Employees in Japan who are yearning to quit their job but are reluctant to face their employer with their resignation letter can now seek professional help. All they need to do is contact a quitting agency that helps employees with their resignation process. Does that mean there are many firms that offer such a service? Yes! Exit, Albatros and Momuri are some of the known quitting agencies. The fact that ‘Momuri’ reportedly translates to ‘I can’t do this anymore’ speaks volumes of the kind of service offered.
Of course, it comes at a price. For instance, an employee wishing to quit has to simply pay up about Rs 11,600 or 20,000 yen to Exit, and Exit will call their employer on their behalf and put in their resignation.
As per Wall Street Journal, Exit is also offering a 50 per cent discount to clients who return to them. The company has been offering its services to about 10,000 people a year ever since it came into existence in 2017!
Once an employee has made up their mind to quit their workplace, they just have to engage Exit to make the call to their employer. Exit gathers all the necessary information and completes all the required formalities with the employer—from informing the employer right down to returning official devices, uniforms, i-cards, communicating the last day of work and so on.
The service is popular because most Japanese employees find the job-quitting process very stressful and emotionally draining. This is because employers tend to be rigid, uncooperative and determined to make them stay. When a third party informs the boss, the employee is saved the discomfort of having a difficult conversation with the boss.
Interestingly, many employers have now begun seeking the help of these agencies to get leads to people who have recently quit and may be looking for an alternate job.
