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@yousefshahin26543 жыл бұрын
It's okay Shogo, any content you make is marvellous :)
@CEOofAn3 жыл бұрын
@@yousefshahin2654 yeah
@みお-b6r3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I love watching your videos!
@Diglett_Dude3 жыл бұрын
I fully agree, the content you choose to upload is always interesting. I am curious with the large number of natural disasters, does Japan have any special defences against these?
@anirudhviswanathan39863 жыл бұрын
No need to apologize Shogo. These problems are all important to talk about.
@kesayo3 жыл бұрын
Interesting side note. I noticed that in Japan “volunteer” means to work without pay. I was asked to “volunteer” to work on weekends one time. I was like, “um, no thanks.” My boss was like, “you have to, we all take turns volunteering”. I was like, “I don’t think that word means what you think it means.”
@ccaffie12313 жыл бұрын
ah yes, mandatory voluntary work
@lordsiomai3 жыл бұрын
Damn
@YG21.033 жыл бұрын
U described my school lmaoo
@TheAxeLord479113 жыл бұрын
Did you have to volunteer?
@delightfulblueberries74053 жыл бұрын
I mean yeah that's what volunteer means universally man it's not a Japan thing.
@Spazilton12 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing that Japanese businesses use the overwhelming politeness of their society against their society.
@MayW156632 жыл бұрын
I feel like thats a given when your culture revolves around being polite and having everyone fit in, but regardless these businesses take it way too far.
@user-sf9gs2pg1b2 жыл бұрын
Truuuue, lmao. That’s so sad.
@christophercombs75612 жыл бұрын
Im not surprised there are always slimy businesses out there
@wad3162 жыл бұрын
Disappointing but hardly surprising
@galacticcactus55302 жыл бұрын
Yep. Politeness and respect are virtues, but without limits, they can be detriments too.
@FolstrimHori3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Japan is suffering from one of the major issues affecting Western nations. High emphasis on white collar work, while downplaying the significance and profitability of blue collar work.
@MisterFister6122 жыл бұрын
Schools need to advertise the importance of Blue collar work as well as the benefits it can provide. Unions that are associated with Blue Collar Jobs provides Fair Wages, Overtime, Mandatory rest Period, and Health Benefits that include insurance and 401Ks. The Best part of Blue Collar Work is if your qualified you are pretty much set for finding work at a faster rate than people jumping into White Collar Jobs. Black Companies like these Dont Exist with Blue Collar work because the Unions would Blacklist those companies and make sure they Adhere to their contracts or they loose any future employment from that Union.
@JamesHarkinComedy2 жыл бұрын
Really! I'm in my mid-twenties and my best off friends are blue collar while I'm on my second and third degrees so I can get a well paying white-collar position
@amberforbes31512 жыл бұрын
I highly doubt the blue collar sector is any better as far as work culture goes.
@joelvannatta32662 жыл бұрын
I make so much more money as a garbage truck driver than I ever did as an office clerk.
@Roderickthegray2 жыл бұрын
Majority of people like to sleep on blue collar work for some reason 🤦🏿♂️
@julianffan2 жыл бұрын
The red flags for hiring are totally applicable where I live in Canada. Especially in certain jobs like hotel work and call centres, they’ll often advertise a “warm, family-like atmosphere” or something synonymous. Management comparing a workplace to family is _always toxic._ Families are built on selflessness and not looking for a reward. Employment is every person for themself. Always remember that you are doing a service for your employer and you are literally always worth more than they pay you, because that’s how they profit.
@emmanuelmicron36852 жыл бұрын
Same here! I was working like a slave, but with lot of praise...disturbing. I saw italian mob coming one day to "check" if everything was allright, it was the day before a csst visit😑 what a coincidence. I laughed because i had the explanation about this terrible company and i left with a light heart.. and a new experience.
@mandala3142 жыл бұрын
True! You just *know* if your workplace is family, by feeling
@Nariasan2 жыл бұрын
Amen to that! The whole "we're a family" at work is just to guilt you and gaslight you into doing things like overtime because you feel bad abandoning your colleagues, when in fact it is your right to refuse and go home.
@kaworunagisa40092 жыл бұрын
True. As someone (don't remember who) said, if your workplace is a family, you're going to spend all holidays there.
@Botsdoitbetter2 жыл бұрын
I run from ANY company that says "we're a family" like no. 😭😭
@rainmanslim46113 жыл бұрын
I know a Japanese dude I used to work with at my old job, he told me that he got more done working a job in Australia than in Japan specifically because he worked less hours. We all need rest to recharge our batteries. He used to work at a job like one of these. Dude was such a hard worker and he never looked at the clock so we'd have to tell him to go home at the end of the work day.
@DeathBringer7693 жыл бұрын
Yup. Sometimes working more hours is actually counter-productive. I've seen similar statistics over the years showing that other cultures that actually work less hours and take more vacations are as productive, if not even more productive, than cultures like Japan's where they work more hours and take less vacations (if any.)
@Moody__Mango3 жыл бұрын
:(
@Le_Rappel_des_oiseaux3 жыл бұрын
Humanity needs 5-hours work day. And socialism can give it.
@gatocles993 жыл бұрын
@@Le_Rappel_des_oiseaux As many of your people were murdered by Socialists, including children, and you still shill for that evil ideology... Unbelievable.
@david2012slayer3 жыл бұрын
@@Le_Rappel_des_oiseaux socialism can provide 5 hours of work per day, but also would provide less jobs and hunger. No thanks. Socialism sucks
@benjaminbierley20743 жыл бұрын
It's really disturbing since these sorts of companies are arguably the root cause of Japan's declining birth rate. If they're not killing the younger generation from overwork, they're removing any chance for them to pursue a family by giving them long hours that allow no time for dating, and those who do end up having a kid are harassed for it. I really do hope something is being done, cause adding all that up they are literally killing Japan's population.
@asheralexandersmith3 жыл бұрын
It's true. Dating in Japan in my experience in my early 30's here is that is almost impossible, because most (female, but I assume also male) singles live with their parents and are basically slaves to their work to some degree. My current girlfriend has a really weird schedule (alternating mornings or evenings but not normal mid-day) and lives with her parents, but thankfully she is adult enough to visit me whenever she can. (I offered to visit her house whenever she wants me to, but she doesn't want me to; not enough room there anyway. Nonetheless, she's happy to come visit me each time.) She's a really rare person, though. Most are too embarrassed to tell their parents they won't be home for dinner.
@KyrstOak3 жыл бұрын
@@asheralexandersmith I've heard a lot of couples in Japan break up/get divorced because of a lack of communication. Don't fall into that trap yourself.
@asheralexandersmith3 жыл бұрын
@@KyrstOak already got divorced last year from a Japanese woman who had no time for me and when she did was constantly angry no matter what I did. It was hopeless from the beginning. So I’m divorced but I’ve never really been married lol. Triple whammy! My current gf is a million times better than my ex-“wife” ever was tho.
@KyrstOak3 жыл бұрын
@@asheralexandersmith Good to hear your current girlfriend is better.
@lfr21123 жыл бұрын
Of course. Also, in the case of couples, people are so tired from the insanely long work day that their libido is shot
@NightEyeStudio19953 жыл бұрын
Suddenly a lot of the stuff that happens in Aggretsuko makes sense, especially the overtime and the older workers dumping their work on the younger employees
@kimberlyoldschool3 жыл бұрын
I’m glad I’m not the only one here who immediately thought of Aggretsuko!
@Matrxmonky2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that whole "Japanese corporate grind" makes a lot more sense now, huh?
@fkujakedmyname2 жыл бұрын
isn't that what the nazis call the American dream
@godemperorletoatreidesii74572 жыл бұрын
@@fkujakedmyname everyone you disagree with is in a Nazi you would benefit from the story of The boy Who cried Wolf nobody will listen to you when the real Nazi like group comes
@gr81cb862 жыл бұрын
omg!!! I thought the same! 💕
@fetzjorgensen6012 жыл бұрын
This is why unions exist in the US and Western countries. "People that ask for raises/over time are greedy with no thought to others." Ah yes that's why I got all these signatures on a union card because I want my co-workers to earn a fair wage too.
@Ashley-19172 жыл бұрын
Except unions barely exist in the US now because we live in a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.
@0Dexter002 жыл бұрын
Except when you have to pay a fee to be in a union and if you don't then you get harrassed for taking away "union jobs" and you get blacklisted from taking most jobs because you don't want to bend the knee to the union.
