Chapter 842.: 842.
「 Do you know why I’m telling you this? 」
Jii-chan continues .
「 It’s because you’re moving to a new stage… 」
I’m moving to a new stage?
「 So far, you were under Katsuko-kun’s guidance . In short, you were at the bottom of the organization 」
Right, Katsuko-nee gives instructions, and I make bread .
Nei and Kana-senpai are just helping out as sellers .
Among the students of the “bread course,” I’m the only one who’s officially training in the bakery .
「 However, that will be different in the future 」
Yeah, Ai already joined the “bread course,”
「 The new personnel that joined in is at your age, but you’re still a senior in work 」
Jii-chan looked at me and laughed .
「 It’s not just Katsuko-kun, you also need to lead the newcomer 」
「 Right 」
Actually, I’m teaching Ai a lot about pastry making .
「 How was the experience guiding someone? 」
Err .
「 You trained before them, and so you know a lot, but, if you explain it to other people, you might find out something that makes your work better, thinking “Oh, so that’s the reason why I do this…” 」
People who understand it intuitively have to change to speaking theoretically when talking to people…
Especially with Ai, she thinks slowly, and so explaining it to her…
I noticed deeper meaning for those I thought I understand .
「 Right . Explaining it to someone lets you reconfirm the details you were taught . That’s important 」
Jii-chan looked at me .
「 Katsuko-kun and your project isn’t complete with just the two of you 」
Our bakery can’t have just the two of us .
Jii-chan’s right .
Even now, Nei and the girls are helping out in the storefront .
Mana, Agnes, and the other girls help out in making the 50-yen cheaper pastries .
「 Someday, you’ll need to hire people . Furthermore, they probably don’t have the necessary skill and experience for your business . No, that’s how it will be most of the time 」
Those who know how to bake pastry and those with experience won’t always come to our shop .
Yeah, if we were to recruit people now, most of them probably never tried baking before .
「 If you continue the scope of your business, you’ll need to guide new employees . Not all of them will be people who’ll work under your management for 10, 20 years 」
Yeah, there would be part-time workers that will come and go to the bakery .
Those going to university or found a job will stop working in our bakery .
Maybe they’re moving to a new house…
Or someone found a more straightforward job to do .
And people who can’t stomach me would want to quit their job .
「 That’s how it is in my business group . This year, new employees come in, and newcomers get training . Business needs to keep on training people within their scope 」
I see .
If we’re to start a bakery, then, in 10, 20 years, I still need to train the newcomers .
「 You need to be aware of that starting now 」
Teaching Ai about making pastries means…
Our intimate relationship doesn’t matter .
From now on, if I continue working in the bakery, I need to consider that there are always newcomers that require training .
「 You will become a manager . Not an employee 」
Jii-chan looks at me with a straight face .
「 The employee’s job is only to do what he and the employer have agreed with . The manager is the one to decide what specific job, process, and progress . In short, it’s your job to think about it . The employee will ask you what to do, and you decide . And you’re the one to guide them to do the job as you expect 」
What do the employees do?
How do I make them do things I expect them to do .
I need to think about it and lead them .
「 Naturally, for those who work in the shop, they will give an opinion on how to make things much more efficient . However, the employee’s opinion is still an opinion . You’re the one to decide . It’s the manager’s duty and responsibility 」
Manager . Responsibility .
「 If it doesn’t go smoothly, then it’s your fault . It may stagnate production, and maybe, your employees quit due to displeasure . Especially if your demands aren’t met with compensation 」
Compensation . Wages . Money .
「 No, it’s not just money . Employees work as long as the job is suited for the passion they have, even if the pay is a little lower . As long as they get paid . As long as they can make a living . If they could hold their livelihood with it, people will take any job, as long as it’s attractive enough . It’s much better than dying 」
「 Oh! People who don’t care, as long as they get work, don’t exist 」
「 Idiots like those exist at times . However, they are tight with their life . Therefore, they can say such stupidity . Those who worry about their meal in the future, especially the younger ones, will never say, “I just want to work, I don’t care what I have to do . ” If they were to say that, then they’re just lunatics 」
Jii-chan said .
