207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death - Unseen Japan
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A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan’s continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

  • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    371·
    11 months ago

    Holy shit, that’s roughly 7 hours across 30 days, that’s insane if they were already working 8 hour shifts every normal work day.

    • DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz
      182·
      11 months ago

      Holy shit. 15-18 hour shifts aren’t uncommon at all where I’m from. No wonder we placed well below Japan on work-life balance statistics.

      The fact that there are places where people legitimately only work 8 hours a day is kind of mind blowing, thinking about it.

      • Magrath@lemmy.ca
        20·
        11 months ago

        Where do you live if you don’t mind saying? That blows my mind the other way.

        • DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz
          7·
          10 months ago

          Colombia. Solidly placed among the worst countries in the world in terms of work-life balance.

          I have a decent job and I don’t work that much, but I’m basically a freelancer, so that’s already pretty different.

      • Czarrie@lemm.ee
        31·
        11 months ago

        Don’t worry, that’s being actively eroded. People cost too much to hire, at least according to the businesses, so they’re just gonna find ways to make less people work more and more.