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FORZA STYLE published a personal account set in an IT workplace, featuring a 24-year-old subordinate and his 42-year-old boss. The subordinate reportedly welled up in tears just from being corrected on a mistake, then no-showed work without notice the next day. The boss says that was the point at which he gave up on continuing to train this employee. When the article was picked up on 5ch’s News Express+ board, opinions split over how the correction was delivered (whether it was right to call him into a private room) and over generational differences in how such feedback lands. Some commenters even suggested handing new-hire training over to AI entirely.
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Source: forzastyle.com / Original article here
What people said
Seriously, how did this guy even make it through elementary, middle, high school, and college?
His parents went on and on to the school about their own convenience, and he himself sulked or cried over every little thing — always got coddled. Late arrivals, absences, poor work — never his fault, and everyone's just supposed to gently ask what's wrong and validate his feelings without ever getting angry.
Back in his school days he probably hit back whenever someone hit him. He doesn't actually want to work, he just wants money — so he's trying to frame his boss as a harasser to cash in. When people are genuinely scared, they can't even manage to run away.
This is especially common with kids who went straight up through a school's affiliated track — no hardship at all during their formative years.
These days it's considered bad form to correct someone in front of everyone, so even for something trivial, you end up pulling them aside somewhere out of sight.
The boss is the yutori-generation one here though?
Yeah, he's definitely the type to nag and needle snidely. And guys like that dish it out themselves but crumble and cry harassment the second it's turned back on them.
That's a considerate approach.
Also pretty impressive that the boss actually double-checks his subordinate's work — it's basically spot-the-difference at that point.
I mess something up all the time myself so I feel for the guy, but bosses really do vary — some actually look things over and point out mistakes properly, and others just go "yeah yeah, sure" and then later go "wait, this is all wrong!" (´・ω・｀)
It's the opposite. If you can't correct someone in front of others, then don't call them into a private room either — the moment a new hire gets summoned, in their head it's already "harassment."
There are plenty of solid young people at other companies too. This story is just about how, in the current environment, more young people seem to lack resilience. If you want to criticize it, at least read the article first.
Most compliance hotlines are basically a dumping ground for complaints, like a supermarket suggestion box. Something similar happened to me — got called in for "just a quick hearing," so I recorded it and argued them down, and they ended up apologizing.
People get through interviews because they take their time and mentally prepare themselves properly beforehand.
ChatGPT (nicknamed "Chappy" by users): "Your hairline doesn't lie." (a joking dig implying stress shows up as a receding hairline)
Then again, a company that can't spot someone like that during the interview also has a problem.
Something similar happened at my company too, so it's probably true. Scary as that is.
There's no shortage of real websites and banking apps out there with security so bad it sounds made up — reality's already worse than fiction.
True. If anything they trust AI too much these days — so if you just set the company AI's system prompt to respond in ways that turn them into loyal corporate drones, they'd probably put the collar on themselves happily lol
Could actually happen… they seem more likely to listen to an AI than to a human.
That's basically a form of brainwashing. Then again, something like ChatGPT could probably boost their self-esteem while getting them to do what it wants — guess that's "even a fool is useful if you know how to use them."
Huh? Wasn't it the yutori generation that got scolded here? The yutori generation alone is the enemy of Japan — wipe them out.
Wait, the yutori generation is in their 40s now, you know?
That's still a bit too early for that.
Bubble-era geezers in their 60s think everyone younger than the Ice Age generation counts as "yutori."
Says "what world is this from," but then the only "world" he brings up is his own tiny company lol
Background and Key Points of This Story
This story is a single personal account drawn from a serialized feature on the labor-focused outlet “FORZA STYLE,” and it isn’t backed by any statistics. Opinions in the thread split mainly along two lines: one over the method of correction itself (the point that simply being called into a private room already puts someone on guard), and the other over comments leaning on generational stereotypes (jabs aimed specifically at the “yutori” and “Ice Age” generations). At the same time, several commenters shared their own experiences of routine corrections to new hires leading to harassment reports, hinting that those giving guidance really are holding back out of caution. Many also questioned whether the article itself is fabricated, so it’s worth noting there’s no way to confirm this as a true story.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Express+) thread “Nearly in tears over one correction → no-show the next day. A 24-year-old subordinate “too fragile” for feedback — the real reason a 42-year-old boss decided to “cancel” his training 【FORZA】“.
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