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Japanese toxic work cultures - Coggle Diagram
Japanese toxic work cultures
Issues
social
Missing family time
No social life outside work
Physical
Death
Headache
Back pain
eye pain
Fatigue
Stress leads to cancer
At risk of heart attack
Psychological
Stress
Depression
mental illness
Habit
Find comfort in alcohol
Decrease in productivity
not taking day off as needed
Other perspective
Defeats the purpose of work
"why having a family while you don't have time for them"
Wasting the purpose of earning money: "Time is money"
Mindset
Taking a day off is bad
Letting others to cover work for you
Not doing their best
Bad mouthing people who took days off
Work for social status
sick is not an excuse
Article important point
“I don’t want my manager to be saying anything bad about me because I took the day off. It is easier to just work rather than them saying bad things about me or being told off.”
Japan is also the birthplace of karoshi – “death from overwork”
“Thus, many people refrain from taking holiday because their bosses do not take holiday, or they are afraid that it will disrupt the group harmony.”
taking time off work beyond the absolute minimum is simply not an option.
Visual representation by words
Stuck/trap
Prison
guilty defendant
Chain
Lock
Work
Office
Paper work
Communication devices
Laptop
Telephones
waste
Trash can
plastic
crumbled up paper
Control
Robot
robot key
Pressure
Water
paper
Gas
Hammer and a nail
hydraulic press
Death
weapons
Knife
Guns
Suicide
Jump off
Hanging
Time
Clock
lilin
Hourglass
Calender
morning-evening