My name is Nozomi Nakajima, and I sometimes drop by Monosas to help manage the Monosas website. I usually work in interviews and other jobs, listening to people's stories.
A while ago, we started a small, in-house event called "Monosasu Radio" where we invite people from Monosasu to give talks.
Our guest today is Mr. Tatsuta, Head of Marketing and Sales.
Some people gathered on sofas in the Yoyogi office to listen to the talk. Others listened through a screen from a satellite office. Some listened with earphones on their way home.
I was a little intimidated by Tatsuta's intimidating appearance and Kansai accent, but I listened to him talk over a beer.
Nakajima- Well, thank you very much.
Tatsuta- Yes, please.
- Um, how did you end up working at Monosus, Tatsuta-san?
- Speaking of which, when I was in college, I had a part-time job working at a bar and it was fun.
- He's a cool college student working part-time at a bar.
- I wondered how to make a restaurant profitable, and became interested in restaurant management. So I joined a company called Funai Research Institute, where Mr. Hayashi, who would go on to start Monosus, was my senior. After working there for five years, I decided to join Monosus.
- Well, it seems like quite a jump to go from working for a large company to working for a newly launched company like Monosus.
- When I joined Funai, the catchphrase was "We don't need people who can't become independent within five years." I somehow thought that five years was the turning point. So I came to Monosus, and it's been 11 years now.
- What kind of work does Tatsuta do?
- Currently, I am involved in planning and sales for creating websites for B2B companies, and project management. I am a jack of all trades. When it comes to anything related to the web, I can do a broad range of things, except for design and coding.
- What is important to you when you work?
- There are probably a lot of things, but I can't think of anything right now... I think it's natural to do work that I'm not ashamed of, since I'm being asked to do it as a professional. I'm not very thoughtful, but I think it's important to have imagination, not just for work.
- Imagination?
- For example, if you stay at a hotel on a business trip, you don't leave the sheets messed up when you leave the room. It will be a lot of work to clean up. If you get on an airplane or a bullet train, put the seat back in its original position and don't leave any trash behind. When you get off the plane, you pass by the super seats or expensive seats at the front, but have you ever felt bad when you saw them messed up?
- Yes, there is. I wonder how they could make it so messy.
- I was taught this over and over at my previous company. If you don't do that, your luck will drop. Lucky people have their reasons for being lucky. One of my ways of understanding this is to live life with imagination.
- I see. Do you tell that to your juniors and the people around you?
- There was a time when I was really worried about it, but not so much these days. I don't think I get angry anymore.
- After working for 10 years, what is the most memorable job you have done?
- Hmm. That's right. A long time ago, I held a web seminar hosted by a service called Coding Factory. We held it in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka, and more than 900 people attended. It was a good experience and a good memory. It's fun to go on a business trip together. We ate delicious food there.
- Is that your goal?
- Hehehe.
- (Now that Tatsuta has drunk his beer) I'd like to ask the thing I most wanted to ask today.
- yes.
- You're always wandering around the office. What are you doing?
- I wonder if he's wandering around.
- I see him walking around all over the company.
- I don't really think about it though. I might wander around when I go to the bathroom or when I lose focus.
- Do you see how everyone works?
- I don't watch it. No one pays attention to it. I sometimes talk to them hoping they'll say something interesting, though.
- According to prior tip-offs, I've heard that he eats any candy that's placed on the desk without permission.
- You can definitely see that Okubo is eating the food at his seat.
- As I watched, I wondered if they were actually trying to communicate while they were staggering around.
- That may be true to some extent. In my previous company, everyone was away on business trips. We only got together two or three times a month. I remember my boss at the time saying that the company was a place for communication.
- I see. It seems like you like alcohol, but who do you go drinking with at work?
- I guess Sakamoto-chan is the one I go to most often. After a meeting or something. I don't go out much with the other members. I haven't been invited out recently.
- Oh. (Looks a little lonely.)
- The other day, when I went to Roppongi with Harazawa for a meeting, it ended in the evening, and when I thought we should go, he told me he was going to work at a coffee shop. I couldn't understand why he decided not to go for a drink there.
- (Mr. Harazawa, a young salesman, was listening to the conversation.)Huh… didn’t you have plans to go with someone that day? (sweat)
- No.
- …Oh, there was a misunderstanding. So, if someone asks you if you want to go out for a drink, you're like, sure.
- If it's available, I'd definitely go.
- Well, everyone, please invite them.
- ( Mr. Onogi, who was listening to the conversation: A somewhat narcissistic designer )
- You drink every day, don't you? I think that will change quite a bit once you get married.
- Tatsuta-san, what kind of person is your type?
- Hmm, I don't know. Looking back, the people I've liked have all been different, and I don't know what kind of person is right for me.
- I prefer short hair.
- I don't think it's just appearances. Ah, but I fell in love at first sight with you on the train the other day.
- picture!!
- The person was reading a book while everyone else was on their smartphones. That alone is quite rare these days. On the train, everyone is on their smartphones, right?
- That's true. Everyone sitting there is looking at their smartphones.
- Then, when I looked closely, I saw a library barcode on the back cover of the book. The moment I saw it, I thought, "I like this person!"
- Didn't you say anything?
- I don't have the courage to do that. I'd be labelled as a pervert.
- disappointing.
- Ah, but one piece of information about that person was missing. She was very beautiful.
- Eh, so it's the face after all?
As Tatsuta drank more beer and the atmosphere began to heat up, the radio show came to an end.
Tatsuta-san gradually became more talkative. After this, we moved to an izakaya and he kindly and passionately talked about Tatsuta-style work theory. (I learned a lot.) Everyone at Monosus, please invite Tatsuta-san out for drinks.
Well, the next radio show will be the "Strong Pressure Series" following Tatsuta-san. Please look forward to it.
NAKAJIMA Kimi
Freelance, living in Ryukazaki, Ibaraki. I first encountered Monosus through an interview with “Nihon Shigoto Hyakka” and am now involved in several things, a bit outside of Monosus.