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WOW, That is scary sad.......

Japan Has a Word for ‘Working to Death’

A young woman’s suicide has sparked a backlash against the country’s labor conditions. But death by overwork is so common there’s even a word for it: karoshi.

Jake Adelstein, Mari Yamamoto


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/03/japan-has-a-word-for-working-to-death.html?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon

Comments

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

that's just so sad that there's an actual word for it

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Part of me wonders how much is the fault of businesses and how much is the fault of the workers for the work ethic. :o

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

I think you'll never find out

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I am just glad I don't live in that kind of society/mentality. :o

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

say that again???

and you think your society is doing any better at the moment?

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

We, well come of us, work too much, but nothing like Japan. :o

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

yeah, they're even more insane

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

It doesn't surprise me that it's Japan.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I was kind of thinking that. How much is it the fault of the businesses and how is the fault of the workers and the over achieving work ethic they have there. :o
I need to work, and my check book WANTS me to work, but I am not crazy. :o
It drives me crazy here when people are working over time and then whine about how tired they are. Not my fault. Nobody is forcing you to work OT. It's all voluntary. :o

[incertum-verum.livejournal.com]

No it is clear the workers are pressured into that by their employers and society. Voluntary or not in the Japanese culture saving face is everything. Like the article said if they don't stay at a job at least two years they are considered unreliable. That is held against them by employers who harass them. So really you're going to blame the fucking victim?

Btw some people HAVE to work overtime to make ends meet! You don't know their life.

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[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

That's a fucked up, subservient and obsequious culture. People would rather work like slaves and kill themselves, rather than be "rude". Pshh!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Exactly. :o
My check book would love me to pick up extra hours, but sorry, I value my life more then that. :o I don't want to work the hours I have. lol.....

[ellierachael.livejournal.com]

:(

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Some thing needs to change in their society. :(

[incertum-verum.livejournal.com]

That is horrific!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Something really needs to change in their society. :o

[incertum-verum.livejournal.com]

I think they need better labor laws. They need to be protected. Their way of thinking is different than ours but it's not wrong. What's wrong are the companies using it to their advantage and misusing their employees.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Sadly with Cheeto in control, we may be heading that way ourselves. :o

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Yes i guess he will be the boss from hell.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

And no unions allowed to protect us. :o

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

It is something i knew for sometime but still why it is so sad and more to the point unnecessary.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

We live in a world ruled by Corporations. :(

[britalone.livejournal.com]

Do they have Unions in Japan like we do in the west? If they did, this probably wouldn't happen. It's awful.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I don't know if they do or not. I am guessing no. :o