If you let yourself get stepped on over n over because its rude or bad manners not to, the worst people in the world will take advantage of you. This is what is happening in Japan.

Japan is actully much better than China nowdays working as a salaryman. if u ever tried work in Chinese company in china.

How'd you get this guy to spill his guts for 20 mins?

I am salaryman too.

I'm working from 9-5 too, i managed to buy a house, 2 cars and few assets..no nomikai culture ...and i survived this working life for 24 years..with good salary... 😊

I just want to save a bit of money.

Think of what the Japanese achieved with sich a restrictive society. Imagine if theyd of been a bit more loose.

In the Philippines, 8 hours is 8 hours 😉

id prefer this over our cocktail parties... i hate cocktail parties no whisky

Imagine working with a company for 8hrs and then your boss asking to drink with them for basically another 4 bro suck my fucking balls I’ll see you at 9am

This is my favourite video on KZbin.

The translation is so loose in some parts you really lose what he's actually saying

Who came up with this as a viable way to live???

what is the camera and microphone you use?

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life" - Socrates

Why would you consistently poison your workforces? They look up to you for encouragement and guidance. I could never do this to anyone

Didn’t watch it yet but 10/10 title

I worked as salaryman in 45 years in Japan but luckily never belonged stereotyped salaryman community and work environment as filmed.

Is the person speaking even Japanase? These all seem to be very set up...

The translation is missing a lot of what is spoken.

We want to break “free,” of the hierarchy by becoming its perpetuator. It is time to consider that it is not that we do not have the right thing but need it, but that we do not even want the right thing to begin with.

8 to 5 is insane. i can be productive fir maybe 5 hrs maximum

I don't think the will to dominate other people is imprint in our DNA. Instead that will is shaped by our society system which prioritize,"who's the best one at [something]?" Simple example is when we are at school. It has a ranking system,"who's the smartest one in a particular class and/or in a whole school?" So ever since we were kids, we indirectly had been trained to compete and dominate other people. If the ranking system were tweaked a bit like,"who's the one share their knowledge/kindness the most?", maybe we could have a less predatory society.

Extremely interesting

At least you get to live in Japan and know Japanese

Japan has been in one form of recession or another for decades. Job security wpu5ld be important to them.

Its amazing how many similarities the US shares with Japan!

the wording in the title is filmatic and kinda slays

Thank you. Very well done.

No1 stays the leader of the pack? Says no1. - 'Putin'

It's called torture , if you didn't know.

Well, you guys are literally dying off in Japan. In a hundred years or so there won't be any Japanese left, unless you guys really figure out the loneliness and relationship issues that are affecting your birth rates. It's simply a fact. Japan is aging out. Whether you guys really do anything about it yet to be seen. I'm not Japanese, I'm an American, but I'd hate for a world to be without a vibrant and successful Japan. The world itself would be less. The culture and coolness that Japan brings is astounding. But I do think you guys work way to much. I mean, 70 hours a week is standard..... It's just too much. You can't have a real social life, hobbies let alone a loving and strong romantic life. It's just not possible. 168 hours in a week. When nearly half are devoted to work.....

Same in India 😥

Whats the name of the ending soundtrack, its really good

22:43 / 23:08

One thing is for sure, I'm definitely not going to live in Japan LOL, I'd rather live in a third world country...and I thought we had it bad..pfffff..I work from home and sometimes I don't even make it to office day which is once a month LOL

Japanese are the prisoners of their genetic inheritance, just like everyone else in other ways. It's hard to break the cycle within yourself but nearly impossible to do it with societal pressure added on.

which is the soundtrack

I know the location of every scene shown in the video, having lived and worked in Tokyo for many years. Don’t be too misled by the video’s title “I work, therefore I am,” that is the normal human condition, and those who can work should be grateful. The video makes the life of a salaryman seem dark and unpleasant, but its not all that bad, in fact, it is what a large percentage of Japanese aspire to. Why would someone want to live and work the way shown in the video? It’s safe. Your typical Salaryman works long hours and gets short holidays, but he carries a very small burden of responsibility. His company provides his salary, his healthcare and pension plans, it provides or subsidizes his housing. The hours are long, but the amount of actual work done is not so much. With your company pushing most of the buttons to run your profession, and your wife likely running your personal finances from home, it is a remarkably carefree life. I was hired to work in a medium-size Japanese company, and there was some culture shock. But, it wasn’t that bad. I arrived at the office at 8:10 every morning, left work at 7 pm, and then drank with coworkers and clients until 10 or 11, and usually got to bed at midnight. My company supplied my apartment, I got a monthly subsidy to pay for my train fare, my business travel was promptly reimbursed, it was actually a very easy and low-stress lifestyle. My work in America was much harder. I worked for the money, doing extra work for additional fees and commissions, and usually spending 6 days a week at the office. I never got to bed before 1:30 am. The money as good, but it wasn’t secure. In a competitive field in a cutthroat market, I could lose my job at any time, and if I wasn’t pulling in clients and money fast enough, I would be replaced by someone who could. LIfe as a salaryman was a walk in the park in comparison. Short of committing a crime, it’s virtually impossible to be fired. I was surprised at how little work was actually done, and how much time a salaryman spends sitting on a toilet each day playing games on his phone. Seriously, if you ate something bad for lunch, and needed to use the toilet between 2 and 5pm, good luck finding an empty stall. But, all good things must come to an end, and my end as a salaryman came with the financial crisis, and a midnight bankruptcy literally the day before payday. If you think life as a salaryman is hard, imagine life as a suddenly unemployed salaryman. I was luckier than most, I had investments which provided me enough income to support myself even if I were unemployed. However, I had to leave my company apartment (which, unknown to me, hadn’t received rent payments from my employer for 4 months). Finding another job wasn’t hard, indeed, I got the news of the bankruptcy via an early-morning call from a competitor who offered me a job. I went to work for a second Japanese company in Tokyo’s financial district, but lingered only long enough to establish my own business through which I could sponsor myself to keep my work visa. But, I do miss the salaryman’s life. The day-to-day routine was emotionally-grounding, my coworkers and clients were genuinely fun people, and I especially miss the “tabe-houdai” after work.

literally me

Very well made movie! Bravo!!!

Japanese are slaves to a satanic system of their own making, they believed the lie of Satan. Only Jesus Christ can set them free.

Really good video. Make more :)

Stop crying… AI will soon replace 99% of our jobs… all controlled by the 1% … the end

Capitalism strips people of their humanity and kills them.

With such work ethic/culture, it seems basically impossible to raise children unless the mother is a full time wife... This was a tradition for many years, but now (though I'm not sure about this) I think families in Japan do need both parents to work to get by. This and some other factors cause a huge issue in social structure and somehow the government couldn't really respond to it yet. They do not prefer immigration but in some form they are dependent on it (like many other aging society). Question is how they can implement either changes which stop the aging of their society or build a well working immigration/integration system. I heard some younger Japanese try to care less about stuff like obligatory nomikai and spend more personal time, but such changes in society definitely doesn't happen overnight.

ok

Oh, that title made me grin from ear to ear! 🎉

Working as a salary man is like a caged world.home resting place office is work place outside world is buses,train ,metro .

Beautifully done