Today’s Business Japanese is “Habatsu (faction)”.
”Habatsu” is often used in politics, but is also used in business world.
Especially, in the old type of companies the people tend to form “Habatsu” such as “Shachou-ha (President faction)” and “Fuku-shachou-ha (Vice president faction)”.
People polish the apple (“Goma o suru”) to the top of his faction and drag down (“Ashi o hipparu”) the other faction.
We should do our job for the market, not for our boss.
For your reference, we have “Gakubatsu (academic clique)” in addition to “Habatsu”.
Everyone wants to climb up the corporate ladder by using any connection.
