Suicide at Japan's top ad agency puts overtime on the reform agenda

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Suicide at Japan's top ad agency puts overtime on the reform agenda

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From Reuters:

Suicide at Japan's top ad agency puts overtime on the reform agenda
In April last year, Matsuri Takahashi, a promising graduate of Japan's top university, landed a job at Dentsu, one of the country’s most prestigious advertising agencies, renowned for its hard-driving work culture. Nine months later, she jumped to her death, leaving behind a trail of public grievances on social media about her relentless working hours and boss's verbal abuse.

Japan's labor ministry last month ruled the 24-year-old's death "karoshi", literally "death by overwork" and raided her employer, Dentsu Inc, to see if overwork abuses were pervasive in the company.
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Re: Suicide at Japan's top ad agency puts overtime on the reform agenda

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Jesus, why didn't she just find another job.
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Re: Suicide at Japan's top ad agency puts overtime on the reform agenda

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If she wanted to quit and try to find another job, it would be very hard to do so because Japanese companies would question why she quit such a top job less than a year in. So instead of going that route, most people would just stay at their jobs because getting a similar one would be hard to do.
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Re: Suicide at Japan's top ad agency puts overtime on the reform agenda

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A lot of places literally won't let you quit. They'll ask you to stay on until they find a replacement but won't actually search for one so unless you don't want a reference you have to stay on.
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