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Business
Japanese workers use ‘job-leaving agents’ to quit without shame
Clients of such service providers have brought up a variety of other workplace issues that range from improper hygiene practices to animal a...
Ryan General
Economy
Asian Americans least likely to feel satisfied with their salary, new survey shows
Most Asian Americans do not feel satisfied with their salary, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Pew Research Center’s American ...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
Florida sushi restaurant owners face 10-year prison sentence for harboring undocumented workers
Florida restaurant owners Ge Tang, 41, and Yanshen Huang, 36, pleaded guilty to harboring undocumented workers at their restaurants "f...
Asia
Boss Won’t Let Japanese Salaryman Go Home to Sick Wife, His Response is LEGENDARY
Japanese husbands have the unfair reputation of being office workaholics who show very little appreciation to their wives. Such stereotypes...
South Korea’s Impossible Work Culture is Just as Bad as Japan’s
We’ve all heard how hard the Japanese work, that they die from it, and how honorable it is for them to stay in the office, even if it ...
Carl Samson
Foxconn Plans to Replace All Their iPhone Builders With Fully Automated Robots
Taiwan’s Foxconn Electronics, which plays a huge role in manufacturing Apple’s iPhones, hopes to fully-automate all its factorie...
Most Anime Workers Make So Little Money That They Are Living With Their Parents To Save Money
While anime is known to be a billion dollar industry that enjoys a massive global audience, not many are aware that most workers involved in...
Japanese Workers Are Literally Slaving More Than 80 Hours of Overtime A Week
Nearly a quarter of Japanese employees worked an additional 80 hours or more each week, the government has found. The study polled 19,583 em...
Uncategorized
Japanese Employees Are Literally Dying From Being Overworked
Experts believe thousands of Japanese employees have died from “karoshi.” or death by overwork, last year. Labor ministry figures documented...
Editorial Staff
Misc
Watch the World’s Fastest Workers Completely Dominate Their Jobs
No matter if you’re a janitor or a CEO, it’s important to love what you do and be good at it. The video above shows people who ...
News
Wisconsin Republicans are Trying to Take Weekends Away From Workers
Scott Walker, a Republican politician and current governor of Wisconsin, is spearheading a sneaky budget move in his state that will effecti...
Max Chang
Chinese Boss Threatens to Fine Employees For Not Attending Mother-in-Law’s Funeral
One ridiculous boss in Taizhou, China is being criticized for forcing his employees to attend his deceased mother-in-law’s funeral and threa...
Sebastian Dillon
Undercover Footage Shows Brutal Factory Conditions, Children Buried Alive — All For Apple Products
Secret footage taken from Chinese factories and illegal child-labor mines show the horrible price paid to make iPhones and iPads. ...
Waylae Gregoire
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