To be honest, I didn't have any upward mobility when I was at my previous company.
As you move up the ladder, you have more responsibilities and more troublesome relationships.
You have to take care of your underlings and respond to the recklessness of your superiors.
But the salary increase is a drop in the bucket.
That was my idol of a promotion.
Maybe not, but that was my preconceived notion.
Yeah, you hear me?
But when I joined the company, I had a very different impression of it.
The ambition of this company.
The upper echelons of the organization, where everyone goes straight for the one goal and pulls it up.
They were unconventional, self-righteous, and often stubborn, but they were still so dependable and above board that it's hard to compare them to any boss I've ever seen.
Today, I'm one step closer to such people.
I'm not wearing my usual gear, but a new, custom-made, luxury suit and tie that Suela and the others picked out for me.
If you're a businessman, you're dressed in the finest equipment.
I thought I would be nervous when I stood here, but surprisingly, I was not.
When I thought about it calmly, I was even more nervous when I received the president's letter of appointment.
What do you mean by a simple greeting now?
They're all lined up in a row.
It's not just new dungeon testers who are here now.
There are also members of the Demon King's Army who assist this section, Dungeon Tester One.
There are clerks from various races, unique shopkeepers and even three of the most powerful generals here just for this occasion.
I knew the two instructors, the demon king and the immortal king, would be there, but I didn't expect Amiri to come as well.
But unfortunately, Evvia was unable to come.
There's no fairness or fairness when three generals are here, but she says that if you're too favorable to them, the other two sections and the third section will be disgruntled.
I was impressed that she said this while looking at Amiri, who was standing in line with her instructor, with a cold eye that made her feel warm in the extreme cold.
Now, with such a gorgeous lineup, our section is ready to begin.
To start it off, I have to give an unfamiliar greeting today.
I'm Jiro Tanaka, the new section chief of the Dungeon Tester Section. I'm sure the people here will recognize me.
Kaido and the other usual party members.
Benny and the other newcomers.
The members of the Demon King's Army, including Suela and Kaylee.
Memoria and the members of the shopping district of Han's.
I was expecting a lot of yelling, but I was surprised to find that they were listening to me seriously.
From today, the dungeon tests will begin under a new system. However, it's only us first-year students who will be under the new system, and as far as newcomers are concerned, that's the norm.
There are us party members and a few less than the rest of the department, with thirty newcomers.
There are ten clerks, led by Kaylee.
Memoria and the other members of the shopping district are 18 store managers of various kinds.
And three generals.
In such an environment, the First Section's goal, of course, is to The dungeon conqueror before anyone else!
In the midst of all these members, I raise the index finger of my right hand to the sky and declare.
The instructor and Amiri grin at that declaration.
This is not a pipe dream or a dream. This is a job that needs to be done. But I'm confident that this group can do it!
You can suppress the feeling of heat, but the emotions that come over you.
I am aware that I am hot out of my guts.
But I have to tell you right now that the worst part is that nothing seems impossible.
The trouble is that nothing seems impossible.
The hardest thing is to be nervous about the first time, to fail, to have it made into a bad habit.
It's okay to make mistakes. Then we should talk about it together. It's okay to stop. We can stop. We can just go forward again.
That's why I hurl these words at you first.
Failure is no shame.
Hard work is no shame.
It is giving up that is a shame.
If you can't do it by yourself, do it with your friends. This is the place to do it. It's not a place for any one person to carry the load.
There's a limit to what one person can do.
Individuals may rise to prominence, but one-man teams will eventually fall apart.
In order to prevent this, you need a solid foundation.
Please work with that in mind.
It's impossible for me to make it alone.
I'm not going out on the wrong foot, but I'm not going to be condescending.
I'm going to work with everybody with that in mind!
From here on out, will I be the jerk boss I had at my old company or the one who makes me yearn for the back of it?
Right now, this place is a fork in the road.
It's up to me to decide which way to go.
That's all I have to say.
If you close it out, you can hear the applause.
They're clapping and congratulating me.
I must go about my work so that the blessing will not be in vain.
Well, that was a powerful greeting from the senior staff just now.
"So, that's it.
Work begins here.
After the greetings, the dungeon testers remain in the main conference room while the rest of the team leaves.
Kaylee and the other clerks went straight to the office to do some paperwork, while the members of the shopping district returned to the store.
Suela also returned to her room with Himik to go on full-blown maternity leave.
The instructors laughed and watched her leave.
That's how the first section of the dungeon tester got off to a good start.
If you say so, does that mean it was worth taking it seriously?
After seeing the instructors off for the last time, I returned to find the testers lined up in the main conference room in full use.
I walked quickly and walked past Kaido and the others to the podium where I was greeted earlier.
It is important to have a clear distinction between the two, so good morning to all of you.
All the members here are younger than me.
So you can greet them in a frank manner without using honorifics.
