In relation to Softbank’s ban on side jobs.
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I’ll pay you so much money that you don’t have to do side job, just concentrate on my company’s work!” It makes sense to bow down and say
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I was thinking about the statement that
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I was uncomfortable with the implicit assumption in the expression “devote yourself to the work of the company,” that devotion has value.
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Companies that promote side hustles may be estimating the value of “what the company gets from the side hustle” higher than the value of dedication.
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I remember Softbank doing something like an in-house entrepreneurship school.
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As the start-up company grows and stabilizes, the founder thinks, “I need a mechanism to create the next business.
- However, since the adult members of the organization are “people who work for a growing company,” there is a significant bias in perspective.
- They would like you to look outside to resolve this.
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So, we think about creating opportunities for more people to see outside the company by doing side work (parallel work).
- In-house startups that are told to “start a new business” cannot be increased too much because of the high cost of the organization and its members.
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So even if you promote side jobs, it would be a shame if you do side jobs that are “just an exchange of time and money” that do not bring value to the company.
- It would be good to be able to explain exactly what the company will have as a result of the second job.
- If they cannot do so, they will not be evaluated positively even if the ban on side hustles allows them to work on the side.
nishio 2017-10-13
- The other day, when I was talking about “maybe you don’t feel that devotion is worth it,” there was a case exactly like that, where the president asked me to try a side job at age 51, and I did it, and wrote on the company blog that “I’m no longer company-only” as a benefit. w
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