@guilhermebraga97732 жыл бұрын
The unions in my country were all related to mafia alike types, did little for the workers and demanded a lot of money and political support to their candidates
@wlonsdale12 жыл бұрын
@@Ashley-1917 there are unions everywhere. They’re totally unnecessary
@matiasfpm2 жыл бұрын
@@guilhermebraga9773 Latin américa in a nutshell
@ryansextremegaming3 жыл бұрын
" You will work non stop until the task is complete." " No I am an American. I work from 5pm to 12am." " If you leave you will be fired." " If I am fired I will get two years severance pay." " What?! No way! " " That is what my employment contract states."
@Fire-Manz2 жыл бұрын
To be fair you could probably get away with this. If you do some deal and have a copy of the contract lol. Reminds me of that one guy who change their end of the contract basically borderline black card status.
@cheshire_skatkat90932 жыл бұрын
5am to 10pm?! 17 hrs?
@ryansextremegaming2 жыл бұрын
@@cheshire_skatkat9093 Standard night time operating hour for Americans. 5pm to midnight.
@ryansextremegaming2 жыл бұрын
@@Fire-Manz While living with my uncle over sea's I got a job in Japan as a sales men simply because of the face that I was an American. When they gave me the job they wanted me to sign the employment contract right on the spot. I made an excuse that I had to use the rest room and left. I saw a lawyer and after paying him a retainer fee. He completely recreated an entire employment contract and recreated the stationary they used for the business. Basically I was being paid the American Minimum wage converted in yen. If I was fired, laid off, or forced to quit I would be give three months severance. It was a sweet gig.
@Smuglu2 жыл бұрын
This is what I thought.. If Japan has labor laws, couldn't you just get hired in one of these "black companies", get fired after not doing your overtime with out pay and then sue and cash out? Then just rinse and repeat.
@AGS3633 жыл бұрын
Really crazy is that these companies are not even more profitable than their more human competitors. All this harassment, the exploitation and the pressure are completely useless.
@jameslucrative20543 жыл бұрын
Despite our many cultural differences, jack asses don't change
@ninjagaro.3 жыл бұрын
slavery can not compete with well paid labor
@ADeeSHUPA3 жыл бұрын
@@ninjagaro. ancient slavery
@ninjagaro.3 жыл бұрын
@@ADeeSHUPA Slavery without extra steps
@JonJon-nt1wy3 жыл бұрын
sauces for that
@hawkkim19743 жыл бұрын
nowadays here in South Korea, if this happens, we quit and sue the company.
@griffinbird30003 жыл бұрын
Hopefully more japanese citizens will stand up for themselves and do this
@itsbrittanybitch26583 жыл бұрын
I'm glad South Korean workers have realized their value, I've heard some horror stories a few years back from overworked friends and acquaintances.
@YapsiePresents3 жыл бұрын
In the Philippines, the businessmen are in the government so they made sure to keep the salary insanely low and make sure the lawyers are insanely expensive so such things cannot happen. No such thing as a class lawsuit also.
@thecamelchannel14673 жыл бұрын
@@theopinionatedcharles2795 hmmm you might not want to oversimplify it like that lol
@Seeker64483 жыл бұрын
south korea is worse than japan in this matter
@73Selene2 жыл бұрын
Fun story: I've almost experienced death from overwork myself! Except it was in the US and I was working for a Call Center. I had a stroke and various seizures within the span of just a few months. At one point the company I was working for wrote me up for leaving work early, despite the fact I left in an ambulance. Needless to say I quit that job.
@uglyluffy78152 жыл бұрын
Jesus
@misterfox72102 жыл бұрын
I hope you're doing better now
@shieldmaidenforchrist13102 жыл бұрын
Did you report this to your state's borough of labor? You should definitely have a case for some kind of compensation if your medical events were determined to be caused by overwork by a doctor, that would mean it's a work place injury.
@irregulargamer13522 жыл бұрын
@@shieldmaidenforchrist1310 that depends on a lot of things. What one considers overwork won't be for someone else. If the person was seeing health problems and continued working instead of addressing it to their boss or quitting then why should the job compensate them for not hacking it. I used to work a construction job, a lot of what I used to do and the hours would be considered overwork by a massive degree for anyone not used to physical labor. Imo i think it'd be really hard to say a call center overworked you. Underpaid you sure but overworked could be a stretch unless you worked 12 hour days.
@marquaviouschester6947 Жыл бұрын
r/antiwork
@brantreis3 жыл бұрын
This is really cool, never seen a Japanese person worrying about Japanese workers. Even in media, it's rare to see an Aggretsuko or something like that
@gilessaint-loup24263 жыл бұрын
That does make me wonder, is Retsuko working at a Black Company?
@brantreis3 жыл бұрын
@@gilessaint-loup2426 well Retsuko only doesn't go through explicity sexual and the mother harassments, the others are all there. What makes Aggretsuko super interesting to me is that Retsuko gets offered all the ways out but keeps staying at the company.
@Tioko3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this video has been enlightening. I finally understand why people like Tsubone exist in the office. She’s part of this unfireable class of workers who puts all of her work onto younger employees. And now I understand why Anai was so insufferable. If that’s the kind of stories you hear about workplace harassment growing up, it’s not strange to be scared shitless and react inappropriately in defense. Aggretsuko is a great show, but now I appreciate it even more.
@edenjung98163 жыл бұрын
@@brantreis thats Not that uncommon in Germany too. A Lot of people do that Here. Being loyal even though we are treated Bad. We don't Change Work often.
@SejhaIsHere3 жыл бұрын
@@brantreis the only reason she doesnt go throigh that is because the rating would have to go up. Thats it.
@Ambi10213 жыл бұрын
Boss: "Look around yourself! No one else is asking for a paid holiday, aren't you embarrassed?" Me: Not in the slightest. I'll see you after the holiday. *Places request on Bosses table*
@ricardoalexandres.filipe82723 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have said better myself
@jaruakijal31283 жыл бұрын
JJJ: You Serious?
@gokith11193 жыл бұрын
the only way to deal with people with thick faces is to have the thickest face of them all
@can1as3 жыл бұрын
@@jaruakijal3128 lmao
@nicol.77383 жыл бұрын
“Paid holiday, eh? Do you really think you get to ask for that with these crappy results?” Me: *Yes*.
@B3RyL3 жыл бұрын
Me: "Can I have my overtime pay?" Boss: "You're a greedy person who does not care for the welfare of others!" Me: "Can you smell that? It seems one of us reeks of hypocrisy, and I'm pretty sure it ain't me."
@Le_Rappel_des_oiseaux3 жыл бұрын
This is the essence of capitalism.
@yagami11342 жыл бұрын
@@Le_Rappel_des_oiseaux naahh men its Just niponland being niponland
@muhumads2 жыл бұрын
@@Le_Rappel_des_oiseaux not sure if your comrades would be happy that you are using capitalist technology and apps that the mother land can't make
@RaptorTroll3602 жыл бұрын
@@yagami1134 No, in Asia in general, extreme conformity and unquestioning obedience to percieved authority figures is way too common. There have been several airplane crash investigations that have led to the conclusion that the plane crashed with hundreds of passengers dying, only because the second pilot chose not to point out to the senior pilot, the flight captain. That they're about to crash. Because that would "damage" the reputation of the senior/authority figure, even when the lives of everyone onboard the aircraft are at risk, the percieved authority's honor/reputation/ego is more important. To me it seems more respetful if somebody points my mistakes out to me, because they percieve me as mature enough as to not throw a temper tantrum over somebody noticing _my own_ mistakes.
@ldragon84802 жыл бұрын
@@muhumads aww are you salty that he pointed out that Capitalism is a trash economic system and doesn't work? Employers get to hold your job and salary over your head and try to take advantage of you. Then the response is 'get a different job then' instead of 'make employers honest and fair'.
@stuntrushjr642 жыл бұрын
If a company tries to guilt trip me with being regarded as greedy and selfish, I just don't care, you can guilt me as much as you want but it won't work
@ntfoperative94322 жыл бұрын
I'm not gonna feel guilty if it's not something to be guilty about
@Indubidably02 жыл бұрын
I'd just flip it on them, "I'm no more greedy and selfish than you and this company are."
@siege824s82 жыл бұрын
That train of thought is imbeded in there culture of course its alot easier for people outside of japan to speak freely The culture hardwire them that way thats why they get exploited
@LathropLdST2 жыл бұрын
"The nail that stocks up gets hammered" Speak from your comfy protected Western country. You will be singing a different tune when you realize you are different and how that looks like to the Japanese community. You will regret even trying.
@elcuy35442 жыл бұрын
@@LathropLdST Probably don't think they'd even visit Japan anytime soon, they sound like just a kid who doesn't know much about the world.
