gaijindrifter 0 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Talked to some of my coworkers about this, and I don't know if this applies much outside of the education employment circle, but despite working such long hours, Japanese don't really work a lot. Instead of 'Work Smarter, not Harder', the Japanese deal with the stress of work life by stretching it out over outrageously long hours. In high stress jobs this equals insanity/death, though in low stress jobs it usually just leads to the person being extraordinarily boring which is much worse I think Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I "know of a company" where basic tasks that should have been automated in the 80s are still being done in a manual way. Ganbaru is really a negative thing at times - better to be 'lazy' and find an easier way to do things that allows you to go home on time rather than spend 3 hours after work doing jobs Excel or Access can do in a millisecond. Link to post Share on other sites
gaijindrifter 0 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Originally Posted By: bobby12 Ganbaru is really a negative thing at times - better to be 'lazy' and find an easier way to do things that allows you to go home on time rather than spend 3 hours after work doing jobs Excel or Access can do in a millisecond. Amen to that... though too bad even if that were allowed bosses would just find more busy work or require more meetings to explain further meetings that pertain to meetings already passed. 'Idleness', or "relaxing" as us westerners call it, is frowned upon in this society. I mean, when you're asked to relocate for work in this country, it's either do it and leave your family for 2+ years, or lose your job... Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I heard some time ago that McDonalds Corp promotes their management, and families, to consume their products - breakfast/lunch & dinner. E.g. if management eats it, it must be good philosophy. Unfortunately, being full of chemicals, sugar and saturated fats, it causes severe health problems. So, maybe the recent fatalities are linked to a combination of long hours, stress, and really crap food. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 Wow! MacD's is only s suitable occasional food - every day or even every week and you are in TROUBLE! Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 But surely one a week is ok. Lets not get overly nuts about it. Link to post Share on other sites
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