「 There’s no person in this world who works for free . They can’t exist . Manual labor will always have compensation . That is why volunteers who do social activities without asking for payment are precious 」
「 But, I heard some comic storytellers and their disciples working for free… 」
「 Hmm, if it was during the Edo period, disciples need to pay for the apprenticeship to the merchant . Sometimes, giving their master, or teacher their pocket money 」
I guess it’s still not free .
「 But in exchange, their minimum necessities are guaranteed . They won’t have full bellies, but they won’t starve either . They’ll have a place to sleep too . And they get clothes as well 」
Guaranteed necessities .
「 They’re not slaves . And they’re only due the bare minimum 」
Jii-chan snorts .
「 Therefore, if one’s a disciple of some merchant, they have no problems with food . It meant that they keep on living for sure . That was the modern society during the Meiji era, and it had a great significance 」
Yeah, it’s the age where people starve to death .
「 On the other hand, taking in a disciple in an entertainment hall means that the person needs enough influence to feed the disciple . A teacher who can’t provide his own necessities can’t possibly take in a disciple . That’s mostly the relationship between the teacher and pupil 」
The disciple is guaranteed the minimum necessities, and so he can work for free .
「 Then, that disciple will work under his teacher for 24 hours a day in the entertainment hall . There’s no other work . The disciple will watch his master and other entertainers, and polish his craft . Before long, he will enter his master’s performance and get paid . It’s an early opening for the entertainment hall, and so there’s hardly any customers . Then, if the craft is highly evaluated, the disciple will come in at a later time, little by little . The pay raises, and soon enough, the disciple will become independent of their master 」
That’s how it works with the entertainment hall back then .
「 Therefore, I don’t understand why some recent workers in the entertainment industry work on a side-job when they’re not earning . Don’t their teachers have to provide their necessities? Maybe, youngsters who are okay as long as they have food, clothing, a place to sleep, but… 」
Before all that, I don’t think there’s any entertainer with a master nowadays .
「 However, no matter what job it is, what’s most important is to gain experience in the place for as long as possible . No matter how many side jobs you have, you must improve your crafts . No matter how far you get, you must act like an entertainer pupil…Or so I believe 」
Hmmm .
「 Let’s put that aside and return to the topic . Anyway, this world doesn’t have a person who would do something and not get rewarded . However, some people are okay as long as their basic necessities are guaranteed 」
Jii-chan said .
「 The black companies they call are those who are good at seeing that . They make sure that the person is okay with labor, where their wages will keep them barely living . And they’ll put them to good use while making sure the worker doesn’t die 」
「 But, if I recall, there are workers who forced themselves too hard that they died? 」
「 That kind of company is no longer a business . Business needs living workers . It’s a disgrace if you let your workers die from work 」
I see .
「 Besides, if the manager’s done that, they’d prefer to expose it to the mass media, worse, letting it out during the election . That’s the two ways it will go with the company1 」
I see .
「 The truly fearsome managers are those who don’t like to go expose themselves . Covert . That group is far more difficult 」
I see .
「 Now then, we’re done with the people who will work for the minimum wage . Let’s change to the exact opposite of that 」
Jii-chan changes the topic .
「 On the other hand, those who want a high wage . Wage higher than others . However, everyday work is hopelessly dull . It’s more of a waste of time… I think that there are jobs in this world that have no use and is just a waste of time . Imagine entering such profession 」
Oh, going to an office, yet you do nothing…
But, the pay is absurdly high…
「 Would you take that job? 」
I…
「 I don’t think so . Even if it pays a lot… 」
I don’t feel alive in that routine .
「 You might not take it, but most people would endure that 」
「 Huh, really? 」
「 Indeed . No matter how tedious the job can be, or should I say that even when you’re confined in that job, holidays will come . No matter how bored you are with the job, as long as you have money, it is worth during the non-work hours 」
I-I see .
「 Most people are like that . People with high salaries don’t work to their fullest . Salary isn’t proportional to the work contents 」
Jii-chan said .
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