Right, Katsuko-nee gives instructions, and I make bread.
Nei and Kana-senpai are just helping out as sellers.
Among the students of the bread course, I’m the only one who’s officially training in the bakery.
However, that will be different in the future
Yeah, Ai already joined the bread course,
The new personnel that joined in is at your age, but you’re still a senior in work
Jii-chan looked at me and laughed.
It’s not just Katsuko-kun, you also need to lead the newcomer Right
Actually, I’m teaching Ai a lot about pastry making.
How was the experience guiding someone?
Err.
You trained before them, and so you know a lot, but, if you explain it to other people, you might find out something that makes your work better, thinking Oh, so that’s the reason why I do this.
People who understand it intuitively have to change to speaking theoretically when talking to people.
Especially with Ai, she thinks slowly, and so explaining it to her.
I noticed deeper meaning for those I thought I understand.
Right. Explaining it to someone lets you reconfirm the details you were taught. That’s important
Jii-chan looked at me.
Katsuko-kun and your project isn’t complete with just the two of you
Our bakery can’t have just the two of us.
Jii-chan’s right.
Even now, Nei and the girls are helping out in the storefront.
Mana, Agnes, and the other girls help out in making the 50-yen cheaper pastries.
Someday, you’ll need to hire people. Furthermore, they probably don’t have the necessary skill and experience for your business. No, that’s how it will be most of the time
Those who know how to bake pastry and those with experience won’t always come to our shop.
Yeah, if we were to recruit people now, most of them probably never tried baking before.
If you continue the scope of your business, you’ll need to guide new employees. Not all of them will be people who’ll work under your management for 10, 20 years
Yeah, there would be partime workers that will come and go to the bakery.
Those going to university or found a job will stop working in our bakery.
Maybe they’re moving to a new house.
Or someone found a more straightforward job to do.
And people who can’t stomach me would want to quit their job.
That’s how it is in my business group. This year, new employees come in, and newcomers get training. Business needs to keep on training people within their scope
I see.
If we’re to start a bakery, then, in 10, 20 years, I still need to train the newcomers.
You need to be aware of that starting now
Teaching Ai about making pastries means.
Our intimate relationship doesn’t matter.
From now on, if I continue working in the bakery, I need to consider that there are always newcomers that require training.
You will become a manager. Not an employee
Jii-chan looks at me with a straight face.
The employee’s job is only to do what he and the employer have agreed with. The manager is the one to decide what specific job, process, and progress. In short, it’s your job to think about it. The employee will ask you what to do, and you decide. And you’re the one to guide them to do the job as you expect
What do the employees do?
How do I make them do things I expect them to do.
I need to think about it and lead them.
Naturally, for those who work in the shop, they will give an opinion on how to make things much more efficient. However, the employee’s opinion is still an opinion. You’re the one to decide. It’s the manager’s duty and responsibility
Manager. Responsibility.
If it doesn’t go smoothly, then it’s your fault. It may stagnate production, and maybe, your employees quit due to displeasure. Especially if your demands aren’t met with compensation
Compensation. Wages. Money.
No, it’s not just money. Employees work as long as the job is suited for the passion they have, even if the pay is a little lower. As long as they get paid. As long as they can make a living. If they could hold their livelihood with it, people will take any job, as long as it’s attractive enough. It’s much better than dying Oh! People who don’t care, as long as they get work, don’t exist Idiots like those exist at times. However, they are tight with their life. Therefore, they can say such stupidity. Those who worry about their meal in the future, especially the younger ones, will never say, I just want to work, I don’t care what I have to do. If they were to say that, then they’re just lunatics Jii-chan said. There’s no person in this world who works for free. They can’t exist. Manual labor will always have compensation. That is why volunteers who do social activities without asking for payment are precious But, I heard some comic storytellers and their disciples working for free. Hmm, if it was during the Edo period, disciples need to pay for the apprenticeship to the merchant. Sometimes, giving their master, or teacher their pocket money
I guess it’s still not free.
But in exchange, their minimum necessities are guaranteed. They won’t have full bellies, but they won’t starve either. They’ll have a place to sleep too. And they get clothes as well
Guaranteed necessities.
They’re not slaves. And they’re only due the bare minimum
Jii-chan snorts.
Therefore, if one’s a disciple of some merchant, they have no problems with food. It meant that they keep on living for sure. That was the modern society during the Meiji era, and it had a great significance
Yeah, it’s the age where people starve to death.
On the other hand, taking in a disciple in an entertainment hall means that the person needs enough influence to feed the disciple. A teacher who can’t provide his own necessities can’t possibly take in a disciple. That’s mostly the relationship between the teacher and pupil
The disciple is guaranteed the minimum necessities, and so he can work for free.
Then, that disciple will work under his teacher for 24 hours a day in the entertainment hall. There’s no other work. The disciple will watch his master and other entertainers, and polish his craft. Before long, he will enter his master’s performance and get paid. It’s an early opening for the entertainment hall, and so there’s hardly any customers. Then, if the craft is highly evaluated, the disciple will come in at a later time, little by little. The pay raises, and soon enough, the disciple will become independent of their master That’s how it works with the entertainment hall back then. Therefore, I don’t understand why some recent workers in the entertainment industry work on a side-job when they’re not earning. Don’t their teachers have to provide their necessities? Maybe, youngsters who are okay as long as they have food, clothing, a place to sleep, but.
Before all that, I don’t think there’s any entertainer with a master nowadays.
However, no matter what job it is, what’s most important is to gain experience in the place for as long as possible. No matter how many side jobs you have, you must improve your crafts. No matter how far you get, you must act like an entertainer pupil.Or so I believe
Hmm.
Let’s put that aside and return to the topic. Anyway, this world doesn’t have a person who would do something and not get rewarded. However, some people are okay as long as their basic necessities are guaranteed
Jii-chan said.
The black companies they call are those who are good at seeing that. They make sure that the person is okay with labor, where their wages will keep them barely living. And they’ll put them to good use while making sure the worker doesn’t die But, if I recall, there are workers who forced themselves too hard that they died? That kind of company is no longer a business. Business needs living workers. It’s a disgrace if you let your workers die from work