@Razzpresenta3 жыл бұрын
What you guys know as a "Black Company" in Japan, in Mexico it's known as a "Standard Company"
@abrahamcastro92512 жыл бұрын
So true! the company i work for is a logistics company, we have offices and warehouses in mexico and the US. I work in the US and i hear my mexican counterparts complaining that they work 6 days a week, little to no overtime if even available. and they work 7am-5pm daily. And i work 8-5pm mon-fri and get paid overtime when worked...
@OutcastYBJ2 жыл бұрын
Dang this is the moment when I learned I have privilege just because I was born in the U.S. I have more opportunities show how unfair the world truly is.
@CloudyWolf713 Жыл бұрын
@@OutcastYBJ Everything alright?
@pudimy3 жыл бұрын
My mom had a problem with overwork some years ago, she came home and was always very tired and depressed, she couldn't even clean the house or wash the dishes, i had to do the cleaning all by myself, i was so sad about what was going on with her, and always said that she had to find another job quick. Some months passed and she started to work as a gym instructor, it was the job of her dreams, she always told me that she would love to be a trainer and she finally got the job she always loved and wanted... I'm so happy for her
@Erduk18 күн бұрын
How are things going now?
@pudimy18 күн бұрын
@@Erduk things are much better now, she and my dad are great professionals and she's a very famous personal trainer in my town
@Yuriel19813 жыл бұрын
Just so it is clear. "Sweatshop" in English also refers to any company that takes advantage of their workers in the name of profit. So the two terms may be closer in vernacular than you have been thinking.
@justinreynolds63183 жыл бұрын
By that definition, every employer is a sweatshop. Capitalism only works if workers are taken advantage of in order for companies to make a profit off of their labor. It's never a fair exchange -- you are always paid less than your labor is worth.
@Stroke9993 жыл бұрын
@@justinreynolds6318 True but MRP is not always greater than your salary, MRP being (Marginal revenue product) that you generate for the firm. Often at least where i'm from MRP is close to your Salary. Capitalism works because of financial incentives for innovation, without that incentive firms will not increase their efficiency resulting in higher prices and lower working wages for their employees. Capitalism must be balanced with Government intervention in terms of treatment of employees, consumer rights, product quality, consumer and worker safety, minimum wage and working hours. Capitalism in America for example is the reason for it being the biggest GDP in the world however they do have a bit more bias for firms then consumers. China for example is a state run economy or command economy, it has much more factors of production than America (Land, Labour, Capital and Entrepreneurship), China also has huge amounts of natural resources for exportation, such as rare metals, coal, oil, natural gas etc. However due to the lack of freedom on the control and decisions made for firms due to government intervention and the general lack of investment into innovation causes their GDP to be smaller. As well, their method of solving this by taking more and more loans to invest into construction and development isn't working and like many control economies is artificial growth rather than natural growth causing it to be unstable and inefficient. Firms in Scandinavia for example have learnt that general health, stress, long hours and the working culture significantly impacts productivity rather than exploiting their workers.
@Nobody-cw3ri3 жыл бұрын
Incorrect. Please stop attempting to teach English when you don't even have a grasp on it.
@Nobody-cw3ri3 жыл бұрын
@@justinreynolds6318 you agree to the pay. Stfu unskilled labor 🤣🤣
@Yuriel19813 жыл бұрын
@@Nobody-cw3ri lol "sweatshop" is an idiom. Improper English. Why are you trying to correct a slang term? Who doesn't have a grasp on the language? Please go somewhere else?
@conwald2 жыл бұрын
I worked at a large Japanese company in Asakusa for a short period, went under severe workplace abuse. Went home to america and have been in therapy for PTSD since. It dramatically changed my life. I wish somebody warned me where I was headed.
@joeyawiki33152 жыл бұрын
TBH, European and USA company have so much better working condition than east asian company. Never regret switching company here. //Hope you get better bro
@user-a6m22 жыл бұрын
Oh, so I'm not alone managed to get PTSD from the former workplace. Not in Japan though, but in home country, but still. Sorry for your experience, but somehow knowing I'm not alone made me a bit better. Hope you'll overcome this as well.
@darknessbroadcast41392 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHA
@mattolen Жыл бұрын
I got PTSD from my first job in my field (accounting) in my home country USA. I quit 11 months ago and am still dealing with the daily symptoms and its mental and physical effects.
@CloudyWolf713 Жыл бұрын
Hope you’re all doing ok.
@JeffReeves3 жыл бұрын
23:39 - This reminds me of all the job postings in English with the phrase "fun and fast-paced environment" (which generally really means "incomprehensibly frantic and insane").
@jasmirris3 жыл бұрын
Also the term "flexible schedule" as code for "it changes every three weeks and don't expect to have a life or normal sleep".
@haziqshah31883 жыл бұрын
And the only people who are having fun are the bosses lol
@dubiousinformation17563 жыл бұрын
@@haziqshah3188 Trust me. As a manager at the job I work. I wasn't having any fun, since I was just picking up the slack for the lazier managers for two years. They got to have fun. I didn't. Granted I eventually started kicking the back door open to yell at them when they were slacking off for 3 hours a day. They eventually quit, and my job is a little less stressful now.
In Germany you could actually easily fine the company/the work provider for something like this, since mental health in work places is very important here and not giving your workers their paycheck is pretty much illegal. I hope Japan can step forward and do the same for their workers.
@neguesang2 жыл бұрын
And it still happens... (I'm from Germany). Und öfter als du denkst. Sag nur Hotel und Gastronomie. Wo bei alle anderen Industrie Bereiche gut nachziehen im Bereich des asozialen.
@plasmakitten42612 жыл бұрын
I mean, it sounds like if the Japanese government would actually enforce their labor laws they wouldn't have this problem...
@NachtjagerVII2 жыл бұрын
@@neguesang My German is probably pretty crude sorry. In den wenigen Jahren, in denen ich in Deutschland gelebt habe, schien es ein sicherer Arbeitsplatz zu sein, basierend auf den Interaktionen der Mitarbeiter mit ihren Vorgesetzten. Please tell me thats readable...
@petalroots12 жыл бұрын
Dear Germany, the rest of the world would also like a copy of that work place criteria. :D
@lamehick75112 жыл бұрын
@@petalroots1 even here in Germany there some companies that exploit the gullible and those without other options.
@kevinjantar81293 жыл бұрын
Boss: "Look around you! No one else is asking for a paid holiday, aren't you embarrassed" Me: "Aren't you embarassed you are violating the law and overworking your employees?"
@ericktellez76323 жыл бұрын
You wouldnt dare to clap back lmao
@ashharkausar4133 жыл бұрын
@@ericktellez7632 If born and raised in JP ye. If a foreigner clapback incoming if you're the assertive type.
@cristsan41713 жыл бұрын
All organ to pay back the loss you have cause for one holiday. -Your Capitalism Boss So better not take that holiday
@readhistory20233 жыл бұрын
Short answer...No. Why would I be embarassed that other workers don't have the balls to ask for a raise?
@verybarebones3 жыл бұрын
Boss: aren't you embarrassed to get fired? Good luck paying rent this month with your nonexistent savings
@anabellik2 жыл бұрын
From a foreigner's perspective, it's almost impossible to find a full-time job in Japan if you are not Japanese. You end up working in a company as a "part-time" employee, which means you don't get a full-time contract, you get paid maybe half of what regular workers do, but you still have the same amount of work and responsibilities to fulfill. So it sucks, to be honest.
@mfuryeo3 жыл бұрын
This is so frustrating, no one deserves to be worked to death or until their mental health degrades. I hope things get better for the workers.
@Jakebag883 жыл бұрын
*Laughs in post office*
@andrewpatton51143 жыл бұрын
Well, if a major problem is management leftover from the booming days, they'll age out soon enough. It's been almost 50 years since that boom ended, so there soon won't be any workers from those days left.
@avinabamandal32043 жыл бұрын
@@andrewpatton5114 boomers need to stop doing things they have been doing. It's not their future
@itsblitz44373 жыл бұрын
@@avinabamandal3204 exactly. However they are still in charge and think its their future only.
@itsblitz44373 жыл бұрын
Sadly not anytime soon unless someone from the Millennial generation finally shake things up in the Japanese corporate system.
