Why Japanese Hate Working with Foreigners

I've worked like this all my life in Mexico. We're actually the country that works more and earns less. This sounds more like corporate structure, I doubt every single business in japan works like this the rest is just basic work ethic. Be on time, finish your work, don't be a burden to your team, be clean and if you truly want rise above you have to put in that extra time and effort. The only difference I see is selflessness that goes way overboard like If I want a dessert I'm going to order a dessert I really don't care if you don't want one.

could foreign people be the change that helps out the people there and see that its so unhealthy to work to this level…

Great video. But as usual there's the out of control no thought comments. Lol.

Last 50 years or more, people have been saying the same thing, whether true or not, about my country, Japan. You still come to Japan, get disappointed and complain. Are you crazy?

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I was only in Japan for 3 weeks, but it was my 35th country so I had a lot to compare it with. I found the cleanliness blissful, especially since we were there during several major festivals. We stayed until we were the last couple there, just to watch how the trash was handled. 😳😮 I love the way everyone lines up for trains! We found the people very friendly and my husband enjoyed working with his Japanese colleagues. I didn’t want to go home, but we’d been traveling for months at that point. Your Rules don’t bother me; we’re from Pennsylvania but our heritage is German, so we’re hard workers. Great video!

Wow. Thank you. This was very informative.

So Im unsure about other work places but I have noticed in teaching there is a big thing with looking busy as opposed to actually doing work. As a teacher of 15 years I can honestly say there is NO REASON WHATSOEVER to have to say back until 9 or 10 at night almost every night. Especially when you have at least 2 free periods in the day. Ive legit seen teachers staring at screens and doing nothing else for ages and then stay back after school so they look busy.
I get the vibes that in Japan they reward hard work over smart and efficient work. Like it all comes down to time management.

外国人が日本で働くのは無理だと思う

As an American who has worked for over 40 years in the engineering field at more than 20 companies (lots of contract work) most all the points are you made apply here as well. The only difference is it won't piss off your co-workers if you don't strictly adhere to every point you made. As long as your competent, maintain your focus on the job at hand, produce good work with minimal mistakes that get caught by your co-workers and visa versa, minimize personal business during working hours and respect others. Rarely will they ask you to work late but you do it voluntarilly to meet deadlines or to address unexpected deadlines. Most employers realize people have other resonsibilities outside the office and don't want to burn the employee out which leads to mistakes and poor productivity. My understanding is that the Japanese are expected to put in long hours and don't have much time to unwind at home after a long day at the office. Personally, I would not want to work for a Japanese company due to the strict work environment. Another issue is in Japan you are basically employed "for life" and moving from one company to another is frowned upon. It's been my experience that employees who have worked for the same company for decades tend to have limited experience not being exposed in different environments tend to have fairly narrow work skills and get complacent knowing they have seniority and are not likely to be "let go" due to mediocre job performance. I've heard of Japanese workers committing suicide due to the stress that can be imposed on them something which is unheard of here in the US.

I call mostly BS on this video, most workers in Japan think most of the (komakai) rules are stupid and don't like them either. It is the old, stubborn management that try to perpetuate this old toxic thinking. And as they die out the culture will change as well in fact it is already happing, most companies now offer work from home options now.

Can't say I enjoyed the tone of the video, making it seem like all those insane expectations are justifiable because it's a different culture. That's like saying, in my culture, it's expected you kick a rock once a day & you're rude if you don't.

Whilst I admire the work ethic in Japan I don't think its a good thing and seems to have a very negative impact on the people as a whole. High rates of suicide, peer pressure to drink, rapidly declining birth rate and no personal life is not something to aspire to.

After working in Japan for 8 years here is my view. The work culture is designed to exploit, everyone hates that they have to work late and daren't take holidays but no one will stand up and say so, so they just accept their doom. Collectivism sounds nice on paper but does not work, if the individuals are happy then the collective is also happy and functions well. Japan has one of the lowest productivity rates in the G8 or G20 yet they work the longest hours but they can't understand why, it's because everyone is miserable because they have no life and they don't see an end to it. It says it all that they have a specific word for death by overwork. I always go home on time and I take my full allocation of holidays and I don't care if they hate me, I am not being exploited in to working over for no extra pay or recompense.