouse pikachu and stuff like that pokemon so we know a lot of franchises that
work together with Nintendo and we want to know how much it actually is to work at Nintendo
They are around five different recruitment sections depending on what you're interested in we have
science and technology section which is like game marketing networking machineries then we
have the design section such as character design animation stage designs graphics stuff like that
then we have the sound section for making the awesome music the production section such as
planning and more and the clerical sections such as accounting finance judicial affairs publishing
promoting and stuff like that
so depending on your level of qualifications you obviously also get
paid differently so for your first salary with a college degree you get 211 500 yen which is about
1985 us dollars so for a university degree you get 233 000 yen which is about 2 185 US dollars
then with a master's degree you can get 243 000 yen which is around 2279 us dollars and
with a doctor's a doctor's degree you get so 258 000 yen which is around
2420 us dollars
On the plus side they also pay for transportation they give a bonus
twice a year and you might get a pay rise every year or a chance for a pay raise every year
that's not so bad they're paying a little bit more than the average
here in Japan already and that's just the starting salary that sounds pretty good
number two "beep" now loads of people who are interested in Japanese popular culture
are liking anime and manga and animation studios that have changed our lives so for example Sailor
Moon has changed mine and i'm sure uh one of the other of the people watching here right now has
an anime that has changed their lives (__) is one of the anime studios that is for example famous for
Chainsawman but also for Attack on titan so let's find out what the anime studio (___)
offers new recruits
they have three sections one is the production and managing section
which is for example what the director used to do so you people you manage the people
and manage the animators then there's the cgi section okay you already know in the title 3d
similar things composition backgrounds and such and finally the animator section
being an animator being one of the people actually draws the stuff so in 2020 they
tried to recruit 21 to 25 people not that many and no matter on their academic background hmm
okay
If you want to do what the director did and work in the production section
let's see how they recruit people... first of all number one you apply from the recruitment
website and put in your social data... number two your document will be screened number three you
get your first interview that will be a group interview those ones are absolutely terrifying
so you will be interviewed with other rivals at the same time those ones are absolutely terrifying
i've been in one of those before... number four is the second interview this is an individual
interview with the human affairs and such a real you already will have maybe one against one or two
of your rivals and number five you might get your letter of success or not depending on how you did
Still same company but for a different section for the cgi section the process is slightly different
and I found that kind of interesting so first of all you again you apply from the recruitment
website and put in your social data number two the application will need a portfolio screening
that means you if you have experience in art you can submit it and for example if you've been to a
design college you will maybe hand in some of the artworks you've done so they can actually
see your style and see how good you are... number three is the interview... number four is a practical
test so if you up until now we're cheating and maybe submitted one of your friends work
you're not gonna get around that this practical test will actually make you show your skill
in photoshop after effects or similar things so that's a technical test and if you don't have
the skill by then ... they're gonna know they're gonna find out there's no way getting
around and then number five if you're lucky and you actually showed that you can do the thing
you might get your letter of success
Now let's find out the basic salary they have a studio
in Tokyo and they have a studio in Sendai and depending on where you're going the salary will change
....at the Tokyo headquarters you'll probably be getting 230 543 yen and that includes 45
hours of fixed overtime at the rate of 58163 yen
which is around $2162 .... those numbers are so specific
and at sendai you actually get paid less you only get 187,148 yen and including fixed overtime of
45 hours will be paid at 47580 yen which is around 1755 us dollars
So what is this fixed
overtime payment that we're seeing on their payslips now as you know Japanese people work
a lot they're known to be so super hard workers and a lot of people have to do overtime or do
a lot of overtime especially when a deadline is coming so in this case the overtime is fixed to a
certain amount meaning even if you work more than that you're not gonna make more money out of it so
how much do we come up to?
So remember how we said the salary of the sendai studio was at 187,148 yen
well that already includes 47 580 yen of overtime it's already included in the salary so
if you take that overtime actually out of it the amount of money that they would be getting is 139,568 Yen
and that's a bit weird but understable in a way if you know a little bit more about Japanese
culture we're going to make a video about that one in the future but again over time money is
already included in the salary no matter if you work more or less you get that but you won't get
any more than that even if you're spending 24 7 at the same place
Japanese companies generally
explain how much their working time is during the recruitment process so for example for (___) the
general working time is NYA working time starts at 10 am to 7 pm it includes 60 minutes of rest
so there's a one hour lunch somewhere and you work on average eight hours so in Japan
the average working time is 180 hours NYA to 200 hours per month NYA but depending on the
industry you're working and especially if there's a deadline you might be working more
animation studios generally I said do have some very tough deadlines sometimes and during those crunch times
a lot of people might be working a lot more that's why there is a section for overtime
so what is actually the average in Japan and how do certain popular jobs match with the Japanese
average salary? So there's been a survey done an official Japanese survey by the government
and generally freshmen earn 2 million up to 2.3 million yen for their first
year of working
that's around $18762 to $21577 ish
so how much is that a month a month it is around
190 000 yen so which is a 1782 us dollars that is the freshman salary on average here in Japan
on the other hand university graduates earn averagely ¥3,250,000
around ¥304,890us dollars per year so you already know if you
go to university your salary is gonna show... it's gonna show a big difference and also don't
forget guys if you're coming in from abroad it's also going to affect whether you're going to get
a visa or not so again don't forget to get your degrees if you want to have a better lifestyle
S o there is a big gap between university graduates or just high school graduates when they start
their career or when they start first working so if you compare the numbers again for the
university it is ¥3,250,000 yen per year but for high school
graduates it's only ¥2,580,000 yen per year and then think about it
it's gonna go up and cost by that little by little every year hopefully but it makes a big change and
to be honest most of the Japanese people I know do actually get a degree before they start working
(to the cat) but you don't need to get a degree you just enjoy the sun, meow.
So those were two freshmen salaries in comparison in the popular industry the anime industry and the
gaming industry here in Japan how did that make you feel did that bring you one step closer or
further away from your dream of working in Japan let us know if you still want to work in Japan
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