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I like this Dilbert quote: “Pointy Haired Boss: In Japan employees occasionally work themselves to death. It's called Karoshi. I don't want that to happen to a
by fdb 16y ago
I like this Dilbert quote:
“Pointy Haired Boss: In Japan employees occasionally work themselves to death. It's called Karoshi. I don't want that to happen to anybody in my department. The trick is to take a break as soon as you see a bright light and hear dead relatives beckon.” -- http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dilbert http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dilbert
- patio11 16y agoThat would be substantially funnier if I had not been issued a pamphlet entitled "Working Hard And Living Well, Enjoyably" last year, during a period of several months of doing a whole lot of one and quite a bit less of the other. I heard "work/life balance" once on the news. It was, naturally, rendered in English. We don't have a word for that yet, and will probably continue using the English coinage for that, like we do most foreign concepts.
- ramchip 16y agoI've heard things like 仕事と生活のバランス. But it's true that the concept sounds rather alien. Most of my co-workers at the lab eat, socialize, sleep (I see people sleeping at their desk regularly), etc. at the workplace, and they go out as a group often. It's their "life". It's tough, but I'd say it's quite different from the western image of someone actually working very long hours. Your experience at a company may be different, of course. I haven't had the chance to experience it, and I'm not sure I really want to ;)