Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Overtime

"Overtime again? "

"Yes... a lot of work to finished"

"Well ...sounds good. Making a lot of money ..."

Making money? Ist it overtime must be able to earn money? Yes, If it was for a company that knows the meaning of slaves sweat. Every drop of sweat would be appreciated.

And now, a job is must be completed within a certain time unit. While the company's rules, that work outside of working hours will not get overtime pay. Usually the hell, leaders do not recommend to work outside office hours, but wanted his men to work COMPLETING THE RIGHT IN TIME!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Places Incredibly Deadly Viper

What you are reading in mind that title? Where is it? At the hospital? Or on the street, where many accidents occur?

Not everywhere. That place is in Your Workplace! Not believe? The following is an excerpt from a book titled "In Praise of Slow" by Carl Honore.

Can be found in the introduction, page xxiv.

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.. In Japan, the local residents familiar with the term "karoshi"
which means "to die because of work". One of the most famous victims of karoshi is Kamei Shuji, a trader with a high flying hours who routinely work ninety hours per week
(note: 15 hours per day for 6 days, or 18 hours a day for 5 days) for weeks.

When the Japanese stock market boom in the late 1980s. Company where he worked boasting of his superhuman stamina in a variety of newsletters and booklets training, turning it into a gold standard which is used as a benchmark for exemplary by all employees.

Outside rare protocol, Shuji asked to train senior colleagues in the art of sales, which of course increase the burden on the shoulders of the man. When the Japanese stock market experienced in 1989 mark, Shuji work even longer to catch up. In 1990, he died suddenly of a heart attack. He was 26 years old.

That happened in the early 1990s. In 2001, the Japanese government reported 143 victims of karoshi. Karoshi recent case that raised the death of a Toyota quality control manager who died at the age of 30 years. A week before he died he had told his wife saying, "One thing that makes me happy is when I can sleep.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Office, No place for friendship

It is wrong if we assume that the office was a place to multiply friends. The truth is that office is a place to work.

the people in office, actually acting in it as a good person, maybe he's actually good, like a friend.

In fact, when we are careless, as if a friend was going to be a real figure. That could be a lion ready to pounce on us or become a pickpocket.

And the victim is we who thought that it was the real world that office consist of good people. Reach out for help. Sweet words, giving motivation.

In fact, all that is drama.