2009-07-29

chronovore: (magnum)
2009-07-29 01:16 pm
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Hostesses - not the fruit pie

With Jobs Scarce in Japan, Women Become Professional Flirts - NYTimes.com:

Even before the economic downturn, almost 70 percent of women ages 20 to 24 worked jobs with few benefits and little job security, according to a government labor survey. The situation has worsened in the recession.

For that reason, a growing number of Japanese women seem to believe that work as a hostess, which can easily pay $100,000 a year, and as much as $300,000 for the biggest stars, makes economic sense.

Even part-time hostesses and those at the low end of the pay scale earn at least $20 an hour, almost twice the rate of most temp positions. (emphasis mine)
Yes, except in the temp positions the job description is not "tolerate encourage sexual advances from the boss or client."