@Rebecca-bz6ph3 жыл бұрын
I have worked at 3 Japanese companies. My current company is amazing, but my previous company was a black kigyo. When I wanted to take a day off I had to explain the reason in an email to the head office. Even after doing that I was told that my email was too 'honest' and I needed to be more apologetic, mentioning how I was inconveniencing the customers. Then when my aunt was dying of cancer, I asked for my (lawfully entitled holiday) time off to go back to my country and see her one last time. My manager said that if it was my mother she would understand but as its not.. maybe if I hit my sales target I would be looked on more kindly by the head office. I have so many more stories. Just blows my mind still. I get really upset when I think about the horrible time I spent there.
@samsoncooper12 жыл бұрын
That's the point i say bye assholes. Keep your tainted cash, hopefully leaving when it fucks with the company the most. I'd work well in Japan I think, I have no shame.
@FranFerioli2 жыл бұрын
Just asking, why didn't you just leave?
@Rebecca-bz6ph2 жыл бұрын
@@FranFerioli I did indeed leave when I found the right job. Working as a foreigner in Japan your job options are limited. But I’ll say that job pushed me to ask for better. I got a job at a really great company after that. I still work there three years later :)
@bernhardvonbarret17292 жыл бұрын
I was sick and was in a bad condition, had to go to the hospital. the day BEFORE the hospital leave I had to work twice hard and over time to leave things in a condition to run some hours without me, AND had to return the same day I went to the hospital no matter my condition and work, AND to top it the bastards toll the insurance that they gave me the free day so that they get PAID for the inconvenience that I did to their production, when in truth I worked that day, great it is not?
@marat.a2 жыл бұрын
@@bernhardvonbarret1729 Sieg Zeon!
@blockmasterscott3 жыл бұрын
I've had a couple of Japanese nationals here in the States tell me that there was no way in Hell they would ever go back to Japan, but they never told me why. This video opens up my eyes!
@crazydragy42333 жыл бұрын
And America is often considered pretty bad with the job market. Yeesh. Really gives perspective.
@GuitarListen3 жыл бұрын
@@crazydragy4233 or not, couple of guys above your commets are comparing this situation in Japan to Amazon warehouses. Imagine being so ignorant of others issues and saying in a non-joke manner that you have it the same. I know amazon warehouses can be bad, but they are not all the same, and they totally not compare to the general Japan work culture.
@yololoyo73793 жыл бұрын
I told my friend to not move to Japan because of this, their harsh work culture is no joke. Japan is nice for tourism but living there for a long time is quite a challenge
@scwirpeo2 жыл бұрын
@@GuitarListen You really should do some searching. Companies like this exist all over the US. Just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't real. Avoiding bad employment is something everyone needs to practice.
@alfianna25782 жыл бұрын
The worst job experience I had in America was a boss telling me I'm fired if I take a sick day, and harassing me in the workplace. He was asking personal questions like relationships, interest, and just overall sexual harassment. In America however, it is easier to just say I quit and walk out the door (which I did). I am now working somewhere where I am treated much better.
@BorksmithandTheBeef Жыл бұрын
I'm super glad you got out of there.
@richm3682 жыл бұрын
I had a teaching aide at the school I taught in. She was awesome, certainly the most skilled person with English in the department, and a wonder with the kids. Yet she had been relegated to a part time assistant role because she wanted to get married. It was assumed that she would have children, so they wouldn't let her have a full time job anymore. Even though she told me that she and her husband were not planning to have kids.
@Fire-Manz2 жыл бұрын
The what? Feels bad man
@MthaMenMon2 жыл бұрын
Geez so basically she must throw away her personal life just to get a nice job to be able to sustain her personal life.
@PainxSorrow2 жыл бұрын
@@adriennenonami1709 are you serious bro?
@explorermike192 жыл бұрын
A similar thing happens in the rest of the world including USA, but maybe not as openly . Many hiring managers are careful not to hire women of child bearing age.
@jm65662 жыл бұрын
@@adriennenonami1709 It's actually "her and her husband", since you're here correcting folk. Not "she and her husband ". Just because they may teach English doesn't mean they apply their trade on social media. You're kinda being rude.
@HanyuuHOLO3 жыл бұрын
Amazing content. I can't believe you're apologizing for this! There're not a lot of youtube channels that talk about the actual problems in Japan. Most of them make it look like it's some kind of absolutely perfect place, which ends up being borderline misinformative. It's always good to know the in and outs of a place before making a big decision like going to work and live there, or even just to understand better that country that we love so much.
@3dsmaster5373 жыл бұрын
Yes. Too many people want to live in Japan without actually knowing what its like
@Athai_3 жыл бұрын
Why was he apologizing for this?
@shadowsketch9263 жыл бұрын
@@Athai_ might due to japanese culture around causing an uproar, since that's usually looked down upon within japan
@traveler80103 жыл бұрын
You can argue that the effort of the people is what makes Japan look beautiful. But ofc, after WW2 Japan had to work so hard to survive.
@HanyuuHOLO3 жыл бұрын
@@traveler8010 Yes, and that's a good example of how the best possible results are only achievable from the last efforts. From the "it's all or nothing", from the emergency.
@roninnder3 жыл бұрын
Here’s my question: why doesn’t the Japanese government enforce their laws? It would be very easy to prove these abuses, so why doesn’t your government do its job?
@keithklassen53203 жыл бұрын
That would depend on workers reporting abuses. And I'd imagine that's not common.
@ChangedNames3 жыл бұрын
@@keithklassen5320 Not true, all of the data he provided are conducted by the government. So basically they hear and see the problem but choose to ignore and probably use the data gathered in political debates only
@2712animefreak3 жыл бұрын
Because there is little political pressure for them to enforce the laws.
@noahatkins80873 жыл бұрын
Government officials can also be paid to not do anything about it
@Servellion3 жыл бұрын
Remember that bit about the cultural "Don't shake the boat"?
@DavidStruveDesigns2 жыл бұрын
Considering the strict labor laws in Japan, it honestly sounds like a major problem with detection and holding these companies to account for their actions. Of course detection is a problem if your sole ability to do so is reliant on people complaining, in a society built around NOT complaining and such a bizarre concept as being "embarrassed" to complain is a thing! Do they not do undercover checks, like getting their own agents/workers to be hired by companies to find out for themselves what working conditions are actually like? And as for enforcement of the rules - punishments for companies should be severe. Like, potential forced bankruptcy levels of severe with massive eye-watering fines and restrictions.
@plasmakitten42612 жыл бұрын
I would guess that if you look at the reasons why these companies exist, it's probably incredibly difficult for the government to enforce these laws. It's a shame that they don't sufficiently prioritize them.
@Rieneger3 жыл бұрын
I can’t be the only American here that relates to when he talked about the older generation working long hours and getting paid a lot of money. My grandparents always comment on me complaining about work. “Oh you young people would never survive in our time. I worked 12 hour shifts everyday! You’re only working 10!” Or “Back then I walked into a store and got a job the same day!” Yea that’s good for you but back then you could buy a house, a car, and support a family on 1 job. Nowadays people need 2 just to pay rent. The only jobs that hire anywhere near that easily are ones nobody wants to do, pays the bare minimum, and are braindead tasks.
@shanchan82473 жыл бұрын
Also, there is no job security these days like it was back then.
@Rieneger3 жыл бұрын
@@shanchan8247 That too. I just started at Amazon and they can fire me for the smallest things at any given time with little to no notice.
@skyhound28893 жыл бұрын
@@Rieneger Amazon is full of crap. Thank goodness I don't work there
@GothicDragonX3 жыл бұрын
Live in NYC, minimum wage is $15 per hour, but rent alone is at least $1500.00 if you're lucky. Less than that you're either in rent control, in a studio apartment, or renting a room. If you can afford most often be sharing with roommate to pay the bills, most often those apartment are old, dirty, unkempt. You do need a roommate to survive "living alone" in the big city. One of the reason why most people are just fleeing the big city and prefer to commute an hour or 2 from home to work. It's just brutal.
@davidtrojanowski18613 жыл бұрын
Tell your grandparents that thanks to their generation good American jobs have been shipped overseas to places like China, India or even Mexico. Tell them that their generation allowed the importation of low wage immigrant workers and that made it more difficult for our generation to demand fair wages or raises. Tell them that thanks to their generation every single decent job has been regulated to hell and requires a diploma from an expensive school when it their time half of jobs didn’t have same standards. Tell them that thanks to them houses and rent have become difficult to purchase, even more so when being outbid by corporations getting into the housing market. Tell them our generation will have to suffer the economic impact of switching off fossil fuels because despite knowing about it they were too lazy and complacent to do anything. Most importantly tell them our generation plans on cutting their pension in half to pay for damages to environment and economy and when they get pissed use the old bootstrap analogy and hand them a Walmart resume.
