I (30), Who Works for a Black Company and Died While Regretting My Gloomy Life, Started Over From High School!

Chapter 12: Black companies, absolutely a no-no!

TL: Netori-kun

ED: Anima

This problem should be started from over here

Oh, I see! So that makes it equal to the value of X!

Weve been studying for about an hour now, and progress is moving pretty smoothly

To begin with, Shijoin-san is very serious and full of motivation.

But then again, Nihama-kuns teaching style is really easy to understand. Do you have any experience?

Well, sort of

I have no experience tutoring anyone.

What Im referring to now is how I trained new employees.

The black company I worked for did not provide any training for new employees, and had a crazy policy of learning by watching.

But that would have slowed the newcomer down and killed my sleep time, so I made my own manual for newcomers.

And to operate it, I focused on the following four points.

Show them what the work consists of and how it should be completed (e.g., create document B for briefing session A).

Show them the order in which they need to complete the work so that they understand what step they are currently at.

Create an atmosphere where the newcomer can relax and ask questions easily.

Praise them regardless of how small the achievement is..

We just need to create an equation that makes this and that equal in the end. So, if you think about how many values of X here would be most suitable, you can find it at Oh, yeah! Thats right! You can figure it out right away, Shijoin-san!

Its because of the way you teach. Oh, and about this part

When I complimented her on the key points, Shijoin-san blushed in embarrassment.

(Yes, such an atmosphere is necessary, a loose atmosphere where people can ask questions easily.)

At the start of her studies, Shijoin-san was less talkative and more nervous than usual, perhaps it was due to her weakness for studying.

But now she asks a lot of questions and doesnt falter when she doesnt understand something.

Its exactly what I was aiming for.

(The worst thing is when the atmosphere is so stiff that its hard to ask questions, so what you dont understand remains unanswered, and the trust between us doesnt deepen at all.)

When I was a beginner, my boss would say, Ask me anything you dont understand, and would respond with, Dont ask me that every time! or, You made a mistake! Why didnt you ask me about it? There was a time when I was afraid to ask questions and didnt know the right answer to my work because of the unreasonable combo of Ask me if you dont understand but dont ask every time.

So when I teach something, I try to praise the person as much as I can.

Praise is proof that you recognize the other persons hard work, and praise is the fuel that drives the human spirit.

Hmm, we should take a break. Weve been at it for an hour and a half already.

Yes. Im sorry to have taken up so much of your time. Ill compensate you for this at a later date

No, no, dont worry about it. Itll be good for your learning.

In fact, I would rather pay to have the pleasure of teaching Shijoin-san how to study.

Nihama-kun, youve been studying very hard lately. Have you already decided on a career path?

Yeah, Im thinking about going to college, but Im kind of struggling with what subject to take.

What will I do with my second life?

This has been bothering me ever since I went back in time, but one thing I am sure of is that I absolutely refuse to work for a black company.

If this is the case, then I should aim for companies that I remember from my past that were considered to be white, but they are all large companies and they will be difficult to get into, so I need to aim for a good university.

Well, its a common story, I want to go to a good university and work for a decent company. What about you, Shijoin-san?

Well, dad says hell get me a job after college, but I dont like that because its a bit unfair.

Youre so serious.

It must be a pretty good place, since her father, the president of a large company, will provide it.

But I dont know what kind of work suits me. When I vaguely look at job posters, Im attracted by words like All kinds of individuals are welcome, Homely workplace, and Workplace where your dedication is rewarded!.

Thats righteh?

No, wait a minute. What did she just say?

Are all kinds of individuals welcome? Is it a homely workplace? A place where dedication is rewarded?

I thought, Ill just try to find a job in any of those positions that I think I can get into, and then Ill do my best to persevere no matter how hard it is.

No, its no good!

Huh?

What a horrible thing to say!

That plane is almost a direct flight to hell!

Um, , well, whats wrong, Nihama-kun?

Listen to me very carefully, Shijoin-san.

I face Shijoin-san, whose expression is black and white, with a stern face.

Dont believe such catchphrases blindly!

Huh?

Anybody is welcome means its too hard and too many people quit, homey workplace means the presidents family controls everything in many cases! A workplace where dedication is rewarded means that quotas and overtime work are terrible!

