Real World- Real Work

Okay, so I need to write a blog in English, so I decided to talk about what I do best- work. At my part time job, I am the best, meaning that there is really nobody above me. Only the top manager and a few assistant managers, but as far as students and the heirachy, I am untouchable. I can do whatever I wish to, I have the absolute freedom, but I do not abuse such power, so therefore because of that, I gain more power. Power is in the decision making process and the power of delegating task to whomever I wish to. But, what I really want to talk about is the phrase "Its not what you know- It's who you know."

Is this phrase known in Japan? This means at work, especially for promotions, the lesser qualified person may get the job over the more qualified person due to the lesser qualified person being friends with the person or persons in charge of promotions. This may be a little confusing to Mai and Kotono, so if you want I can try to explain in Japanese...hopefully. But, anyways, this happens everywhere! So, I really have given up a lot on academic achievements because that really doesn't mean a whole lot for what I could go into after graduation.

I think, in Japan that this phrase is very common and my examples would be the foreign population working in Japan, more so those who are entrepreneurs, someone who starts a business. But even more so towards those of Korean descent. But, I don't think that its just limited to that particular ethnic group. Any comments on this would be interesting. Thanks.

Have a nice day!