Increasing number of companies seeking early retirement or voluntary retirement
Last year, a private survey showed that the number of companies seeking early retirement or voluntary retirement had increased sharply, and the number of eligible individuals exceeded 10,000 for the first time in six years. Not only poorly performing companies, but also surplus companies are taking notice of the reduction in personnel.
According to a private credit research firm, Tokyo Shoko Research, the number of companies that recruited employees who retire before the retirement age in the past year, or who retired early or voluntarily, has increased to 36, three times the previous year. Was.
The target number reached 11,351, exceeding 10,000 for the first time in six years.
Looking at the breakdown, the largest number of companies related to electrical equipment, such as Toshiba and Japan Display, a major LCD company, had a poor performance with 12 companies.
On the other hand, companies such as Astellas Pharma and Casio Computer, whose profits were the most recent, accounted for half of the total.
Seven out of the nine companies that plan to retire early or voluntarily after that have achieved profitability, and companies with relatively strong performance have been remarkably moving to reduce their workforce.
According to a research company, "The wave of digitalization is rushing and the number of companies performing structural reform is increasing. It is likely that the movement to review the composition of personnel while managing management will accelerate further in the future." You.