New Employee Training: The Unseen Struggles and Triumphs of Mentors in Japan's Corporate World
With the new fiscal year approaching, the term "new employee training" has become a trending topic on X (formerly Twitter), with many users posting about their experiences and sentiments. Alongside the anticipation of welcoming new colleagues, glimpses into the struggles and true feelings of the "trainers" responsible for guidance reveal the diverse realities of this process. Posts suggest that new employee training is a significant burden for instructors. Many expressed fatigue from intensive, short-term training, such as "The week of new employee training is over😭😭😭 This time, I had no time to spare, so I made them learn three months' worth of work in five days, and I truly feel sorry😇." Others voiced the difficulty of balancing their own duties with training, asking, "How can I possibly do my regular work while being constantly attached to a new hire??" It also seems that many instructors struggle with a lack of teaching skills or prep...