Never signed a “contract” but am a 正社員. Anyone else?

So I’ve been working at my job for just over a year. Blue collar stuff. Small ish company. The company pays well, has been around 45+ years with the original owner.

A few things that have been bothering me is the company is all about the 先輩 system. Basically I never got a contract, never got an employee handbook. Never got any training outside being thrown into the job with my senpai “teaching” me.

I’ve had a few instances where I got kinda in trouble since I’d do things or not do things the way I was supposed to because I wasn’t told what I was supposed to do. It seems like my job has a lot of situations where I’m expected to just “know” things.

Anyone else in the same situation? I’m a full time employee. The insurance and pension are taken care of via the company. I get my health checks on time etc. I just wish I got some sort of paperwork that gave me the info to keep things in order and/or liable.
I wish I could say “my contract says X” or “the manuals says to do Y in this situation and that’s what I did so don’t be mad at me, be mad at the manual”

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