WHY HE LEFT JAPAN - Japanese Employee Shares his Story

Time to find out about some Japan working life TRUTHs that not everyone will know about. Would you be able to work the way he has and keep working, despite getting treated that way?

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[Mary-xbew]

He was not living he was barely surviving.

[muhammadfakhrurrozi]

For me the main problem work in Japan is the low salary compared to other developed countries.

[kenthedeviltamer]

Thank you to whoever made the call to make director a director/camera man. If they didn't do that, we'd never have gotten this awesome channel!

[chocchipcookiegirl]

I moved from Australia to Japan and the hierarchy thing.. I really feel it lol

[emilyschake]

I worked with a Japanese chef in Hawaii and a German chef in Michigan.

The German chef was more chill compared to the Japanese chef(I’ve only seen him angry if we weren’t efficient enough in the rush)
He was alright to get along with just because I knew some German to get by, and I was the only early employee who understood directions. I only worked there for the summer before moving up north, and I miss that place. I was also paid much better there, and he didn’t like us to work overtime.

The Japanese chef spoke broken English, and I spoke broken Japanese, which was an immense frustration. I mostly had to learn by watching him, and if the task wasn’t precisely done like his, he’d kick me out to clean the floors and make tea. I left that job in Hawaii very quickly after being treated like a working slave with so little pay and lots of overtime with some racism (he would call me Gajin girl), which is funny because he’s the gaijin(foreigner) in Hawaii, not me, lol 😅

[gonfreecss]

I used to work at a sushi restaurant, i met up with him one time on our off day to hang out and explore the town one time and he told me before becoming the head chef, he worked in a traditional japanese sushi restaurant as a helper and it was hell. Japanese hierarchy is atrocious and is exactly as this man explained it. You're expected to give your life to the work you do and it will be years before you can even start handling the fish there. So the first few years, you're doing prep work, rice and cleaning. He ended up quitting, and got a job at a different place and lied on the resume. They were looking for a head chef with sushi experience, but in truth he barely handled the sushi and just started learning on the go. To be fair the guy had very good memory and learned things quickly, his english wasn't too great, but he was even able to memorize songs on the radio just from hearing it once. The money he made; he blew it all on gifting them to e-girl streamers, lmao! Turns out his father is rich and he went to america to gain work experience.

[moose]

With remote work becoming more of a thing, sounds like in an ideal world, you could live in Japan and work for an employer from another country 🙂

[川染博之]

I think your are picking up on extreme case. Working for more than 40hours(5 days) in one week is illegal in Japan and his salary is way less than the minimum wage, which is also illegal. There are104 days(weekend), 10 to 20 days(paid holiday) and 16 days(national holiday) in Japan which means 130 to 140 days off in a year. I work for a famous Japanese global company in Tokyo but usually work for about 30 to 40 hours a week. Sometimes I work over time but get paid at least 1.25 times more than the usual salary and doing overtime work for more than 360 hours a year is also illegal which means in average you are allowed to do overtime work for less than 1 hour a day. I sometimes go to business dinner with my clients but even if my boss invite me for a drink I hardly ever go, and there’s no problem.

[sidneylock]

They are right abt the German Chefs' temper. I used to work for a German where he was psychotic and would fire people left & right for making a simple mistake. Glad I left that psycho behind!

[lotharlights]

The previous generation in Japan worked, supported a family and still enjoyed life. This concept of I must have free time and enjoy myself doesn't actually satisfy people. Most people feel happiest while at college/university when they push themselves and enjoy a good balance of work/life and when they graduate they try to kill time, feeling dissatisfied, sitting around, drinking, loneliness sets in, they put on weight. It's good to stay busy. 90 hours is excessive but so is the idea that people work 40 hour weeks and have so much free time that they get depressed and question the meaning of their lives. If you judge us as a species by physical capacity we can do a lot more with our day than most people do.

[steveforbes]

Fortunately, I am retired and when I eventually move to Japan I won't need to worry about working. Although, I may just find something to do to help people without if becoming a job. There is no way I would take that kind of crap from any boss and no way in Hell that I would ever treat my employees in such a manner. It's based on an old adage of "Rank is something you wear. Respect is something you earn!" In short, the employees can learn to respect the boss but, the boss has to earn that respect by showing respect to the employee!

Otherwise, Japan has a lot to offer that other countries do not. The quality of food is one of them. The overall cleanliness is another. Of course, there is the very low crime rate. The history and culture, discounting some job issues as with this fellow, is nicely structured and the people are generally friendly. Those are just the tip of the iceberg.

Keep up the good work Cathy!

[gamernation]

Im not a head chef, my current position is a sous chef and with the employees I work with i enjoy and teaching and training the cooks ro be better. I treat everyone with respect and if I need to discipline I pull them to the side and have a conversation and figure out the breakdown of where the situstion went wrong.

[FunkyBukkyo]

When it comes to hierarchy, Japan seems mild compared to Korea

[SS-qoxe]

No wonder Japan has had a 30 year recession! No offense meant. I love your country but working there would be a challenge. All the more credit to you Cathy that you have survived this long

[AIIIAKS-vnco]

Well, this would be an extreme case. I live in Japan and I've never heard of anyone working 90 hours a week. I feel like there is something wrong with the company he was working for rather than the working environment in Japan. I've worked for both Japanese and American companies, and the American company had longer working hours.

[Don-evov]

I watched a video in which Takashi was himself interviewed about the long working hours in Japan. He said, through YouTube, he gets up at noon.

[xBetoxSa]

Props to that gentleman for withstanding such a challenging work environment to reach his goals! Passion and commitment!!

[benparker]

Yeah. No, I wouldn't work under those conditions. Even if I thought I could handle it mentally, my body has proven it has a tendency to rebel if it subconsciously thinks it's suffering. Had that happen with a mere part-time job, here in the states. I thought I was doing fine. The people I worked with were decent folk. The company was very corporate at the higher levels.
The only thing I thought I had going on was pre-work anxiety which went away once I got started, and the typical foot pain from standing/pounding on cement for hours at a time.

But, then I ended up in the hospital for Ecoli poisoning, and found out I also had high blood-pressure and high blood-sugar counts. (Shy of vein-bursting levels.) On top of that, I sustained a foot injury shortly afterward - a pulled muscle on the bottom of my foot from simply being on my feet on cement for hours.

Just like that, in a matter of days, I was having dizzy spells, and had a hard time standing for more than an hour at a time. A large part of it easily was hidden mental stress. I had to quit in order to heal. If I hadn't, I'm sure it would have gotten worse, even with a simple diet change.

[haru-qsbl]

For Japanese people, cooking is not just about satisfying their appetite. That's why all the restaurants are delicious. And even though it's a cheap restaurant, their service is top notch. Japanese people are merciless towards such experts. There are many Japanese people who cannot keep up with the professionals.

[trekpac]

That was a most interesting interview. Says a lot about the way things are in Japan.

The interviewer also did a very good job of summarizing. I have subscribed!