Re: work times & accommodation @tokyo, WAS: Re: [tlug] Embedded linux dev wanting to find work in Tokyo.. Seeking advice.

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Joe Larabell writes:

 > BTW, in both my current company and my immediately previous company, if I 
 > were to take a stroll around the office at 7pm, the place would be pretty 
 > much deserted. Same thing at 9am. So the overtime thing doesn't hold for 
 > all companies. Then again, I've only worked for US-based companies here.

That's not necessarily an accurate test.  Americans can (and do) take
work home (subject to company policy, of course).  Japanese have a
couple of cultural constraints that makes that very difficult.