Shimosato: With regard to work style, there is not much support for employees on maternity leave or childcare leave or for those returning to work after such leave. Employees who are physically and mentally able could utilize the time on leave to upgrade their skills. If employees maintain contact with the Company while on leave and know what to expect when they return to work, the burden on both returning employees and the Company can certainly be reduced.Yaegashi: We also need more role models for female employees—women who have long careers at the Company even after going through various stages of life. Everyone has a different work situation and personal environment, and as more examples emerge, more guideposts will appear for those who follow. It is important for everyone, myself included, to be conscious of the need for female role models.perspective. Being in a new workplace is like setting off on an exploration. There is new fun as well as new responsibilities to discover in a different kind of work. Inevitably that leads to personal growth. From now, my goal is to be involved in projects of greater difficulty. I believe that if the chance to be transferred to another office arose, I would be able to expand my knowledge even more.Shimosato: I do not think the Company has been exposed to particularly fierce competition up until now, but it will not be able to survive going forward by maintaining the status quo. We are seeing an increase in large-scale construction projects and projects in new fields. Against this backdrop, I want to be a valuable human resource involved in such projects and will continue to embrace challenges to achieve that goal.Tokimizu: I am very encouraged by your attitudes. Those of us involved in management must address such perspectives with the resolve to transform the Company so that employees actively embrace challenges. That will lead to personal growth, while future efforts to become more competitive might cause some internal tension. However, a clear demonstration of management’s intention to restructure the Company for the future should persuade every employee to keep working hard even as—or precisely because—the Company evolves.Tokimizu: We need to create an evaluation system and inherent mechanisms that are highly satisfactory from an employee perspective to ensure that individuals achieve personal growth and feel motivated. In addition, since we have targeted the offshore wind power construction business as a new pillar of growth, our recruitment efforts have to include people with work experience and skills not previously considered priorities for our business. For example, the jobs of a captain and crew on a cable-laying vessel differ in many ways from jobs in the construction industry, so the question is can employees engaged in that kind of work receive equitable treatment under our existing compensation and evaluation framework. To make the Company an appealing employment choice and thereby build a diverse workforce with wide-ranging expertise, we have to take some time to adjust various systems. We are currently considering how best to do this.Tokimizu: Listening to your comments, I understand clearly that decision-makers must understand whether the policies the Company is promoting actually match the expectations of employees. Going forward, additional measures such as employee engagement surveys should be introduced to gauge sentiment, but you have made me realize that more thought must be given to the survey idea, including which indicators to set. Of course, working conditions must be regularly reviewed to account for changes in lifestyles over time. At the same time, resources for improved programs and initiatives are limited. Your comments have renewed my resolve to listen closely to what employees have to say and to respond quickly and in the best way possible. So what challenges are you all going to tackle at the Company? Saiyama: For me, my recent transfer itself is a challenge, so I want to be aware of changes in the social environment as I engage fully in my work. I have had more opportunities to interact with staff from other departments since my transfer and will be very pleased if these experiences lead to new discoveries. Yaegashi: I also feel that being transferred—in my case, to the Architectural Design Department—has given me the opportunity to approach architecture from a different TOYO CONSTRUCTION I INTEGRATED REPORT 2024 Renewed resolve as member of “a company that can take on challenges”33
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