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 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:53:09 +0100
Karen Pauley <karen-linux@example.com> wrote:

> I have never worked for a Japanese company but have worked in the I.T.
> sector in the U.K.  It is rare for programmers there to be paid for any
> overtime but it is not unusual for them to be expected to work overtime
> if there is an important deadline to be met or it there are problems
> with any systems.

This is interesting. I live in Switzerland, where people working
in engineering in general are expected to do overtime when the
need arises. But every hour has to be compensated, either by
an equivalent amount of free time or by paying it out, with
a 25% additional compensation. At least that's the law.
The better companies (ie those who value their employees) often
compensate far more liberal, like every hour overtime is compensated
+25% in free time or +50% in money.

> One of the reasons we moved to Japan was so that Marty could work less
> than he had to in the past!

This i can very much understand. Even though the work laws
in Japan are very liberal, the general attitude towards
work and overtime is much more healthy than what i've seen
in europe.

				Attila Kinali
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