@24frannypack3 жыл бұрын
In the United States this is called "I work for a startup that has promised me FTE status for a year but I'm still a 1099 and work 60 hour weeks"
@effsixteenblock502 жыл бұрын
My friend Koji, a very intelligent, athletic (soccer player) and all-around great guy, had his heart simply stop at the young age of 40 - death from over-work, in 2011. At the end, he wasn't even going home at night. He just slept a few hours in a "capsule hotel", if he slept at all. This phenom is no joke and happens all the time.
@Anvilshock2 жыл бұрын
Let's wish him a pleasant reincarnation in an isekai with a strong lack of mayonnaise and potato crisps.
@CloudyWolf713 Жыл бұрын
My sincere condolences for your friend.
@grrsss83352 жыл бұрын
Many of these things are similar in America. Be aware of any company that describes itself as a family rather than a company is probably going to treat you like crap.
@skygirlplayz33513 жыл бұрын
I told my dad about the low salary in Japan and the amount of work time and he was so surprised. My parents were surprised when I told them we would be pretty wealthy in Japan.
@nawab2563 жыл бұрын
Wait you just said your salary is low and then you said you were wealthy... So which one are you? Poor or wealthy? If your wealthy then your salary must be high
@skygirlplayz33513 жыл бұрын
@@nawab256 I’m middle class in the U.S. but in Japan I would be considered pretty wealthy. My dads job doesn’t require him to work at the office so he can live out of the country, so if we got the same salary we’d be doing well.
@skygirlplayz33513 жыл бұрын
@wowalinbie the hours they work are still going to add up to a certain number even if they aren’t productive, they will still get tired.
@rczeien3 жыл бұрын
@@nawab256 stuff is cheaper there.
@LuckySOB1003 жыл бұрын
@@rczeien lol no it ain't
@NSResponder3 жыл бұрын
Guess it's a major cultural difference, but if any boss of mine ever tried to demand a justification for me taking time off that I'm entiteled to, I'd slap a bitch.
@nehcooahnait78273 жыл бұрын
Lol ‘cultural difference’.
@ffwast3 жыл бұрын
"Because you're legally obligated to give me the time off that's why"
@crazydragy42333 жыл бұрын
Abuse is often ingrained into our society, but it's not a reason to not change.
@catalyst35123 жыл бұрын
You'll get sued. :/
@9volt653 жыл бұрын
We have that happen in the US lol. Friends of mine have been fucked over and called in on vacation days and been just not allowed to take vacation days for the same excuses Japanese employers give. Not to say Japan doesn't have it worse, but there are similar things with worker mistreatment here in the U.S as well, is what I'm trying to say!
@Unlashed3 жыл бұрын
"nobody else is asking for a paid day off aren't you embarrassed?" "not really but I feel like assaulting you"
@jordanbauerly88432 жыл бұрын
I would be feeling more like battery.
@statinskill2 жыл бұрын
"Today you will pay me a consulting fee of 250,000 yen. Every first of the month you will also pay me a 250,000 yen consulting fee. Or I will blind members of your family".
@HoangTran-wu6se2 жыл бұрын
Literally the reason why the Isekai concept is so popular in Japan, it's a way for an average Japanese worker to escape from the harsh reality, and half of the novels and anime that I've watched had the main character die from overwork.
@ThePoohat3 жыл бұрын
this exists in the west too, but, almost exclusively in the hospitality industry. as a chef i would consistently be required to work 80-90 hours a week. (it took ten years but i finally quit the industry this year) edit: healthcare, manufacturing, and low level legal and financial workers too (low level because the higher ups get paid very handsomely for their time, unlike the rest of the people listed)
@kickblake2 жыл бұрын
Not exclusively. Law and Finance are the same way.
@disunityholychaos75232 жыл бұрын
im sseing alot this year on forums of various workers in trades, hospitality to private ones deciding to quit and work/learn better and now various restaurants/hotels/such delivery comps are complaining why "Nobody want's to work/lazy" but had these managers/scummy employers who bait & switch in job descriptioons or pay as those same layed off workers just got to continue in online universities/change better jobs/unto the unions.
@senpieloven2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on getting out! I swear hospitality treats itself like the mafia, lol
@fancydeer2 жыл бұрын
same. I'm finishing college now. I really never want to set foot in a commercial kitchen again.
@keeshahdarkfurr83282 жыл бұрын
Yes. I work in food service slavery
@Poenix213 жыл бұрын
Well, there might be a simple solution to this problem: Proper rule enforcement by the Government
@JonnyHorseman3 жыл бұрын
Goverment intervention isn't really the best solution either.
@Ghidorah963 жыл бұрын
Good luck with that. Getting any government to enforce regulation with already struggling budgets. Not to mention, Japan's government is especially stuck paying for the increasing cost of an aging population and also, is culturally the least confrontational and averse to contradicting established rules.
@madman2fallenangel3 жыл бұрын
it's not so easy, since such companies have always the best lawyers to defend their interests and they know of all the loop holes in the law to have their way around.
@slaydon33 жыл бұрын
Government solutions a l w a y s cause more problems than they intend to fix.
@no2party3 жыл бұрын
Governments are slow to act and at best have a poor track record of adapting to changing circumstances. A more effective solution would be to have a company that fosters a much better employee experience than black companies. When you have a business that treats its employees and customers well and better than its competition they'll thrive and cause its competition to decline.
@conanedogawa47982 жыл бұрын
With those laws on the books in Japan, a Western worker would be the ultimate nightmare of any "black" company. Especially Americans. We tend to be very litigious over here. We make a point of knowing our legal rights, and we will regularly throw it in the faces of our bosses. Around here, if a company breaks the law, they WILL be reported for it by their own workers. 100% guaranteed. The only reason companies get away with exploiting their workers in the US is that the labor laws are nowhere near as strict as you just described they are in Japan. With tight regulations like that, just having a single western employee would mean the eyes of the government are about to get very focused in on that company. It is entirely possible though that these "black" companies might be aware of this though, which could mean they might genuinely treat foreign workers differently as you have said several times in this video.
@GoatMan-dl5ds2 жыл бұрын
From what I've heard its actually incredibly hard for foreigners to get jobs in Japan for this reason.
@PhyreI3ird2 жыл бұрын
Maybe its only in certain kinds of jobs, but I've heard that at least across the retail industry, overtime pay is skirted constantly, and if you question it you'll just get fired. And if you're working in retail, odds are you won't be able to afford litigating against a massive corporation that can afford lobbyists, let alone whatever it would take to just outlast you in court.
@sunshineskystar2 жыл бұрын
is that why several amazon workers got killed just last week because bezos demand them to keep working during tornado?
@conanedogawa47982 жыл бұрын
@@sunshineskystar Again, western labor laws = not as strong as Japanese labor laws.
@sirsquatch71992 жыл бұрын
@@sunshineskystar I don’t think Amazon demanded them to keep working but just stay in the building during the storm. I work in a warehouse with a similar natural disaster safety policy and think that’s more likely
@zachialadams92792 жыл бұрын
Suddenly realizing why the little Japanese lady I worked for a while back in the midwest US was so adamant about keeping us to a strict schedule and not letting us work overtime unless absolutely necessary. I already know a few places here where if you even TRIED to get away with this stuff you'd be eaten alive by your own workers right in front of HR before the reps ate your soul and the CFO ripped out your wallet through your chest.
@melelconquistador3 жыл бұрын
Oh we got these in the US, we call them an Amazon. Yes, in very few circles they use the company name as slang for a bad workplace.
@JesusChrist-sm4bm3 жыл бұрын
Yhea or Walmart. Or like most Big bissnisses. I work for a sister company for Blizzard and I make Less than minimum wage for working 86 hours a week
@JesusChrist-sm4bm3 жыл бұрын
@Cannabis Dreams I'm not Shure. But I'm makeing 5 Dollars and hour. With about an extra 2-5.68 for every 3D model I finsh
@JesusChrist-sm4bm3 жыл бұрын
@Cannabis Dreams just did the math My Back pay is 22k but it's close to around 30K-40k a year depending on how sick I get
@jsgv79353 жыл бұрын
@@JesusChrist-sm4bm business* not ”bissiniss”
@pockydoggboss3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a Sears warehouse to me before they finally shut down for good; I've survived four years, including Black Fridays with this thankless job.
@benjamintobies42273 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this interesting video. I work in middle management in a nursing home in Germany. That's why the topic is very interesting for me. I know it is not always easy to lead people. But a management style that regards the individual as a resource and relies on cooperation is always the safest way to achieve one's goals.
