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207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death
(unseen-japan.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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Holy shit. 15-18 hour shifts aren't uncommon at all where I'm from. No wonder we placed well below Japan on work-life balance statistics.
The fact that there are places where people legitimately only work 8 hours a day is kind of mind blowing, thinking about it.
Where do you live if you don't mind saying? That blows my mind the other way.
Colombia. Solidly placed among the worst countries in the world in terms of work-life balance.
I have a decent job and I don't work that much, but I'm basically a freelancer, so that's already pretty different.
Don't worry, that's being actively eroded. People cost too much to hire, at least according to the businesses, so they're just gonna find ways to make less people work more and more.
Where are you from?
Woof. Time for revolution.