World loses it over Japanese corporate workers 18-hour day: So exhausted

A look inside a Japanese corporate worker’s 18.5-hour day has shocked people around the world who described it as “hell” and a stark contrast to how tourists perceive the East Asian nation.In a YouTube video viewed close to 1.1 million times, titled ‘A Day in the Life: Salaryman at a Black Company’, user Salaryman Tokyo details everything from his 7 a.m.wake-up to 11:50 p.m.

dinner.A ‘black’ company, corporation or business in Japan is defined as one that treats employees badly and has an “exploitative” environment, while a ‘salaryman’ is a white-collar worker or executive.The man, who was out the door by 7:16 a.m.and said he didn’t “feel like working today”, adding “here we go again”, endured a 90-minute commute to the office, arriving at 8:53 a.m.

where he said, “Let the games begin”.He then worked from 9 a.m.to approximately 1 p.m.

– with a coffee break at 11:35 a.m.during which he “need(ed) to hurry”, claiming that “many black companies focus on hiring fresh graduates because they are inexperienced and less likely to resist harsh working conditions”.After a 45-minute lunch break, the man returned to the office at 2 p.m.

and worked for another six hours.“Did you know: Some black companies shame employees who want to quit, using tactics like group pressure or calling them traitors,” the man said.He “finally” left work at 8:15 p.m., writing that he felt “so exhausted.”“Working long hours is not productive,” the man continued.“(I) heard Japan is implementing (a) four-day work week.Guess that was just rumours.

My work schedule didn’t change at all this year.”After a brief visit to the shops and another hour-and-a-half long commute, the man arrived home at 10:45 p.m., cooked dinner at 11:30 p.m., and was in bed by 1:15 a.m.Reaction to the video was overwhelmingly one of disbelief, with one viewer in the comments declaring: “Humans were never supposed to live like this.”“Tourist: Japan is ...