@verseapocalyptica6682 жыл бұрын
This sounds like adjunct teaching. I had a colleague who worked so much that she literally fell into a coma, even though she was only paid for doing between 15-20 hours of work per week. (She woke up, and is back at the same job, with no improvement to her situation.)
@gens0kyo2 жыл бұрын
Oof :(
@bigkongenergy60542 жыл бұрын
Is there any way he/she can get out? I'm assuming it's out of financial desperation, because I don't know why else anyone would go back to there
@kivakarmen86282 жыл бұрын
Dayum!
@zenoohshit54982 жыл бұрын
It could be because I’m really high But listening to you talk about Japanese culture and history is oddly soothing, and I feel like I’m retaining a lot because your pacing is damn near perfect. In conclusion, this is great content
@CloudyWolf713 Жыл бұрын
Hope you’re doing ok.
@PartyVelocity3 жыл бұрын
as an american, these tips are still very helpful to avoid working at shady companies! many companies here will try to pull similar things, i know plenty of friends who work part time jobs for minimum age, with long hours with little to no time off. It's definitely becoming more and more common, with the governments refusal to raise minimum wage meaning that people cant afford to leave these jobs that are taking advantage of them without risk of losing their ability to support themselves. There's not quite as much shame surrounding family and community, but our individualistic society means setting unrealistically high standards for yourself, and the shame of failing to meet those standards can turn people away from quitting bad jobs.
@blackpine45172 жыл бұрын
You say individuality and then define conformity in the exact same sentence. Staying at a lower paying repetitive job instead of advancing to a trade is due to failing to meet the consensus of conforming expectations. There are higher paying service industry careers. Raising the minimum wage does nothing but lower the standard of living whilst increasing the cost of household needs, lowering the the pay of skills careers by devaluation of currency and the amount received. Japan and the United States commonality is the exportation of careers, the loss of intellectual property and ideological education instead of practical.
@llamapartyy2 жыл бұрын
@@blackpine4517 increasing the minimum wage to 15 an hour isn't going to increase living cost lol what 🤦♂️
@blackpine45172 жыл бұрын
@@llamapartyy There’s no such thing as magic. 🙄
@zeyode2 жыл бұрын
@@blackpine4517 "Just learn to code 4head"
@ntfoperative94322 жыл бұрын
@@llamapartyy you don't know economics then. Supply and demand. If companies have to pay more to their employees unwillingly, they will then off load alot of employees to protect their bottom line. Those employees won't be able to find work because most companies won't be looking for more people to pay. Meanwhile, stores, seeing the potential profits, will raise their prices to match the new wage. So those people now unemployed will have a harder time, since their budget is based off the old wage, not the new one
@andyiswonderful3 жыл бұрын
It seems to me that the internet would be an ideal place to expose black companies. It can be done by employees anonymously, and can be accessed easily by anyone. Is this happening?
@aeronautisch3 жыл бұрын
I want to know about this as well. Is this happening?
@WhySoPrettyJinsoul.3 жыл бұрын
It probably happens but rarely
@thundervelvet59832 жыл бұрын
There is several websites where you can find most companies profiles with comments of ex-employees, also have a notation system about payment/leaves/working hours etc. You have to create an account to access those complete datas, but even without an account you can see most of the notes and 2 to 3 comments so it's enough to know if it's black or not. However you don't always have datas for all companies, like the smaller ones.
@primeholyassasin203 жыл бұрын
Interesting how you described the generation that grew up in the period of rapid economic growth and how they use that mentality to run the younger generation workers in the companies. Kind of reminds me of the disconnect between baby boomers and millennials in the US.
@ffwast3 жыл бұрын
The disconnect between the boomers and pretty much anyone else really.
@drcaligaridane3 жыл бұрын
That happens everywhere in the world
@natsumitsushima Жыл бұрын
I’ve remembered that a 20’s years old girl passed away because of death from overwork. She was working for NHK, which is a Japanese national broadcasting company. I’ve seen a supervisor who was hired but not working in a interior design company. I felt so sad. Aside from working culture in Japan, I’ve been surrounded by the environment that people say “Look around yourself! No one else is asking for something, aren’t you embarrassed?”
@KenKen-um9bf2 жыл бұрын
There's a lot of companies in the US that do all of these. Including the not paying overtime thing if you're a saliaried employee.
@romanninja7772 жыл бұрын
The unions and laws are better. But the hours he's throwing down don't shock me. 10:30am-11pm is a 12 hour shift. Thats half the blue collar work force in America right there. Most hours I've worked was 102 hours in a week. 12-16 hour shifts, swing shifts, on 6-7 hour days is what I'm used to. I have no life, but the money is amazing and benefits are great. Gotta do what you gotta do to get by.
@LilLeanCuisine2 жыл бұрын
@@romanninja777 what’s the point of having money if you have no life to use it
@friedrice95112 жыл бұрын
@@LilLeanCuisine he could take an early retiremet
@Chillazilla22 жыл бұрын
@@friedrice9511 If he doesn't keel over from a stress-induced heart attack or ruin all of his joints and his back by the time he's fifty, he might be able to do that. I know several people who are on permanent disability from wrecking their bodies from overwork.
@TheOneGuy11112 жыл бұрын
The US certainly has it's own problems in this regard, but Japan has it a lot worse than we do.
@AcemanXD3 жыл бұрын
Warm atmosphere kinda sounds like "We are like a family here!" If there are more than 5 people working there, that typically means that you are expected to work harder just because.
@lyras.91613 жыл бұрын
Hearing about this breaks my heart. It's fine to be a good employee and to be committed to your job, but there's more to life then your bosses bottom line. Study after study has shown that employees who are healthy and happy do much better work then ones that are suffering at their job, anyway, so it's not even helping the company.
@charlesneumann91512 жыл бұрын
I was a manager for Food 4 Less in Chicago and I regularly work 50 to 60 hours a week and I can honestly tell you it takes a toll on you physically and mentally
@Piano158913 жыл бұрын
I loved this video! As an American who visited/worked in Kyoto as an undergraduate student, this was very interesting to learn about. Would love a video about working for academia or the government in Japan.
@spookshelves98343 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this video has great advice for beginners in the job market in general. I live in Texas and have worked a few jobs and have also had not so great experiences when I've gone into a job without doing my due diligence, if I had known the tips given in this video beforehand i might have avoided some bad experiences.
@BigBoyBlue3 жыл бұрын
"I'll report this company to the government!" I probably missed something, but it feels like this wasn't addressed. If this was addressed, please enlighten me. Once laws are made about things, shouldn't the citizen be then obligated by said law, to report any "black company" they find themselves in? Surely, these black company entities must find themselves in legal trouble a lot right?
@WhySoPrettyJinsoul.3 жыл бұрын
The companies probably bribed the higher ups to escape jail time
@Purrf3ctP3ach3 жыл бұрын
Private citizens are not obliged to report illegal activities
@Queenofthatank3 жыл бұрын
@@Purrf3ctP3ach so the police force in Japan are for what then? For show? If they're considered private citizens who don't have to report legal issues
@m0ri4613 жыл бұрын
@@Queenofthatank the police/law system is japan is very problematic and skewed, its a whole problem in itself. Most try to avoid it at all costs, they use the system "guilty until proven innocent" so if a citizen were to be put in a situation with a company that can easily bribe corrupt members of law, they would soon find themselves unable to get out of said situation if it turned on them.
@m0ri4613 жыл бұрын
@@Queenofthatank also, this situation would involve a worker (private citizen) reporting the companies' crimes, which by law theyre not required to do and most likely wont due to the ingrained social standards of bringing shame upon oneself/one's work.
@unseenninja832 жыл бұрын
I think it’s be a cool show that finds these black companies and expose them. 1. So we can see these overworked employees and get a better understanding of their situation by site rather than stories 2. It may help the situation by amount of people who backlash at company. (Although the second point not sure would happen, it would be nice if it did.)
@Fire-Manz2 жыл бұрын
Ooooo I like the way you think!
@JuriAmari2 жыл бұрын
Like Undercover Boss but from an employee’s/labor advocate’s perspective instead. I like that!
@ChaosDraguss3 жыл бұрын
Four of the five reasons are basically "because boomers."
@DarksideFistofFury683 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏾 for giving me a permanent resident an actual deeper incite and understanding of how Japanese companies function. The prospects of me finding gainful employment after watching your content doesn’t leave entrepreneurs much wiggle room to manoeuvre especially for foreign investors.
@fattony81973 жыл бұрын
As a university student currently living in Japan and going to start doing 就活 (job hunting) next year, this video really helps a lot! Thank you Shogo!
