Addendum about hotels

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Wait, say what?

“The chain is also known for almost exclusively hiring women: as of 2001, 95% of the company's workforce was female, and nearly all of its hotel managers were married women.”

We’re still totally fascinated by the Toyoko Inn, so I ended up doing some reading. Check out this remarkably frank archived page about their, like, strategy for cheapness. (Vaguely reminds me of someone’s account of asking a Trader Joe’s manager about prices some years back; something to the effect of “doing only store brand saves more money than you think even if you don’t skimp on quality, plus we pay all expenses in cash to avoid floating any interest.”)

I can’t even begin to unpack that bit about the “Okami-san tradition” as the reason for a nearly all-woman workforce (like, question mark question mark??), but I also note that their executive staff look to be about a 50/50 gender split (based on given names), which I think isn’t usual at the C-level anywhere.