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> Given how the job market is starving for employees Japanese companies in general have an abhorrent work culture. Let me hand wave cultural relativism for a
by komali2 8y ago
> Given how the job market is starving for employees
Japanese companies in general have an abhorrent work culture.
Let me hand wave cultural relativism for a second - sure, fine, it works great for the Japanese, or whatever, historical and cultural significance, fine. But I think I can make health arguments against it, let alone moral/value ones.
I wish they'd explore Visas for remote workers - partner and I are very interested in doing a spell in Japan, but we have absolutely no interest in participating in the still-majority work culture there. It'd be remote only, or a foreign company.
- jupiter90000 8y agoNot sure if it'd work for what your situation is, but there is up to 1yr visa possible if you have equivalent 30 million yen in savings. I don't know if they'd really care if you kept working remote as long as you had the money. https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page22e_000738.html https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page22e_000738.html
- dforrestwilson 8y agoI started working for a Japanese tech investment company with this mindset. It's now outdated. I was shocked to discover that Japanese employment law has changed dramatically vs the perception. Someone died a few years back apparently, so the Japanese government stepped in. They closely monitor logged overtime hours. Bosses whose employees persistently log long hours (I think it is 60+ hour weeks) get a warning, first from HR internally, then the government itself. It's a big deal. They have a "no overtime Wednesday" every week, and a "Premium Friday" where workers are encourage to go home in the early afternoon. I went in imagining people sleeping at their desks, etc, but it was the opposite..My Japanese co-workers are surprised at how much I worked! At this point, I wish the U.S. would adopt Japanese labor laws.
- bgee 8y agoJapanese boss dunks worker’s face in hotpot at office party [0]. [0]: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2174669/watch-japanese-boss-dunks-workers-face-hotpot-office-party https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2174669/wat...
- flukus 8y ago> Bosses whose employees persistently log long hours (I think it is 60+ hour weeks) get a warning So what would a normal working week be? A warning at 60+ hours is hardly reassuring.
- dragonwriter 8y agoNo, it's a warning at persistent 60+. So up to 60 normally and occasional 60+ would, implicitly, be okay.
- komali2 8y ago60 hour workweek is absurd. I only have a couple decades on this planet. I'm happy to work 60 hours for myself, but for someone else? Nah.