![]() Young people think they can live without a stable job, without getting married and having a family. He claims that nowadays young people have become too soft because their parents let them do what they wanted. There is a testimony from a freeter's father. Furthermore, their low level of income acts as an impediment to them in forming new families, suppressing the growth of consumption while worsening the downward spiral in the fertility rate and the deficit in the social security system. Indeed, freeters earn low wages and tend to remain poor and do not manage to contribute to social security. By this point of view, freeters are selfish and do not give their own contribution to the State and do generate a loss in the social security budget. Indeed, by choosing to not being tied to firms, the priority is given to the personal happiness and freedom over the society's and country's wellness. However, in the last decades, Japanese's collectivism has been shifting to an individual orientation. Employees are expected to demonstrate qualities of conformity, dilligence, loyalty, dedication, self-sacrifice, and hard work for the firm in which they are employed. The loyalty to a company is a perfect example of a collectivistic attitude. This kind of society is less self-centred and have social values that revolves around what is best for a community and society. Japan has always been considered a collectivistic society, because the emphasis is on the needs and goals of a group over the needs and desires of each individual. At the same time, they can choose this way of life because they can rely on their parent's financials. Young people do not try to apply for full-time jobs because they do want to have more freedom. Yamada states that they do not embrace the same values that their parents had and do not consider the sphere of work seriously. For a total negative view, see Yamada Masahiro's "The Era of Parasite Singles" (1999). The main criticism concern the fact that young people do choose to become freeters and they should be blamed for their choice that could affect the future of nation's economy. People of previous generations usually consider freeters to be lazy and irresponsible. Members of the non-labour force population who hope to find part-time/arbeit jobs, who are not otherwise engaged in household labour or education.Unemployed individuals who are searching for part-time/arbeit jobs.Workers whose employment categories are determined by their employers as "part-time' or "arbeit" (temporary workers).The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan has defined "freeters" as individuals between the ages of 15 and 34 who have graduated from school (and, in case of females, are unmarried), who are employed as the following types of workers : ![]() ![]() The word "freeter" (furitaa in Japanese) originates from the term "free arbeiter" (furii arubaitaa). ![]()
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