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Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek (apnews.com)
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[–] snausagesinablanket 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not only do they work Saturdays, in a lot of companies they work Saturdays for free.

[–] HerrBeter 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wtf

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

IIRC, 5 days is the legal limit, but there’s a culture of unpaid overtime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yo, fer real.