After all, the company I worked for in my previous life was exactly like that poster!

Of course, not all of them are like that, and there are a lot of good ones out there! But even if youre able to identify those catchphrases, youll get caught by a bad company if you choose any of them or where I could get in!

Well, what kind of company is considered dangerous?

The first thing that comes to mind is crazy hard work. I heard that my relatives worked from eight in the morning until after midnight every day.

What, ? That sounds like youre working all the time except when youre sleeping.

Thats right. And if you work overtime, it never happened and you dont get paid for it.

Yeah, that s the right reaction, Shijoin-san.

What Im saying is that it doesnt make sense to me either.

The one I talked about is a particularly bad one, but there are definitely companies that are that bad. So if you settle for anywhere, youll get in serious trouble.

So, thats how it is. !

Shijoin-san trembles in shock when I tell her the information that I once learned so painfully.

I was surprised because I didnt know about such a situation. But how do you know so much about these things, Nihama-kun?

No, uh, thats because Ive heard a lot about it from my relatives that I just told you about. He got into a black company and went through hell until he turned 30.

I see, youre right! Anyway, Ive heard of black companies a few times, but from what you just said, its really terrible.

Oh, its not a place for humans.

A flashback to the days of slavery, a shitty life filled with all the evils of this world, and countless memories of my body and soul being shattered.

Cursing is the norm, swearing at your parents, denigrating your character, you name it. There is no overtime pay as a matter of course, and the boss throws his work to his subordinates and takes all the credit, blaming them for the mistakes. Its only good if you can take one or two days off a month, and even on those precious days off, youre often called from work on your cell phone.

The more I speak, the more awful memories flood my mind.

I cant stop the complaints that have been piled up in my chest.

During the busy season, we would have to stay at the office for weeks with sleeping bags and not be able to do anything but work. Naturally, some of us would collapse, but instead of giving us a break, upper management would call us dirtbags with no guts. And even if youre that busy, you still have to submit at least 50 pages of manuscript paper for a book report that the President wrote.

Uh, youre not talking about those so called war-time torture, are you??

Unfortunately, its all about the modern Japanese workforce from start to finish.

It was not an environment for human beings.

Its also unpleasant to have your mind so paralyzed by the sheer exhaustion of daily life, that

you cant even recognize your own misery.

If you say you can work anywhere, it means you could inadvertently end up in a prison like that.

Oh, and seriously trying to persevere no matter how hard it is in such a place will definitely break your heart.

Yes, Shijoin-san became exactly that way in the future.

She lost her lovely and wonderful Smile.

Thats the only thing that I must prevent, even if it kills me.

My relatives talked about it so much that it freaked me out and made me take my future more seriously. Thats also the reason why I study more than before.

Yeah, Im starting to feel like I need to learn more !

Shijoin-san was shaken up when she was told about the reality of black companies based on

my actual experience.

Okay, now the flag of Shijoin-sans ruin at her workplace is a step distant from happening again.

But its great that you can change so many things about yourself just by listening to such a story. I know what I should do in my head, but I cant just suddenly change myself that much.

No, Im not that great. Really.

I just know that the future will not be as sweet as I thought it would be as this is my second life.

Even in the high school years of my first lap, I was already anxious about the future.

But I just ignored it.

I was naive to believe in my optimism that the future could be

managed without doing anything.

The cost of my decisions was more than ten years of living as a company slave.

(I had the same theory about Shijoin-san, I guess, I was hoping that someday a romantic comedy-like event would occur and wed become intimate and eventually become lovers , like in a novel.)

Even if you waited, an event like this would never happen in reality..

But if you can get her affection up yourself, it will happen 100%!

(So, this time, I will not neglect my preparations. This time, I wont hesitate. This time)

Ill confess to her.

I want to make this girl happy. The girl who I continue to fall in love with, even after returning to the past.

I can work hard because studying is part of improving myself for that purpose.

Well, thats it, breaks over! Lets go with chemistry next!

Yes, please, sensei!

We resumed our studies, while I looked at her dazzling smile.

I cleverly hid the fact that I felt like I was in heaven sitting side by side with Shijoin-san with a gentlemanly look on my face.

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