Introduction

Hello!




  We would like to discuss about "Overtime Work" in this blog.
How do you feel about overtime work? Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing?
Overtime work is a controversial issue in Japan and opinions differs greatly between generations and genders.




  Overtime work can be stressful to employees and takes up time they could of spend with their family and friends. This can lead to less comunication with the surroundings. There was a case in a famous company where a employee committed suicide due to stress of overtime working and became a big problem.




On the other hand, there is a old way of thinking in Japan that working long hours is virtue. Not all people in Japan is thinking that overtime working is a bad thing.


Throughout this semester we would like to look at this issue from different perspectives.