[jatins]

> In Japan, your corporate affiliation often dictates your social standing

Where does it not? As in which countries are not like this?

[astrange]

The US doesn't.

"Social standing" in this case means if your girlfriend's parents will let you marry her. Not, like, who likes your LinkedIn posts.

[parineum]

I don't know where most of my friends work and I barely understood what my wife does when we started dating.