Indeed, Mr Sakurai goes even further, calling for the end of Japan's seniority-wagesystem (in which salaries are based on length of service rather than performance).
They are also a function of a peculiar labour market with lifetime employment, a wagesystem based on seniority rather than performance, and little job mobility among managers.
同时这种薪酬制度也有助于维护该国特有的讲究论资排辈和缺乏流动性的终身雇佣制为基础的劳动力市场。
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Less understood is the seniority-wagesystem, a third pillar of Japanese business.