Review
Praise for the Hardback edition of 'The Blue-Eyed Salaryman' 'Hilarious' Daily Mail 'Astonishing' Libby Purves, Radio 4 Midweek 'Fascinating' David Thomas, Sunday Telegraph '...A rare inside look at corporate life in Japan, one that is worth more than a dozen business-school studies...' Bloomberg
Harriet Sergeant, The Spectator, 2 April 2005
The book is full of wonderful vignettes and details.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
The Spectator, April 2nd, 2005
'full of wonderful vignettes and details'
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Product Description
Why on earth would anyone give up a life on the open road for the regimen of a vast Japanese conglomerate? And is it really so different in Japan from everywhere else? Niall Murtagh spent years as a world traveller - hitchhiking to Istanbul, bussing to Kathmandu and crossing the Atlantic in a home-built yacht. In 1986 he closed the door on his adventurous life and settled down in Japan, eventually joining Mitsubishi as a Salaryman - a man in a shiny suit with a shiny attache case in a conglomerate with 100,000 employees. And what happens when you give up the Salaryman life? The book follows life after the corporation, giving fresh perspectives on the nature of Japanese business culture and the problems faced by outsiders in Japan.
About the Author
Niall Murtagh is an author and translator specialising in technology and corporate culture. His book on life in a large Japanese multinational, "The Blue-Eyed Salaryman" has been published in several languages, including Japanese. He currently teaches at Hosei University, Tokyo.
