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A 2 chan Thread (2017)
Disclaimer: This thread was posted in 2017 and therefore the information is a bit dated!
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| Toyota’s Head Office |
1: （OP）
~ The Life of a Toyota Employee ~
• Joins Toyota and moves into the company dorms
• Buys a Toyota car with the employee discount
• Works out at the company gym provided through Toyota’s employee benefits
• Shops at a supermarket run by the Toyota co-op
• Meets a partner at a dating event organized by the Toyota labor union
• Holds a wedding at a venue operated by the Toyota co-op
• Moves into affordable company housing provided by Toyota
• Has a child at the Kariya Toyota General Hospital, which is run by Toyota,
and receives a birth gift
• Builds a house through Toyota Home
• Takes family vacations at Toyota Group’s various resort facilities across Japan
• Sends their child to Kaiyo Academy, established by Toyota, Chubu Electric, and JR Central
• Their child later goes on to attend Toyota Technological Institute, also founded by Toyota
• Finally, their own funeral is held at a funeral hall operated by the Toyota co-op
INSANITY.
2:
Is that a cult religion?
4: (OP)
>>2
Pure horror.
655:
>>2
Toyota is a country of its own.
3: (OP)
This is full-on slavery.
443:
>>3
A “slave” who can afford to own a house and send their kids to school?
Yeah right.
What an idiot.
894:
>>443
That’s all part of the brainwashing — give them a good education so they’ll want to join Toyota, and then work them hard again as obedient slaves.
906:
>>894
Sounds more like an elite class to me.
5:
The company is way too generous.
8: (OP)
There’s something terrifying about it, like old-school sci-fi.
10:
The company gives you a salary just to take it all back.
12:
If you drive a non-Toyota car, you get jumped in a back alley, right?
139:
>>12
Actually, the main company parking lot is full of cars from other makers.
166:
>>139
Real talk: You can drive non-Toyota cars, but you won’t get reimbursed for transportation costs. That’s why execs often drive other brands.
182:
>>12
Fun fact: The president happily drives around in a Nissan GT-R.
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| Akio Toyoda, currently (2025) the chairman of Toyota |
13: (OP)
Do Toyota employees really find life enjoyable…?
14:
“From the cradle to the grave.”
16:
It’s more reasonable than relying on the government.
69 :
>>16
Totally agree. Depending on Toyota as a company is more reliable than depending on Japan as a country.
18:
They’ve got great employee benefits.
19: (OP)
Is there even a point to living like this…?
24:
Still, lifetime earnings are 300 million yen.
25:
Living your whole life in Toyota City sounds like hell.
40: (OP)
>>25
Being isolated and exploited your entire life—sounds like a horror story.
27: (OP)
Isn’t this just life-long exploitation…?
32:
If you get employee discounts, that’s a good deal though.
34:
Big companies like Toyota or Seibu can raise people this way.
35:
As someone at the bottom, I’m incredibly jealous.
37:
Mitsubishi could probably do this too.
52: (OP)
>>37
They definitely could… that’d be pretty scary.
42:
I need to immigrate to the nation of Toyota…
46:
What matters to a company is loyalty.
Loyal employees are valued.
48:
They have everything—you gotta envy that.
49:
At least they can choose which hospitals and schools their kids go to.
50:
Toyota is a country in itself.
51:
Sounds fun.
66: (OP)
>>55
Is it really fun being bound to a company for life…?
130:
>>66
You’re not bound.
You’re just choosing to take advantage of the benefits. That’s all.
54:
Y’all are livestock of the nation, too.
It’s just a difference between being a corporate or state-owned slave.
And that’s normal.
Honestly, you’re finished if you are neither —you’re basically a plant at that point.
57:
It does feel a bit dystopian. LOL
But if the benefits are that good, maybe it’s worth it.
59:
Apparently Subaru employees are also made to buy Toyota Homes.
62:
At this point, is there any meaning in being human?
79: (OP)
>>62
It seems like they only see humans as labor resources… It’s terrifying.
73:
Employees get discounts, and the company gets its money back. Win-win, I guess.
74:
Toyota is just involved in their life’s big milestones.
Otherwise, you’re still free to do anything you like.
75:
If you get good time off, then the cost-performance is excellent.
77:
Toyota knows demand for cars is peaking globally. That’s why they’re looking into new ventures.
94: (OP)
If Toyota collapses, the people under its umbrella probably won’t survive…
82:
It’s like a conveyor belt of life. But it’s definitely stable, so maybe that’s OK.
88:
What if a Toyota employee wants a motorcycle?
106:
>>88
Yamaha would be acceptable.
90:
What would happen to the OP if he saw Ford’s factory town in Detroit.
102:
It’s the same with cops. They live their whole lives in the police ecosystem.
