As younger Japanese shun overworking, a startup helps employees quit

In Japan, where loyalty is expected, quitting a job is hard. So one startup helps employees navigate their resignation. — AFP

IT'S NOT always easy to leave a company, especially in a country where professional relations are as coded as they are in Japan. Some Japanese employees worry about the repercussions this might have on their career, and turn to the services of "resignation" experts to help them through the process.

Exit has made this kind of resignation assistance its specialty. This Japanese startup came into being in 2017 after one of its co-founders, Toshiyuki Niino, found it difficult to leave his previous job. He told Al Jazeera that his manager had then tried to make him reconsider his decision, by making him feel guilty. It's a tactic used by many employers at a time when workers are increasingly distancing themselves from their jobs.