think_too_mut Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 After 10 years in good job in Japan, I think can tell you: They think of the Westerners the same the Americans think of the Mexicans: Lazy, unreliable, "manana work". Lazy shits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 penile envy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiRai Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Lazy, unreliable, "manana work". Lazy shits. Hmmmmm. Kinda reminds me of..... me. Their theory definitely has credence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Having taught Thai students for decades, I can verify that "mañana work" is alive and well here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 When my daughter saw Mickey Mouse for the first time, she exclaimed "A rat!" Still, today, Japan is for Asia what UK was in the 60s and 70s for Europe. A lifestyle powerhouse. Korea coming close. Not America. Westerners tainted by the Wall Street criminals are far behind, even shunned away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Flasher, I never click on anything not authored by the poster. Junk dragged from the net? Tell me in own words if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Hi, Interesting, as when my colleague spent a week working in Japan at client's office, his comments were something along the lines of: "The Japanese spent a lot of time at work, but they do very little actual work in that time." He mentioned seeing people asleep in the office, reading the newspaper for a good long time, etc. He figured that for all the hours they spent at work they don't actually do more work than your average Western office worker. BTW, 'Japanese' is not 'Asians'. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 BTW, 'Japanese' is not 'Asians'. Throw in China and India and you get half of the human kind. Japan and Korea are far smaller but still enjoying old prominence. For reading newspapers out of lunch hours one can be fired or left out next payrise. Never use office or corp phone for private calls. Taking a private call (from, say, an insurance company for own car) outside of lunch break equals a loud fart into everyone's face. That would have to be an extreme situation as companies know they are allowed to call only lunch time or after 6pm. No private emails from corp provided equipment. People are not paid 12:00-13:00 and it's unpolite to even talk about work. That time they are free to snooze at their desks, quite common. When I came to Japan, all Corporate was in the US. Since then, APJ has established offices in Bangalore (4,000 ppl) and Shanghai (another 3,000ppl) and my life became milk and honey. Engineering, world class skills and eagerness, ripping apart DLLs and sorce code within hours and providing results. From US, that would take months , if ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Last time I worked in Japan, 2004, I could see huge wastes! Yes, working long hours but low productivity!! and this company had some severe quality issues. I tried to help them improve their quality and productivity but I was a guijin and their Japanese methods were far superior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Last time I worked in Japan, 2004, I could see huge wastes! Yes, working long hours but low productivity!! and this company had some severe quality issues. I tried to help them improve their quality and productivity but I was a guijin and their Japanese methods were far superior That's a demo in vivo of what I am saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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