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It's difficult to take serious any article that tries to apply Japanese customs to other western (Euro/US/Aus/NZ) cultures. We are deeply entangled, but JP is a
by geuis 4y ago
It's difficult to take serious any article that tries to apply Japanese customs to other western (Euro/US/Aus/NZ) cultures. We are deeply entangled, but JP is a different beast. Aside from the aging population and low birth rate, it's still a distinctly different culture than say, New York or London.
What the author describes are long term artifacts of Japanese culture. It's a service culture (dunno if that's a term) in which I mean extra levels of service are given to guests and customers. Again, sorry if "service culture" is incorrect. I highly respect JP culture.
So, I'm not sure how that pertains to jobs in the rest of the western world.
Also, the article is behind a paywall. So boo.
- Aeolun 4y agoThe difference is that people in Japan feel like it is normal to work hard (and long) for a pittance. People in Europe feel like their boss is being unreasonable if they ask them to come in 35 hours a week. And think 4 days, or even better, 3 days is optimal. Then since they’re not being paid a lot, they feel it’s fair to just not give a rats ass about anything they’re doing. I think there might be some balance in between that I’d like best.
- FranzFerdiNaN 4y agoAs a European this is just as dumb a comment as me saying Americans expect a work lunch consisting of cheeseburgers and will shoot up a place if it runs out of cheese.