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One in four surveyed Japanese workers admits to wanting to kill boss
Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:10 pm
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With all of this bad sentiment brewing amongst the work force, the results from a recent survey conducted by news survey aggregate Shirabee are a little less shocking. 1,006 men and women ranging in age from 20 to 69 were asked:
“Have you ever wanted to kill your boss?”
A whopping 27 percent of those surveyed answered “yes“, meaning over one in four respondents have felt the stirrings of homicidal urges – most likely brought on by unfair business practices. Even factoring in the likelihood that participants were joking, that’s a scary amount.
With all of this bad sentiment brewing amongst the work force, the results from a recent survey conducted by news survey aggregate Shirabee are a little less shocking. 1,006 men and women ranging in age from 20 to 69 were asked:
“Have you ever wanted to kill your boss?”
A whopping 27 percent of those surveyed answered “yes“, meaning over one in four respondents have felt the stirrings of homicidal urges – most likely brought on by unfair business practices. Even factoring in the likelihood that participants were joking, that’s a scary amount.
This post was edited on 6/23/18 at 5:11 pm
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Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:12 pm to DavidTheGnome
Yeah, when people say we should emulate the Japanese, I think they’re insane.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:13 pm to DavidTheGnome
In a country where killing yourself is a religious ritual, I’m surprised the number is that low.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:13 pm to DavidTheGnome
If you ever take a subway in Japan during rush hour it's just depressed/defeated looking person in a suit after another.
They work until they die in Japan. Admirable in a way, but not for me.
They work until they die in Japan. Admirable in a way, but not for me.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:13 pm to DavidTheGnome
It's probably around 97% around here at McDonald's and Burger King, but around 0% at the nearby Chick Fil A.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:14 pm to DavidTheGnome
It’s not all doom and gloom in the corporate world, however. Amidst all of the outrageous stories of bosses pleading employees to walk hours just to sign an attendance sheet, there was this little spot of hope from Twitter user @kzk13069.
“Me: I made it home safely after the earthquake.
Boss: Great to hear. Do you need tomorrow off too?
Me: No, it’s okay. Sorry to cause trouble.
Boss: Oh, don’t worry about it. This is just how it is with earthquakes.”
This is a 'white company.'”
“Me: I made it home safely after the earthquake.
Boss: Great to hear. Do you need tomorrow off too?
Me: No, it’s okay. Sorry to cause trouble.
Boss: Oh, don’t worry about it. This is just how it is with earthquakes.”
This is a 'white company.'”
Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
Culture is changing but slowly - I am the last American to leave the office generally
Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:41 pm to DavidTheGnome
Go watch the movie Gung Ho, you will know why
Posted on 6/23/18 at 5:47 pm to DavidTheGnome
I’ve worked with Mitsubishi’s LNG business and they expect 12 hour days for the entry level folks, 18 hour days for management.
This survey result is not a surprise to me at all.
This survey result is not a surprise to me at all.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 6:02 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
That's immoral plan and simple but some people sell themselves and their families out for money.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 6:03 pm to DavidTheGnome
Japanese business culture is supposedly brutal. Probably the only country that has a bigger tendency towards being workaholics than us. It's what that movie Battle Royale was about.
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Posted on 6/23/18 at 6:07 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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18 hour days for management.
That isn't even enough time for me to get enough sleep to function effectively.
I have read that a lot of this time that they are expected to work isn't even about efficiency or productivity. They just expect you to be there for appearances.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 6:10 pm to Peazey
An awful lot of it is just time wasting for appearances. It's not even productive. I worked for a Japanese company once. Never again. frick Japan. 6-7 days per week is expected and the norm. It's no wonder there's an entire forest dedicated to suicide there.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 6:16 pm to DavidTheGnome
I'd never work for a boss that I hated for very long. That has to be miserable.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 8:38 pm to fallguy_1978
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Japan has again been forced to confront its work culture after labour inspectors ruled that the death of a 31-year-old journalist at the country’s public broadcaster, NHK, had been caused by overwork.
Miwa Sado, who worked at the broadcaster’s headquarters in Tokyo, logged 159 hours of overtime and took only two days off in the month leading up to her death from heart failure in July 2013.
Japan has again been forced to confront its work culture after labour inspectors ruled that the death of a 31-year-old journalist at the country’s public broadcaster, NHK, had been caused by overwork.
Miwa Sado, who worked at the broadcaster’s headquarters in Tokyo, logged 159 hours of overtime and took only two days off in the month leading up to her death from heart failure in July 2013.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 8:46 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:Miwa Sado to hear this.
Miwa Sado, who worked at the broadcaster’s headquarters in Tokyo, logged 159 hours of overtime and took only two days off in the month leading up to her death from heart failure in July 2013.
Posted on 6/23/18 at 11:36 pm to DavidTheGnome
The Jap work ethic is insane. That's why when they do have free time, they party hard and have all of that weird-arse entertainment.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 10:33 pm to Peazey
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i have read that a lot of this time that they are expected to work isn't even about efficiency or productivity. They just expect you to be there for appearances.
Mostly true. They expect results AND for you to be on call every day. Our project sponsor was having us look through some resumes and asked us to let him know which 4 out of the 20+ candidates were the best fit for our team. He asked us, as a group, who had the best ability. We looked at professional expertise, communication style, and poise when we bombarded them with on-the-spot quiz-style questions. After we each rattled off a few answers/candidates we thought were great, he paused and just stared at us all for about a minute...which seemed like an eternity.
His reply: “Your assessment thought process is weak. stupid, and foolish! The best ability anyone can possess is AVAILABILITY.” Pretty much knew the next 12 months were good to be absolute hell...and I was right. Three of us respectfully declined the functional design phase of that massive project. The other 4 stayed on and worked themselves into the ground and resigned 2 months after we did.
TL;DR = many Japanese companies expect results and more importantly, expect your job to come first and foremost in your life.
that specific director. Mitsubishi’s global LNG aspirations seemed like an awesome business strategy to be a part of. It was sad that an oblivious philosophical a-hole singlehandedly ran his whole team off. This post was edited on 6/24/18 at 10:35 pm
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