Japanese Work Culture

This is Japan, very different work culture compared to the western world.

For info on work culture in Japan see https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan...

I'm living in Japan at the moment (language student) and it is certainly different here compared to the west. For example in Silicon Valley it is acceptable to pretty much give up a college education for a startup. In East-Asia, that is shunned upon except perhaps in Taiwan. For Japan particularly, there is a "set path" of being normal/average and deviating from that path causes people to look negatively on you. For example people that only do "part time" work in Ja

Notice Japan - they work too damn much to be satisfied with their lives.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I've been to Japan a few times and absolutely love it. I hope one day, I'll get the opportunity to live and run my business from there. Do you an email where I can reach out? I'd love to learn more about your business.My only experience is as a tourist observing the workers and it does look as what you described with longer hours and great importance placed on work but that companies will also reward you with loyalty. I've also heard tha

Problem of Japanese employment is that employment often do not carry clear "job description" or it may be taken so lightly. So regardless of whether you are done with your work for the day, your boss may approach and say "hey, your fellow co-worker is still not done with their tasks, why aren't you helping them before you leave?"

What works in Japan doesn't work everywhere else...common sense is hard to find.

It's unlikely someone in the know will post answers here, but this is Japan - and it has totally different work culture. The idea of an employee leaving before their boss is still unthinkable in many cases. Many people are employed in what are bureaucratic "paper pushing" jobs, even if their title suggests otherwise.You can see a little bit of this if you visit because you'll experience endless paperwork for everything, but this is only one layer of a very complex onion. I

Japan culture is very different than US. There is inherent respect obtained from having a job, any job, and dedicated yourself to it no matter how small. Being without a job or worse, homeless, brings much shame to that person and their family. There is strong social pressure to maintain your career and pour many many hours into it.

Not slavery, but https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan...