努力給(どりょくきゅう)

どりょくきゅう
noun
effort-based pay; performance-based wages
1. effort-based pay; performance-based wages
A pay structure where compensation is determined by individual effort, output, or performance rather than by seniority or fixed salary. Often contrasted with the traditional Japanese seniority-based pay system.
うちの会社(かいしゃ)は努力給(どりょくきゅう)を導入(どうにゅう)した。
Our company introduced effort-based pay.
努力給(どりょくきゅう)のおかげで、若(わか)い社員(しゃいん)のやる気(き)が上(あ)がった。
Thanks to effort-based pay, the motivation of young employees increased.
年功序列(ねんこうじょれつ)から努力給(どりょくきゅう)への移行(いこう)は、日本(にほん)の企業(きぎょう)にとって大(おお)きな転換(てんかん)だ。
The shift from seniority-based pay to effort-based pay is a major transition for Japanese companies.

Compound of 努力(どりょく) (effort) and 給(きゅう) (salary; wages). The suffix ~給(きゅう) appears in many compensation-related compounds. This term reflects an ongoing shift in Japanese workplace culture away from the traditional 年功序列(ねんこうじょれつ) (seniority-based) system.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 努力給(どりょくきゅう)を導入(どうにゅう)する: to introduce effort-based pay
  • 努力給(どりょくきゅう)制度(せいど): effort-based pay system
  • 努力給(どりょくきゅう)と固定給(こていきゅう): effort-based and fixed pay

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 成果給(せいかきゅう): results-based pay, tied specifically to measurable outcomes
  • 歩合給(ぶあいきゅう): commission-based pay, calculated as a percentage of sales
  • 固定給(こていきゅう): fixed salary, not variable by performance
  • 年功給(ねんこうきゅう): seniority-based pay, increases with years of service
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