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You mentioned two places which have troublesome levels of both amphetamine abuse among workers, and in the case of Japan, has a word for “working oneself to dea
by QAPereo 9y ago
You mentioned two places which have troublesome levels of both amphetamine abuse among workers, and in the case of Japan, has a word for “working oneself to death.”
- bitexploder 9y agoIsn't the equivalent in the US. "death march"? I am not familiar with Japanese, so maybe it is more direct.
- Fnoord 9y agoKarōshi [1] is the Japanese term. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C5%8Dshi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C5%8Dshi
- chronic193 9y agoDeath march refers to a team working "or marching" on a project, usually instructed "conducted" by a manager, when everyone knows the project will fail or "die". Hence the name death march.
- dfcowell 9y agoThe word in Japanese is karoshi, literally "death from overwork." "Death march" as commonly used in English-speaking nations is typically used as hyperbole or dark humour, whereas in Japan "karoshi" is used in a clinical sense for documented cause of death.
- ksec 9y agoHence that is why by in wages per hours they are properly much lower, something that GDP or GDP per Capita dont measure, of course long working hours has absolutely nothing to do with productivity. Another reason why I believe there should be some government regulation, or little regulation but worker union.
- distances 9y ago> Another reason why I believe there should be some government regulation, or little regulation but worker union. Unsurprisingly there is such regulation in Europe. It's illegal to work over certain amount of time -- it's the employer that potentially gets into trouble so this is usually observed as far as I know. There are allowances for short periods of overtime, but strict limits over longer intervals.