Japan’s Killer Work Ethic
Posted on 21. Jul, 2008 by dimaks in News
Death from too much work is so commonplace in Japan that there is a word for it — karoshi. There is a national karoshi hotline, a karoshi self-help book and a law that funnels money to the widow and children of a salaryman (it’s almost always a man) who works himself into an early karoshi for the good of his company. read more
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annamanila
Jul 21st, 2008
The killer work ethic must have killed more Japanese than killer quakes?
Oo nga, mukha ngang stressful mag-work sa Japan. You can see sa subway how deadly serious they are about going to work. Patay ka kung tanga-tanga ka at babagal bagal.
Sometimes work ethics can kill « Wakamono’s Portal
Jul 22nd, 2008
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Wil
Jul 22nd, 2008
What’s the point of working if one can’t even enjoy life? I read that Japan also has a high suicide rate.
dimaks
Jul 22nd, 2008
anamanila,
i guess so. and they have very high willingness to walk factor.
Wil,
exactly, though as i observed they do have great inclination to recreations too – they like and enjoy sports, which is a good thing.
brb
Jul 26th, 2008
hi dimaks. karoshi… too much blogging can also kill, you know.