Abstract

Break free from the "meritocracy" that permeates the workplace!

Young employees who aren't understood, managers who are exhausted, HR personnel caught in the middle, and executives who are all too lonely... Everyone is working hard, but everyone is struggling. Why?

"Why does it have to be me...?" "No one is good enough" -- these kinds of comments are rampant, creating tension. It feels like you're always being chased. A huge number of tasks pile up, creating a heavy, suffocating atmosphere. Everyone is working hard, but no matter how hard they try, nothing is rewarded, and they only feel a growing sense of futility and fatigue.

Why has it come to this? How can we improve the workplace? We'll tackle the major issue of "work"!

Author’s Information

Born in Yokohama in 1982. Graduated from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo. After working at consulting firms such as BCG and Hay Group, she went independent. She is reconsidering meritocracy and a society of personal responsibility from the perspective of educational sociology and organizational development. Since 2020, she has been battling breast cancer. Her books include "Relieving the Difficulties of 'Ability'" (Dokusha), "What It Means to Work" (Shueisha Shinsho), "Being Hurt at Work" (Daiwa Shobo), "What is the 'Ranking' of Inequality?" (Asahi Shimbun Publications), "Who is the Academic Society for?" (PHP Shinsho), and she is the editor and author of "If You Can't Do This Much, You're the One in Trouble?" (Toyokan Publishing).