Rairairai - Vol. 1 Ch. 3 - Welcome to Raiden

[Rikortez]

Looks great so far, thanks for the translation!

 

[lolglolblol]

Not gonna lie, kinda disappointed he stopped being just a head

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[Cadoccius13]

huh how much is that in my local currency..
checks
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SIR YES SIR
GLORY TO RAIDEN HEAVY INDUSTRIES

 

[Mathias]

Money always had insane persuasive powers...
Thanks for the chapter.

 

[Dreamaker]

bet that graany die

 

[Weoooo]

1 mil yen monthly salary seems a bit low for fighting aliens.

I guess it depends on the buying power of the currency. A weak yen and a strong dollar make it seem very unattractive to us, but money's always relative and if it makes her go all googly then it's probably something meaningful.

 

[ngubaoson]

MONEY

 

[Blaze_Rod]

Can I have that contract? I got debts too.

She's being taken advantage of. The salary is really shitty and borderline exploitation. Million yen is only around $7000. Not much considering that you're going to be fighting superpowered aliens and you're an unique asset they can't replicate.

The contract has no period end date nor defined working hours. If those are not defined on paper while writing the contract, this is a major red flag.

Also the absolutely dehumanizing "two days off for every two weeks."

 

[nameless0ne]

She's being taken advantage of. The salary is really shitty and borderline exploitation. Million yen is only around $7000. Not much considering that you're going to be fighting superpowered aliens and you're an unique asset they can't replicate.

The contract has no period end date nor defined working hours. If those are not defined on paper while writing the contract, this is a major red flag.

Also the absolutely dehumanizing "two days off for every two weeks."

In our f-ed up world this is supposedly double the amount Russian contract soldiers get. Those that actually see combat on the front lines even. And it seems that there are many takers. (source - various youtube videos, so 🤨)

 

[Hicleric]

Are those two days off based on the six-day or seven-day work week?

I'm guessing they need mascot-kun in close proximity to make her powers work. Such a good little psychopathic monster boy

 

[Doomroar]

1 mil yen monthly salary seems a bit low for fighting aliens.

It is, but she is broke, young, desperate, and only finished till middle school, so she wont know any better, and the idea of using her power to haggle a better contract is nowhere near in her mind, despite showing that she can out power them

The 2 days off every 2 weeks is also some bs

 

[DeadTried]

Why is Raiden logo look like SS double lightning bolts 😭😭😭

 

[NightSpark115]

2 days off every 2 weeks tho

TL, Typesetters, RD, QC envy that contract

 

[pedantiq]

Wooo! Thanks for doing more of this.

 

[Knoloa]

I came here just to explain to you fools how good her contract is:
-The BASE pay is 1M yen per month. This might seem low to Londoners and big city Americans, but this is DOUBLE the average salary in Tokyo. The average annual salary for someone working in finance in Japan is 6M yen a year, we're at 12M here, and there are bonuses on top of that.
So yes, this is crazy good in Japan, even accounting for living in Tokyo and her debts.
-Furthermore, she has a 30k yen housing allowance a month. Rent obviously depends on where you live and how big your place is, but this can go from paying 15% of her rent all the way to 90% (if renting a very small place, which she is), those are Tokyo prices BTW.
-Up to 50k travel allowance a month. This pretty much covers all of her commuting costs.
-2 days off per week + tons of paid leave and vacations. This is even more generous than a lot of European countries (in fact a lot of the contract is).
-Pretty much everything is covered insurance-wise, even unemployment.

TL;DR
This contract is incredibly good, even accounting for the risks: she is getting paid as well as a Japanese Self-Defense Force's GENERAL (yes, you read that right).
So no, she isn't "getting tricked because she doesn't know any better" here. This contract is genuinely amazing.

 

[mommunism]

@Knoloa Risking your life with a one-of-a-kind skill for under six USD figures will never be even remotely close to a good deal (and it's still well under that with the allowances). It's only double the avg Tokyo salary because the avg Tokyo job is extremely exploitative. It's not 2 days off per week, it's 2 days per 2 weeks, which is almost unheard of, and the vacation is ambiguous. If you get a super power and don't demand an executive TC, you're out of your mind.

You can frankly cruise your way to a position better than this in most first world countries without any danger involved. Most people just don't do any career planning. Talk to the avg dev/product lead, they have these positions and they put zero effort in.

 

[Knoloa]

@Knoloa Risking your life with a one-of-a-kind skill for under six USD figures will never be even remotely close to a good deal (and it's still well under that with the allowances). It's only double the avg Tokyo salary because the avg Tokyo job is extremely exploitative. It's not 2 days off per week, it's 2 days per 2 weeks, which is almost unheard of, and the vacation is ambiguous. If you get a super power and don't demand an executive TC, you're out of your mind.

You can frankly cruise your way to a position better than this in most first world countries without any danger involved. Most people just don't do any career planning. Talk to the avg dev/product lead, they have these positions and they put zero effort in.

Again, she's getting as much money as a General. I'd say that's awesome. Could she get even more if she bargained for it? Probably. But the pay is already better than most of the world's militaries (which are high risk by definition) and far above Japanese standard. Again I used the average (not median) salary in FINANCE as a reference, in other words she's already getting to times more than people who are already well-off in Japan.

 

[mommunism]

@Knoloa Generals aren't known for getting paid well, her skill is far rarer, and her job is far riskier. Median executive pay is 270M yen in Japan. If you have a super power and risk your life daily, you should get paid better than the median executive. It's not even a question. You can't use the average desk job as a comparison, especially the average desk job in the country that's the most infamous for exploiting desk job workers. Globally unique skills attract globally competitive salaries.

There's no "probably" about it. She could get 10x the salary with minimal bargaining.