@Angela11111222223 жыл бұрын
Hello! Would you mind sharing your experiences getting to college in Japan since I plan on doing my major there soon
@heuhen2 жыл бұрын
my rule nr.1 all work should be paid for and when you work overtime, you should be compensated for using your free time at work. But then I live in Norway. I had a co-worker that worked to much overtime, so the company told him to take free the next day. If a worker work to much in Norway, the company can be fined and in worst case, closed down.
@dionysus76532 жыл бұрын
In Japan, can you easily take your employer to court? In the UK, we have the employment tribunal who deals with those matters, so it's easy for employees to claim unpaid wages, unfair dismissal etc.
@Whitesaber2113 жыл бұрын
Its's kinda scary that the 5 points at beginning could easily describe working QA in a major western game company
@ragdollfantasies3 жыл бұрын
The negative points describe literally every job I have ever had except ONE. Yikes.
@snake5555102 жыл бұрын
just dont work for games companies lol, if you are a programmer go do generic programming. Working on applications etc is the most chill jobs u ever gonna get in this field. And if you are a part of smaller team where no one knows how long it takes to do what then any day is holiday.
@Jdb632 жыл бұрын
@@snake555510 So true lol
@tudm912 жыл бұрын
It's not just QA that experiences the long work hours in the western game development industry. Trust me I've worked in QA, Live Ops, and Product Management. The long hours aren't experienced by just QA. Thankfully I now work for a game company that understands Work-Life balance and I get plenty of time to rest, relax, and do other things I love. My work week averages around 36 hours :)
@JupiterJennyArts2 жыл бұрын
I was a qa game tester for years, I’m so triggered watching this! So freaking true!
@Floridamangaming7293 жыл бұрын
Personally ive always wanted to live in japan. I think its perfect for me. but the work culture has always scared me. this video will come in handy in the future i can tell.
@eroupopper3 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it. But I think with the new generation coming in and older generation fading away, things might change for the better
@Stellar0011003 жыл бұрын
Depends on your circumstances and your investment plans, I suppose. Currently, I've done enough to live comfortably in other countries in Southeast Asia, but I'd have to do more to live comfortably in Japan.
@manleyfgc79813 жыл бұрын
I doubt it’s perfect for you. Many japanese people are a bit xenophobic. Dating could be miserable. The reasons go on
@ffwast3 жыл бұрын
I get the distinct impression that it would only be nice for a while and mostly if you had enough money to not have a job while you were there.
@abrahamgustavoguitiperez-m29373 жыл бұрын
Yamaguchi-San. Keep making videos on Japan's social problems. It shows that you care about Japan, and you advocate for progress & change. Don't allow anyone else to tell you differently!!!
@famyemil2 жыл бұрын
My ex-company did so many of the above. Especially, putting my grade under “management” so that they don’t have to pay overtime. Even the Human Resources department said that the company has the right (under law) to call upon me to work everyday, 12 hours a day. My country’s labour laws are weak and biased towards companies.
@Simim233 жыл бұрын
These videos discussing social issues in Japan are SUPER INTERESTING and I love them! Please continue to make them! 🙏
@miriammanolov91353 жыл бұрын
Shogo, you are such a great young man for covering such sensitive topic that includes harassment. Hard work should be acknowledged and rewarded, and not punished for it. A friend of a friend is middle eastern married to a Japanese man, and converted to his faith and learned the language. She was harassed by her boss and couldn't prove it, and ended up starting her own business. Others might not be as lucky...
@RobertLidstroem2 жыл бұрын
I have always wondered how effective japanese workers are. I have a physical job (scaffolder), carrying 3-4 tons of steel and wood each day. My stamina is pretty much out after 8-9 hours. I do work overtime now and then, but often get well paid for it. But productivity slows down by about 25% the first hours, than even more. By the way, i rarely see any "a day in the life of" or explanations of blue-collar jobs (carpenters, concreteworkers, painters, forkliftdrivers, scaffolders) do they work as much overtime? Excellent channel!
@2okaycola2 жыл бұрын
Great questions
@melaniey.55962 жыл бұрын
If I remember right, the same overworking culture it’s also happening with factory workers in Japan, when wages have not risen (when they used to be great to world standards) but working hours have.
@shaunmcisaac7822 жыл бұрын
So for certain other jobs productivity doesn't just decrease, it GOES NEGATIVE after 40-ish hours per week. For example in Software Engineering, you can force someone to work 60 hours. But the code that gets checked in at the 60 hour mark is going to be LOADED with bugs. Those bugs will often take multiple entire days to fix. So you've pushed someone to work +20 hrs, and they create a bug that takes 32 hrs to fix. You've produced negative 12 hours of net value. Congrats!
@riateor22439 ай бұрын
@@shaunmcisaac782 yeah imagine now if youre an overworked doctor or pharmacist!! patients life can go boom just like that! talk about negative.
@AlwaysPim2 жыл бұрын
This happened to my girlfriend. She had worked for a company that demanded too much for 6 years. She's in the hospital right now, literally fighting for her life.
@LuffyFilmZz2 жыл бұрын
Sorry to know that
@aquinna2 жыл бұрын
I hope she is well and recovering.
@CloudyWolf713 Жыл бұрын
How’s she doing?
@stephanaeon Жыл бұрын
Saw this comment you made a year ago. I truly hope she's made a full recovery ❤️
@AlwaysPim Жыл бұрын
@@stephanaeon We seperated, so I don't know exactly but she seems to be doing better now, thankfully. Thanks for asking
@federalcasemaker3 жыл бұрын
Boss: "Look around yourself! No one else is asking for a paid holiday, aren't you embarrassed?" Me: Aw buddy don't hate me cause I'm beautiful maybe if you got rid of that yee yee arse overtimes you've got you'd get some employees in your company
@L16htW4rr10r3 жыл бұрын
GTA meme. X,D
@L16htW4rr10r3 жыл бұрын
I understand that reference
@remus25653 жыл бұрын
Ninjaaaaaaaaa.
@felixsubakti69073 жыл бұрын
Or even better, maybe that one prodigious fresh grad will go riding yo paycheck instead of that nine five foreign company he been working with
@murakami23462 жыл бұрын
Buddyyyyyyy~
@LiverbestGibs3 жыл бұрын
This is why it's always important to save up some FU money. To tell an abusive boss FU.
@henrydickerson97763 жыл бұрын
I've experienced much of that here in the US at a former employer, though some is definitely culture-specific. To the workers suffering in this kind of environment, it's not worth your physical or mental health. Run.
@lorrane21772 жыл бұрын
I appreciate you making these videos. With a family member living in Japan, I try to keep informed of working conditions and customs. Thank you again!
@damienboykin77723 жыл бұрын
I think a fairly clear reason to terminate a working contract with someone is if they’re unable or unwilling to do their prescribed work duties. So- one thing that makes less sense to me as an American is the fact that there are older employees that aren’t being fired for not working. 🙇🏽♂️🙏🏽
@toastercatx2 жыл бұрын
So you'd be perfectly content to fire older workers who are no longer physically capable of doing their jobs? Just shove granny out on the street? Ideally these people would be moved to less physically demanding jobs, but there are only so many of them to go around. Obviously the current situation isn't working, but firing older workers en mass isn't the solution.
@FacadeWitch3 жыл бұрын
When entities are able to disregard the laws and regulations it is simply called "corruption".
@sikamaru6663 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing a ブラック企業 in ReLIFE (an anime) and I've been wondering is there huge stigma if you quit a company in a short amount of time (approximately 6 months), stigma which will severely diminish your future employment opportunities?
@kyotoben6103 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@Hero-oz9gx3 жыл бұрын
in my experience this is common all over the world.
@MaddCB3 жыл бұрын
Not in my country...you quit after 6months no big deal
@kuroru693 жыл бұрын
@@MaddCB can you please specify the country?
