New Employees Watching at Home from the JR East

New Employees Watching at Home at the Startup Ceremony JR East April 1 18:10

With the spread of new coronavirus infections, JR East has provided an unusual response to live distribution of the entrance ceremony via the Internet.

The entrance ceremony for JR East was held on the afternoon of January 1 at the headquarters building in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, and an unusual response was that approximately 1,900 new employees watched the video distributed on the Internet on their smartphones at home.

Eight officers including President Yuji Fukasawa participated in the ceremony. Among them, President Fukasawa said, "Unfortunately, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, it was unusually distributed via the Internet, The joy of welcoming will not change. "

According to JR East, it is the first time that the ceremony is to be conducted online, and the ceremony in which all new employees are not gathered is only after the Great East Japan Earthquake nine years ago.

In consideration of the spread of the new coronavirus, new employees are expected to study at home and other places until this month, and then to conduct training at each workplace.

With the JR Shikoku video conference system

At the entrance ceremony of JR Shikoku, new employees were divided into five rooms and the time was shortened to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

At the ceremony held on January 1 at the JR Shikoku Training Center in Takamatsu City, 111 new employees were divided into five rooms for each occupation to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

The ceremony was held by connecting the room where President Shinji Hani is located and the other four rooms by a video conference system.

Mr. Hani stated, "The severe situation may continue due to the effects of the new coronavirus, but we hope that each and every one of us will contribute to the prosperity of Shikoku and the development of the company.

After that, the answer by the new employee was omitted, and the letter of resignation handed to each person in the usual year was also handed down by President Hanoi around each room and handed to one representative. It took about 10 minutes.

Ryota Matsumura, a new employee, said, “It's a bit disappointing that we weren't able to meet at the entrance ceremony at the same time, but I have no choice but to overcome this situation. I want to accumulate knowledge and experience in myself. "