The other day, the company announced that the members here will be classified as Dungeon Tester Section 1. The section is not a group of top performers or anything like that. It's just that we were simply assigned to this section by the top management.
However, it would be a bit of a lie to say that there was no hope for me there.
I was asked beforehand if there were any people I wanted to be section chief, and the other two were given the right to choose the first-year students in preference to their abilities, while I was given the priority of the newcomers.
Kaido and the others were about to be pulled out, but I was determined to be a party member and wouldn't budge.
Instead, our section has a few, but fewer people than the other sections.
It's a form of quality over quantity.
Don't get me wrong there. Your grades are the same as other sections. The difference is yet to be seen.
As a preface, start with a common understanding of the current situation.
It is human nature to fail to expand and communicate poorly, and to sit on it if you have strange pride.
It's fine to be greedy, but don't be arrogant.
However, the fears seem to be unfounded, and while some change their minds, the majority nodded their heads in agreement.
"There are thirty-six testers assigned to the first section, including us first-year students. Therefore, our section will be divided into six teams of six people in total. See the materials at hand for organization.
And if you pay attention to Minami, who is waiting for you underneath the stage, a thumbs up is given and the contents of the material is projected behind me.
Basically, it's a combination of the groups we had formed during the training program. However, because of this resignation, some of the personnel have been separated into different groups, so we have incorporated them into the group based on their abilities.
The name of each team is listed, and on the back of it is simple information about the position.
Of course. This material is strictly confidential and must not be shown to any other department.
Of course this information is important in this environment where competition is a stylized situation.
Whoever conquers the dungeon and in what way, whether they succeed or fail, it is a valuable experience.
Normally, information should be shared among your employees, but the upper management seems to want to keep this information within the department and not in the department.
Even though it is explained that the competitive environment is deliberately organized, you will feel it when you see it in person.
To be continued, Team One is our party's moonlight stop. The second group is Benny's group, but I've added Katagiri and Ishan to this one. They seemed to have teamed up several times during the rookie training.
"No problem! Leave it to me!
Please.
In such an environment, a little information control is important.
Team 3 is Kato, you guys.
"Ah! Leave it to us!
I'd like to add one more since you are five, but I don't have a ......... wisteria connection. But we chose Hamamatsu, which we worked with during our training.
"He's no problem!
"Well, continue with Team 4: .........
So you need to pay attention to these details.
It may be up to the site to read the material and decide who to work with in the future.
But from now on, I have to give the final permission to work with you.
That's all, with the exception of one team, the others are currently in the trial stage. We'll make changes as problems arise, so give us all kinds of feedback.
Relationships have to be seen in the long run.
If you could know who has the best combination with whom, it would be a different story, but you need to become a god to do so.
You have to be aware that you are now in a position to bear the responsibility, and as you proceed, you see a hand go up.
Chief! Can I ask you a question?
Hey, you're ......... Hase. What's going on?
Feeling itchy about the unfamiliar name "Chief", you give permission to the college graduate to raise her hand.
How are we going to conquer the dungeon in the future? The material at hand only has a light policy on it.
That's a good question. I would like to say that each one of us is free to do what we want, but we have to attack it functionally to a certain extent to be efficient. But it's hard to generate new ideas when it's a task.
So now I'm going to go exploring.
Failure is a good experience.
It will be enough to have a conversation over drinks about that mistake in the future.
Of course, the other sections may come up with improvements that we never thought of. So I thought that we should talk about it together, and that's why I only included a light policy.
But if I wish for one thing.
I want to create an environment where you can do something proactively and spontaneously, not just because someone tells you to.
So, the first task of the section is to solve this subject.
Laughing, have South manipulate the screen to show the pre-prepared content.
Should I specialize or rotate in conquering dungeons?
"Katsu, Amelia, Kitamiya, pass out the new material to everyone. The rest of you listen to me. This agenda is only possible now that there are more of us. In the past, we were small, and we contributed by conquering dungeons at will. That's the situation we're in now.
While Katsura and the others are holding a stack of papers and handing them out to the newcomers. I lightly explain to them about my experience.
The company's policy may be that this is fine, but we want to do a better job if possible. So, it is the department's policy to make this choice first.
In simple terms, it's a decision on whether you should have an exclusive party for a dungeon or not, and whether you should attack evenly or not.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both. What we thought about in our party is written in the document. I want you to think about it from one's point of view. I want you to think about that as well.
The newcomers began to read the handouts that were given to them, and after handing them out, I would project them on the screen and explain them to them.
Other sections may be working hard on the dungeon test from day one.
It wouldn't be bad to just recklessly do it.
But isn't it also okay to say this is our way of doing things?
First the specialization first.
Everything is a fumble.
That's what it means to climb a new stage, to do something unfamiliar, is always a failure.
That is why you need to proceed with caution and not with desperation.
Be careful not to be a dictator and always listen to others.
And you have to be able to lead everyone here.
That's my ideal boss.
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