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velvet handcuffs
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Japanese Meaning
「ベルベット・ハンドカフス」とは、魅力的な給与や福利厚生など、魅惑的な条件を提示することで、対象者が現状から離れにくくする制度や仕組みを指す表現です。
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(idiomatic) Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from wanting to leave it.
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velvet handcuffs
Despite her misgivings, she kept accepting new responsibilities because the velvet handcuffs—stock options, a generous pension, and the executive title—made leaving too costly.
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Despite her misgivings, she kept accepting new responsibilities because the velvet handcuffs—stock options, a generous pension, and the executive title—made leaving too costly.
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