so most of these pinkies are cut by the yakuza members by themselves after some offense. Like one guy got drunk driving his boss&#x27;s car alone and crashed it.<p>Considering how much the Yakuza pulls in (billions), I&#x27;d thought they could write it off as a business expense. But nope, the young Yakuza employee had to cut off his finger and exit the company. No severance or pensions or benefits.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Jmp8_PAej3c" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Jmp8_PAej3c</a><p>I think that in some ways this is actually very effective because instead of killing your underlings for fucking up or offending you, you have them mutilate a part of them but little at a time to not ruin their productivity or affect their job. Which explains why ex-Yakuzas have different digit count...<p>And let&#x27;s face it their industry is largely underground with no enforcement from the government due to being declared illegal. Nobody would do their jobs seriously if there wasn&#x27;t some kind of morbid air of fear in the work atmosphere. Your underlings wouldn&#x27;t take your orders etc. Killing them is tough because recruitment is much tougher in Japan, unlike America where gangs thrive. Young people in Japan are starting their own gangs now and don&#x27;t like the rigid culture of the Yakuza.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=jw_ICAAFoiM" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=jw_ICAAFoiM</a><p>Imagine if your startup made a policy that you had to pay $1000 in cash each time you made a mistake, how scary is that?