@MaddCB3 жыл бұрын
@@kuroru69 USA
@khalillarkin61502 жыл бұрын
The title was very misleading
@lucysmum18952 жыл бұрын
Shogo, I’m a Japanese who’s a care worker in London, UK. I have more experience in domiciliary/visiting than residential, which means having worked for a few local agencies. But they’re all the nearest alternatives to the black kigyo in Japan for several reasons. 1. Zero contract which means no guaranteed number of hours to make us work more hours to make a living though we signed for no more than 60 per week. 2. No day off like cruise staff but this is my choice and my employer likes it. I draw a line on teatime calls to have afternoon breaks instead. Luckily I spend my 28 days of annual leave but not all in 1 go. 3. Time and a half pay on Bank Holidays which aren’t many in the UK (but double-charge to self-funding service users) and only a pound extra per hour on weekends. 4. Our users are always right and carers have to fend for ourselves against them and their families. 5. High turnovers of not only workers but management also. June
@kuanged3 жыл бұрын
I've heard it's very tough to get someone fired in Japan. I have a hypothetical question. What happens to really thick skinned workers in Japan who are very good at their jobs, get all their work done, but basically refuse to put in any kind of overtime at all. Boss talks to this employee to stay later and help others but he kindly refuses saying "I've completed my work and I am entitled to go home. Bye bye." Also when coworkers start to complain and shame him but he doesn't care at all. Would he get fired for incompetance even though he is highly competant and valuable but just refuses fo work more than the minimum hours? Is "not caring single bit about group harmony" a fireable offense in Japan? Or do those people just end up being the loner pariah of the company that just eats by himself.
@mystic_spider2 жыл бұрын
They lose favor with their boss, don't get promotions, raises or some unofficial benefits. You're stuck at a dead end unless you signed a very specific kind of contract that counteracts that.
@kuanged2 жыл бұрын
@@mystic_spider But that doesn't change the fact that the company has to pay the unwelcomed guy for doing very little. It sounds like a free lunch to me.
@DaBoweh2 жыл бұрын
@@kuanged Maybe, maybe not, depending on how much you care about the physical/emotional abuse taking place, day in, day out. Probably not just from the boss, but from all the coworkers who now have to make up for your slack. It takes a special kind of person who can tolerate that for a long stretch but also avoid giving the company a more concrete reason to sack them.
@peejees59462 жыл бұрын
As someone else mentioned you will never get a raise and you’d be stuck with 2k a month or lower depending where you live so you wouldn’t have any money. If you’re a foreigner your contract wouldn’t be renewed so then you’d have to find a new job before you get kicked out of the country for not having a job.
@Noelciaaa3 жыл бұрын
This video made me realise there are also many black companies in my country. The advice for things to be looking out for when job hunting will be incredibly useful to me! Thank you!
@Kwaspo2 жыл бұрын
People want to joke that this is just a "normal job" in America but it's not even close. America is quite strict when it comes to labor, anyone who works long hours are generally compensated by mandatory time and a half pay. Probably the only one that applies here is the low holidays, but you are usually compensated for that as well, and it is rarely forced overtime, but voluntary for the worker.
@ErrorGameManiac2 жыл бұрын
are salary workers compensate for overtime when their contract says they are not paid by the hour?
@Kwaspo2 жыл бұрын
@@ErrorGameManiac it depends, but more often than not, yes. My position is salaried but if I stayed late or came in on the weekend I would be paid the hourly equivalent at double rate for that time.
@WarriorAngel0012 жыл бұрын
@@ErrorGameManiac in some cases salaried workers arent allowed to work overtime, so some people in certain areas will choose to not accept promotions so they can keep getting OT hours and pay.
@iberns2 жыл бұрын
Not in Texas* Even if you're in a Union, you're overtime is "banked" to comp time...
@alexalynn59522 жыл бұрын
Yeah, in my job salary just means you're the one who has to work all the overtime so that they don't have to pay anyone extra 🙃
@DeadRabbit863 жыл бұрын
Lived in Japan for 9 years now but I work for a western company. I have heard horror stories from some of my friends the work at a Japanese companies. I love Japan but I fear that they are falling behind in a lot of areas because of their resistance to change and modernize in the work place. The government has these laws on the books but seem to have no teeth to enforce them. There also seems to be little interest in attracting foreign talent which in my opinion leads to singular thinking and a lack of fresh ideas which causes stagnation.
@lockmonster053 жыл бұрын
Honestly, so many companies even outside of Japan have that "Black Company" mentality. Just look at Amazon.
@hitmonchan96073 жыл бұрын
I think the US and Japan both experience older people in management who don't realize the world is different than they remember it
@samsoncooper12 жыл бұрын
Love this content on the side of Japan we don't often see
@riton3493 жыл бұрын
Shogo, it's great that you're subbing UR vids, cuz it makes it more barrier free. Recommended UR content to a deaf friend of mine a. she rly enjoys UR vids on Japanese culture & society. It's sometimes tedious to sub sth., but nice of you for doing it anyway.
@tuankumiskotak3 жыл бұрын
there's literally auto sub even if it sometimes dont do it's job properly but still you has to check it out than leaving earlier 🤔
@Xel_Rendwyn2 жыл бұрын
This explains so much more to me about Japanese culture that it's honestly hard to articulate just how much this has blown my mind. Thank you, Sir! :D
@yousefshahin26543 жыл бұрын
Great content as usual, Shogo. Looking forward for more :D
@ACatHandler2 жыл бұрын
A lot of the tips of "how to avoid black companies" actually apply to most other jobs as well, if i used those tips in Australia i definitely could have avoided some dodgy jobs that were a waste of time and effort.
@MoliminousTheater3 жыл бұрын
Lol just scrolling through my recommended and I see a video saying don't work for black companies or you could die. I was pretty confused for a moment there
@bakuwoe3 жыл бұрын
I was about to go off before I realized.
@GlowySweetFabulous3 жыл бұрын
Same lol
@msmoe74293 жыл бұрын
Lol I was about to report this video until I actually watched it.
@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis3 жыл бұрын
Yea not the whole world is USA.
@Takeda_Katsuyori3 жыл бұрын
@@msmoe7429 SJW? 😅
@keithmartin13283 жыл бұрын
Your videos are a real eye opener of your country. I really enjoy watching them and have learned a lot about Japan and it's culture.
@NitroPunksMightHeads2 жыл бұрын
I first heard about black companies when I saw an episode of the anime The Laughing Salesman where his latest client worked at such a place. It's pretty crazy this could even happen, but then again we have Amazon with similar working conditions.
@feral_shade2 жыл бұрын
In an old business class i heard of a similar anti-firing phenomenon..... workers that had disgraced the company severely, instead of being fired, would be transferred to a position in which their work had little to no value... Like counting paperclips, or sharpening pencils. . I think is what happened to a famous Nintendo game developer, Gunpei Yokoi. The sales for Virtual Boy didn't even come close to meeting their earlier projections....as demonstrated at its debut in Tokyo's 1994 Shoshinkai trade show. Nintendo called for cutback after cutback, releasing the unfinished system as an apology for the delay of another system, the N64. They lost millions and layed the blame squarely on Yokoi. So the game developer was punished, not by being fired but by being forced in 1996 to man another Trade Show booth... to eagerly promote the horrible failed console, despite all the crowd's interest being directed the newly released N64.... The proud creator of Nintendo's very first game system as well as the Game Boy DIED the following year, completely humiliated and broken because Nintendo wanted to save face.
@iamnothale Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure he didn't die broken (he would later make WonderSwan with Bandai, but died a year before its release), but he did resigned after Virtual Boy bombed (and apparently after Game Boy Pocket exploded.) And died completely humiliated, if that's the response you're looking for.
@feral_shade Жыл бұрын
@@iamnothale yeah, it was a while ago that posted the comment, but that's essentially what I was trying to say. I apologize for being unclear and somewhat dramatic. When I recalled his situation for the comment, it caused me to burst into tears as I was typing it out... and I guess I was little too expressive as a result.
@MarginalSC3 жыл бұрын
The high service, but low cost expectation exists in the US as well. The customers that like to yell at them over poor service while spending small amounts of money are called "dollar millionaires"
@machinerin1512 жыл бұрын
Here in Russia, "dollar millionaire" refers to an actual wealthy person - because being a ruble millionaire is nothing, almost everyone is a ruble millionaire from just owning a shitty commieblock apartment, a ruble costs almost as little as Yen - a million is only around $14000.
@MarginalSC2 жыл бұрын
@@machinerin151 In the US it implies they think they're rich because they have one dollar.
@IKEMENOsakaman3 жыл бұрын
Japanese words many non-Japanese people know: Karoshi, Tsunami, Typhoon (Taifu), Hentai, OMAE WA MOU SHINDERU...
@jaruakijal31283 жыл бұрын
NANI.....
@mastorione3 жыл бұрын
iyada, tasukete, kimochi
@ShadowsandCityLights3 жыл бұрын
Baka
@anirudhviswanathan39863 жыл бұрын
Yamete!
@lordvmm60763 жыл бұрын
Harakiri/Seppuku, Yosh
@angel_nerd3 жыл бұрын
Overwork could kill you. I felt gross at watch about some work places who bully treated workers like trash and don't care about their mental health and well being. I remember I seen document about poor young woman end her like because of her hell job. Some toxic jobs are suck.