Western CEOs crack down, demanding super-AI productivity to keep your job. Japanese firms pay older workers to do nothing
- Posted on February 27, 2026
- By Fortune
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Western CEOs crack down, demanding super-AI productivity to keep your job. Japanese firms pay older workers to do nothing
Survey suggests about half of Japanese companies have an “old guy who does nothing”—a quiet reassurance in an AI efficiency era that one bad quarter won’t end your career.
