https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/fortress-s-japan-hotel-unit-doubles-pay-to-fight-labor-shortage-1.2073011#:~:text=(Bloomberg)%20%2D%2D%20One%20hotel%20chain,double%20salaries%20to%20unprecedented%20levels.

(Bloomberg) -- One hotel chain in Japan has decided the only way to deal with a severe labor shortage is to double salaries to unprecedented levels. 

Mystays Hotel Management Co., owned by Fortress Investment Group’s fund and the island nation’s fourth-largest operator, is offering monthly salaries of ¥500,000 ($3,210) for new hires into its fast-track program aimed at training managers for its 151 properties across Japan. 

After letting go of staff during the pandemic, many hotels are now struggling to add workers as a resurgence of visitors overwhelms the hospitality industry. Rising prices and corresponding wage growth also make it harder for employers to attract workers without offering more attractive salaries. More than 60% of hotel operators say that their workforce remains stuck below below pre-pandemic levels, according to Teikoku Databank.

 “We’re going to see a situation where staff with new skills are going to overtake those who have come up through the ranks,” said Masako Taylor, a professor at Osaka Gakuin University, adding that language ability and other skills are in greater demand across the industry as it seeks to cater to high-end tourists.

Founded in 1999, Mystays was acquired by a Fortress fund in 2012. The company reported ¥117 billion in commission sales in 2023, a 58% increase from 2019, before the pandemic. Shunsuke Yamamoto, chairman of MyStays, is seeking to turn the company into the top operator of hotels in Japan within 5 to 10 years. 

“We want workers who might join technology or consulting companies to look at us” as an employment option, Yamamoto said in an interview.

The hiring program is aimed at attracting new hires in their 20s, and promote them quickly if they show promise. The starting salary being offered by MyStays is almost double the average salary of the accommodation and food service industry, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s Basic Survey on Wage Structure in 2023.

월 50만엔으로 거의 2배 가까히 인상했다는 것 같음

20대들 위주로 채용을 하고 있고

정말 황당한게 이유가 인력부족임

15-20년전까지만 해도 일본 신졸들이 취업을 못해서

중국으로 진출하는 일본 기업들에 현지 취업했다는 기사를 읽은 기억이 있음

힘들게 타국 생황을 하는 것이였지만 급여도 별로였고 

일본으로 돌아와도 경력을 인정 받으면서 전직하기 힘들었다고

이제는 기업들이 을이 되고 취업자가 갑이 되니까

알아서 임금인상 하고 

젊은이들의 전직도 증가추세임 (노동시장이 유연해지기 시작함)

내일 1분기 GDP 속보치가 나오는데 

현재 전망은 좋지 않음 전기비 대비 0.3% 감소임.

가장 큰 이유는 지,.진보다도 다이하츠의 출하정지 

명목 GDP는 상승세를 유지할 가능성이 높다고 함

개인소비 관해서는 자동차 판매가 우울했어도 상승했을거라는 사람과 아니다가 갈림

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