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Resigning from a job might sound easy, but in Japan, people find it difficult to quit an unsatisfying workplace. This has led to several companies cropping up that help you make the exit and resign from jobs.

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In Japan, people are hesitant to express their opinions. They stay in an unhappy job and don't know how to leave either. Companies have moved in and are using their opportunity to make some cash while helping such people. 

A company named Exit is in the job of helping people resign from one. It told the Wall Street Journal that it oversees the resignations of 10,000 people per year. If you are a returning client, you can score half-off as well.

“Americans may be surprised, but I was too shy or too scared to say what I think,” co-founder Toshiyuki Niino, 34, told WSJ. “Japanese are not educated to debate and express opinions.”

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How does it work?

The company makes a call to the client's company and informs them that they are quitting while spelling out other details. They tell them about when their last day would be at the office and gather other information about how to return company property, such as laptops and uniforms. 

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People in Japan find it difficult to quit their jobs because they face immense opposition and stress while doing so. Ayumi Sekine, who works at one such resignation company, Albatross, said that he also faced a similar situation with his previous job. 

He says that when he tried to resign from his job at a gas company, his former boss refused to acknowledge it and he had to literally beg him to let go. It was only after an immense crying that he was allowed to leave.

Yuta Sakamoto, another disgruntled employee, paif over $200 to a quitting agency to help him leave his job where his former boss warned him that he’d be ruining his career if he ever left. Then there are those who can't afford these services and pretend to be from a quitting agency when tendering resignation. 

Albatross CEO Shinji Tanimoto says that most of the bosses are fine with a third party informing them about an employee going on notice. However, a few of them demand legal negotiations with a lawyer present.

Former  forklift driver Koichi Oda, who was unhappy with his job, low wages and his boss's attitude, told WSJ, "This was my way of conveying a message: ‘You colleagues aren’t worth saying goodbye to.'"