103:
Outside of being required to drive Toyota cars, they can still make their own choices.
The list the OP showed is the result of them making the best choices.
It’s not sci-fi—it’s just smart consumerism.
104:
It’s the same as living and spending your money in Japan. Toyota is just its own kingdom.
108:(OP)
Is there a point living such a life…?
109:
It’s like a company version of the UK’s “cradle to grave” system.
With these benefits, who cares about ideology?
111:
You’re free to receive or not receive those benefits.
They’re just giving you options.
That’s what makes it great.
114:
They’re like livestock for sure.
134: (OP)
>>114
Exactly. Employees are like livestock whose very ability to think is being stripped.
119:
It’s not just Toyota. Big companies all end up like this.
Even people not in the group live their lives through Recruit (job search), SUUMO (real estate), Hot Pepper (restaurants), Rikunavi Next (career change), Zexy (wedding), Jalan (travel), etc.
(Note: all the links are to Japanese websites)
227:
>>119
Great analogy.
240:
>>119
That really puts things into perspective.
122:
Still wouldn’t want to work for Toyota.
The work’s brutal.
148:
>>122
You don’t get those benefits for easy jobs.
153:
They must have loads of disposable income.
I’m jealous.
155:
No way high-achieving Toyota parents would send their kids to Toyota Tech.
156: (OP)
Is a life of constant corporate exploitation really enjoyable…?
I’d rather have freedom.
164:
You can just move an object and report it on paper, and they’ll count that as “improvement activity” and give you 100 yen. It’s a good company.
179:
This is how big Japanese companies used to be.
Panasonic even provided employee graves as part of their benefits.
202:
If Toyota knows the money flows back into the company, it can afford to pay more.
Employees save money buying within the group. This is true win-win.
245:
Three 10-day vacations a year and weekends off.
I want to work in engineering again…
246:
But don’t forget: there’s the mandatory pre-retirement exile to a group company.
258:
When I passed by Toyota HQ in the afternoon, tons of people were jogging.
Is that what they do on lunch break?
268:
>>258
That’s practice for the company sports festival.
344:
>>268
I thought you were joking, but it’s real?
Everyone there is so conscientious.
300:
>>258
Dude, Toyota holds company sports days three times a year, with qualifiers…
265:
Is Toyota City really that rural?
If Nagoya’s just 30 minutes away, that’s not bad.
297:
>>265
It’s actually a 50-minute train ride. (Seriously pissed off)
319:
>>297
That sucks. It’s not even a proper suburb.
Feels like there’s no culture.
352:
>>319
It’s not a suburb. It really has nothing.
Think of it like Silicon Valley.
275:
Could the auto industry collapse in the future?
294:
>>275
With EVs and self-driving tech, Toyota is falling behind.
301: (OP)
Toyota is already showing signs of losing. They missed the EV boat.
841:
>>301
Toyota’s the only one that secured lithium, though…
321:
When I was a temp worker at Toyota, I complained about tree branches on my commute, and they had them cut within three days.
354:
>>321
Your boss probably counted that as a process improvement and got credit for it.
373:
>>354
He told me, “If anything bugs you, let me know. I’ve got connections with Toyota-affiliated politicians. I can make anything happen.”
481:
>>321
Honestly, you could’ve told the city and they’d have trimmed the branches the same day.
351:
This reminds me of Walmart employees whose wages just get funneled back to Walmart.
376:
Toyota City kids don’t suffer from “car fatigue”—even young high school grads are out here buying Alphards and Harriers like it’s nothing.
388:
*The “lifelong Mitsubishi employee” experience:
• Go to university, join Mitsubishi Group
• Bank with MUFG
• Buy Mitsubishi home appliances on group discount
• Get Nikon cameras for employee on group discount
• Shop only at Lawson (Mitsubishi-affiliated) for convenience stores.
• Drink only Kirin Beer at bars.
• Drive only Mitsubishi cars
• Fuel up at ENEOS
• Insure with Tokio Marine
• Buy a Mitsubishi property with Asahi Glass windows
• Travel using MUFG credit cards
• Get Meiji Yasuda life insurance
• Send kids to Seikei schools for the escalator course*
Please someone continue this lists!
396:
There aren’t that many group discounts, actually.
419:
>>388
Never drive Mitsubishi cars.
424:
>>388
I wonder if those old elite companies actually stick to those kinds of internal rules.
To get all your home appliances from Mitsubishi is insane.
401:
I heard Toyota even runs a high school lol
470 (in response):
You’re probably talking about Kaiyo Academy.
It’s expensive, but if you get a scholarship, it’s basically free.
484:
If Toyota falls, Japan falls with it.
584:
It’s a secure life, no doubt.
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