This Japanese company employs cats and they all have designations. Chaircat is above the boss

Pet-friendly spaces, be it coffee shops, restaurants, hotels or even offices have become the norm these days. One such office in Japan has gone the extra mile and hired 10 of them. Yes, you read that right! These cats don't just roam around the office but have actual positions in the company. There is even a "Chaircat", the highest position in the company.

A Japanese tech company, Qnote, first adopted a cat from a sushi restaurant in 2004. Today, it has 10 cat employees who live around the office. They even renovated to accommodate them in the best possible manner.

The 32 human employees who work at the company are surrounded by the felines who offer them great company during work hours.

Later, in 2020, when the company shifted to a bigger four-storey office building, it went all out to make the space comfortable for the cats. The second and third floors underwent several changes keeping in mind the felines' well-being.

The office has 12 cat toilets and cat shelves. The animals are free to scratch around since the walls have been painted to prevent nail marks.

If you think that the cats are simply a way for the company to appear pet-friendly, that isn't the case. These cats have actual designations and one of them even outranks the boss.

There is a “chief clerk”, “manager” and an “auditor”. The chaircat is 20-year-old Futaba who is the highest-ranking employee in the company, even above Nobuyuki Tsuruta, the boss.

The cats come from different backgrounds. Six of them are Futaba's children and one is an employee's own cat. One of the employees saved a cat in an accident on the road and brought it in. There is also a formerly stray cat and another one which was adopted from a cat cafe.

Initially, the office had 11 cats, but one of them died in 2022. Eight of them live at the office and two with an employee.

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Anyone wishing to apply must absolutely be in love with cats. They themselves are, and it shows on their website where even their logofeatures a cat.

How have cats helped

The presence of cats has significantly lowered the attrition rate at the company. People are happier and so fewer of them are quitting. They also help attract new employees.

Tsuruta, an employee, told Japanese news outlet Mainichi Shimbun, that cats help the staff bond with each other. They also push them to take a break.

The way one interacts with the cats helps managers learn more about the team members.