Answers to my 15 questions （１～４）

I would like to answer the questions I came up earlier!!

1.What can the company do to reduce overtime work?
Here are some of the ways I found⇓
・ Set an annual cap.
・Match staffing levels to work demand.
・Insist employees to take scheduled rest breaks.

sources
・10 Keys to a Sensible Overtime Policy – Workforce Magazine. (2017, May 23). Retrieved July 27, 2017, from http://www.workforce.com/2010/01/27/10-keys-to-a-sensible-overtime-policy/
・How to Decrease Overtime Work. (n.d.). Retrieved July 27, 2017, from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/decrease-overtime-work-18130.html

2.What is good about overtime work?
・It can be a chance to show that you Are willing to work harder

・It is a common way to get promoted

・The longer you work, more you learn.

sources

・Why Working Overtime Is Good For Your Career. (2016, October 31). Retrieved July 27, 2017, from https://www.databasestar.com/working-overtime/

・Benefits of Working Overtime. (n.d.). Retrieved July 27, 2017, from https://careers.knoji.com/benefits-of-working-overtime/

3.What is bad about overtime work?

・Not enough sleep

・Low quality of life

・Health Consequences

・It can lead to late marriage

I think that all of the reasons listed above is bad! But especially the 4th reason is a big problem for Japan because the birthrate is decreasing year by year!

source

・The Disadvantages of Overtime. (n.d.). Retrieved July 27, 2017, from http://work.chron.com/disadvantages-overtime-5388.html

・Vulcan, N. (2015, September 25). 7 Reasons Why Working Overtime Is Not a Good Idea. Retrieved July 27, 2017, from http://www.careeraddict.com/7-reasons-why-working-overtime-is-not-a-good-idea

4.Does overtime work effect the employee health?

Overtime working effects many of the employees health in many ways!

These are some of the examples↓

• Lower-back injury

• Higher blood pressure

• mental health issues

• Lower birth weight (women)

• Higher suicide rates

Nothing can be more important than our lives! We need to protect our own health

source

・C. (n.d.). 5 Negative Effects of High Overtime Levels. Retrieved July 27, 2017, from http://www.circadian.com/blog/item/22-5-negative-effects-of-high-overtime-levels.html?tmpl=component&print=1

・How Does Overtime Affect Employee Performance? (n.d.). Retrieved July 27, 2017, from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/overtime-affect-employee-performance-48496.html

~Survey result~

Thank you for people who answered my survey!!
I would like to show some of the results👀

If you want to view all the survey questions, you can check out from here!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7MWKLTG



If you are interested in looking at the data graph of my survey result, click the URL below👇
https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-PVWNTKR6/

Seven people answered my survey and all people were Japanese, age between 19 to 22!

To the question, "Do you think overtime working is a good thing or bad thing", everybody answered that they think it is BAD. And these are some of the reasons⇣

・It destroys people's life. Overtime work doesn't make achievement good.
・There is no time for yourself
・Working pace will get slow
・It is a important ability to finish your job on time
・leading to late marriage or not get married
・It is not efficient.

To the question, "How do you usually release stress?", 3 people answered that they listen to music and other 3 people answered they sleep and 1 person answered that she watches TV.



I also found out that most people want to get home from work by 19:00⏰

Less Work More Success (NGO)

We made a NGO called "Less Work More Success"! And this is the logo we made for our company↓

Let me introduce about our NGO! Our main goal is to reduce overtime work at companies in Japan. And to achieve this goal we hold lectures to managers twice a month and suggest solutions for companies! We can think together how your company might be able to reduce overtime work!

The participate fee for this lecture is only 1000 YEN, so feel free to participate❤

In our lecture we give out solutions and advice! There are some examles....

1. Is your working area clean?

Clean working space lets you find document easily.

2. Do you have good relationship with your employees?

Making working conditions where employees can show and express their feeling is important.

3. Lets make a TO DO List

By making a list of what you need to get done, you can keep track where you are at.

If you want to know more solutions, come to our lectures and we can tell you more!!✌

If you send us request, we can go to your company to check your company's working environment!

We also send out informations about our lectures from SNS!

Please check if you are interested in joining us too!!

You can mail or call us for further information!

COMMENTS from our classmates

Many students in our class liked our logo we made! I was happy to hear that some student understood the current situation of overtime working in Japan.

DoD

Survey 2

Please answer the survey below 😌


⇓⇓ Click here ⇓⇓


https://jp.surveymonkey.com/r/5FWQ35C

SURVEY!! PLEASE ANSWER.

To study more about overtime work we would like to here voices from other people too!! It only takes about 5 minutes to answer, so it would be helpful if you participate in this survey and answer some questions☺We would like to use the results to learn how people thinks and how much they know about the situation of overtime working.


~SURVEY CLICK HERE~
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7MWKLTG


Please click the link written above to answer the survey💕

word cloud - from a perspective that think overtime work is GOOD

I made a word cloud from words picked up from websites that introduces perspectives from people that thinks overtime work is GOOD!!

This is how the word cloud look like⇩

From looking at this word cloud I found some words like "need","position","normal", and "development". I think these words describes how some people thinks about overtime work. Some people might be thinking that overtime working is needed and it is a normal thing to do for development. Also, maybe some people are forced to work due to their position.

word cloud - from a perspective that think overtime work is BAD

By looking at this word cloud which is based on a perspective that think overtime work is bad, you'll notice that overtime work causes many problems like that people including workers's family members are stressed, workers are likely to have health risks, and expenses for overtime work cost.

The sourse of this word cloud:





Ogura, K. (n.d.). Overtime Work in Japan. Retrieved July 13, 2017, from http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/adv/wol/dy/opinion/society_120206.html