>>69147920Overtime can be mandatory in Japan, and the low wages they lobby for at the federal level allow them to then maintain a disgusting business structure where companies willing to soil their reputations and longevity can offer ridiculously low wages that can only give you a livable income if you work 60+ hours a week
These businesses mainly target new graduates that need immediate employment. Rural emigrants, those from dysfunctional homes, those who are homeless (but not the truly homeless, I mean net cafe level homeless) etc
If you dare to quit, they will give you an immensely negative review to any company you interview with in the future. If you manage to get a job anyway, they will harass your new employer, sometimes even using frivolous lawsuits. (If you were working in advertising, you would likely get another job at a different advertising firm, your black company employer can then argue your new company had tried to sabotage them as a competitor)
Japan is hell for the common person
Please keep in mind, that in Japan, holding the opinion that the status quo is fine is as common as the same sentiment in any other country
Telling the Japanese to 'open their eyes' doesn't work. Because they believe YOU are the ignorant one
two not enough
