overwork
Act Your Wage: Why More People Are Embracing ‘Quiet Quitting’
At a time when workplace burnout is on the rise like never before, might a simpler, more practical, do-only-what-you-are-paid-to-do mindset of approaching work be the answer?
Japan’s Top Electronics Company Admits Employee Died by Suicide From Overwork
In a letter he left for his family, the employee wrote, “Dad is tired. It’s too much work.”
When This Is Over, I Don't Want to Return to the Same Grind
When I was laid off, my headaches vanished. It took a pandemic to see that overwork isn’t achievement.
Microsoft Japan’s Four-Day Work Week Experiment Led to a 40% Boost in Productivity
Japanese employees are known to be some of the most overworked in the world.
The Japanese Workers Who Live in Internet Cafes
The documentary 'Net Cafe Refugees' shows the stark choices Japanese workers have to make in the face of the country’s recession.
Who Stole the Four-Hour Workday?
A four-hour workday could solve a lot of our problems. If everyone worked fewer hours, there would be more jobs for the unemployed to fill. The economy wouldn't be able to produce quite as much, which means it wouldn't be able to pollute as much...
The Family of a Japanese Man Who Killed Himself Over an Insane Work Schedule Won a Landmark Suit
Is the country's famous workaholic culture finally changing?