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

[Attila Kinali <attila@example.com>]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:32:48 -0400 (EDT)
Joe Larabell <fred62@example.com> wrote:

> I doubt anyone on the list has worked for *most* Japanese companies so the 
> best you can do is settle for anecdotal data. In my former company (back 
> when I actually used to go to the office every day) I could walk through 
> the floor at 8am or 8pm and see less than 20% of the staff at their desks. 
> Whether working for a Western company corrupts the employees, whether said 
> corrupted employees are drawn to a Western company, whether the industry 
> I'm in is such that overtime is not expected, or whether the stories are 
> simply overblown -- I have no idea, really. But it's not my experience 
> that *everyone* hereworks ridiculous hours. However, there are always the 
> show-offs...

The company i worked for as an intern in Japan was also
an American company, so it had pretty much relaxed work
conditions, so i have been told. But i've also been told
that when some very important project was at stake, the
whole team slept at work for weeks to be able to work more
than 12 hours a day to get things done.

I doubt that there are many gaijin that would do the same
for more than a few days, if at all.

				Attila Kinali

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