Papa

Today we're talking about daddy employees who have children, so these three have been gathered.

I have a son who is 1 year and 10 months old. She was just born last year and is in full bloom.

I have two children. My eldest daughter is 4 years old and my eldest son is 1 year old. It was hard when my first child was born, but raising two children is even harder. You are busy with childcare every day (laughs). I think Mr. Karasawa already had a child who was 10 years old, right?

I have a 10-year-old eldest daughter and a 6-year-old second daughter! My eldest daughter was born when I was a student.

You have a child who was born before you joined the company! That was new to me!

Oh yeah (lol) I have a really good memory of announcing to my co-workers, “We have a baby!” on the day of the informal ceremony!

This was good news even before I joined the company! Even in Macnica 's long history, isn't Mr. Karasawa the first new graduate employee to join the company with a child?

I think that's probably true (lol) The trip to Hawaii with my family right after I joined the company was a lot of fun! At Macnica, there are many people who value time with their families, and before the trip, my boss told me, ``Enjoy it with your family!'' and I thought, ``This is a company full of kindness.'' Tayo!

After all, spending time with family is important. I think it is important to take a moderate amount of vacation for the happiness of the family. I took childcare leave for a month when my first son was born, and it was really meaningful. I was able to give my wife a rest because she was weak after giving birth, and above all, spending time with my first born son was exceptional!

It's better to take childcare leave if possible for your family! In my case, my wife gave birth at home and my wife's parents helped with childcare, so I managed somehow without taking childcare leave. Growing up is really hard.

Macnica has an atmosphere that encourages fathers to take childcare leave, which is great! When I talked to my boss about taking childcare leave, he replied, ``Of course you can!'' I'm really grateful.

Of course, it is a major premise that the company and team members will not be inconvenienced even if you take a vacation, but the family is an irreplaceable existence, so father employees should not hold back. I want you to make the most of your maternity leave!

People sometimes say, “Dads should actively participate in childcare, too,” but I think that expression is a bit wrong. The expression "participation" sounds like a way of thinking in which the mother is the main body of childcare and the father participates in it. Dads want to actively raise their children together with their moms!

I think so too! So, I try to make my work as efficient as possible and try to find ways to make time for childcare.

There is a real feeling that ingenuity in business is now required more than ever! The evolution of online tools triggered by the corona crisis has made it possible to work smoothly even from home. In the case of telecommuting, I can use the time I travel to the company or customers to do other work, so recently I've been trying to make good use of telecommuting and going to the office to increase productivity.

I am also working from home to improve my work efficiency! Working from home has allowed me to finish my work faster than before, so I can bathe my children and feed them more often.

Since I started working from home, I have been able to send my child to nursery school in the morning. In my case, it takes me two hours to commute to and from work, but since I don't have time to travel, I have more time to spend with my children.

Effective use of telecommuting has made childcare so much easier, but the reason telecommuting is possible in the first place is because Macnica is working as a company to improve operational efficiency. I think the company's efforts to change the way they work have been made possible by adopting digitalization of stamping and signing documents, and by building a system that allows them to maintain and improve productivity without everyone having to come to the office.

That's exactly right! One of the ideas that Macnica values is "innovation." Based on the idea that ``if you work in the same way for years, there is no 'innovation,''' we are constantly updating our work methods in line with changes in the external environment. I think that the environment in which it is easy to work has been developed.

I strongly believe that in order to achieve a better balance between childcare and work, we also have to review the way we work, starting with one thing!