Blue-eyed Salaryman, The

Niall Murtagh spent years as a world traveler--hitchhiking in Istanbul, trekking in Patagonia, crossing the Atlantic in a home-built yacht. In 1986, he closed the door on his life of adventure to settle in Japan. And then, in a breathtaking transition, he joined Mitsubishi as a "Salaryman"--a guy in a shiny suit with a shiny attache case in a multinational corporation with 100,000 employees. What led to this extraordinary shift of direction, and why, despite the disillusionment, is it so hard to leave? In "The Blue-Eyed Salaryman," Murtagh takes the reader behind the scenes of this huge conglomerate. By turn enlightening, astonishing, and hilarious, his book offers a fresh perspective on the nature of Japanese business culture as well as the many hurdles awaiting the outsider.

In 1986 Niall Murtagh joined Mitsubishi as a salaryman-with a shiny suit in a conglomerate with 100,000 employees. But, what happens when you give up the salaryman life? This book follows life after the corporation, giving fresh perspectives on Japanese business culture and the problems faced by outsiders in Japan.