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Late as usual; the day is winding down. We should rename these threads to something like "Monthly Whatever - April 2010" Feels strange posting in a "Morning Thread" at 5pm. You know what I'm saying?
Let me just say that the SONY offices, kick ass. lol. I spent another day there today and I love that office. It's just not the girls but the layout and all of the gadgets they have to play with lol. One of their suites have a few PS3 units to play with and they also have some HD demonstration areas with their latest and other upcoming technology. Even the food is good! I can't say much more for fear of breaking our NDA on some items, but suffice to say, it's a kick ass office!
Let me just say that the SONY offices, kick ass. lol. I spent another day there today and I love that office. It's just not the girls but the layout and all of the gadgets they have to play with lol. One of their suites have a few PS3 units to play with and they also have some HD demonstration areas with their latest and other upcoming technology. Even the food is good! I can't say much more for fear of breaking our NDA on some items, but suffice to say, it's a kick ass office!
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Heh.. It's already after 3pm.
The stress has disappeared and now we're just waiting for the final tally of our financials for year-end reporting. Then, we'll have some ideas of our real bonus that will be coming! Not getting my hopes up too high just yet, just going to wait for the final figures first and then I'll go window shopping.
Had a great weekend at Yooygi with all of the people and cherry blossoms. You have to love the Japanese and their party personality. It was great... lots of a great food and good drinks.
Back to work for awhile..
The stress has disappeared and now we're just waiting for the final tally of our financials for year-end reporting. Then, we'll have some ideas of our real bonus that will be coming! Not getting my hopes up too high just yet, just going to wait for the final figures first and then I'll go window shopping.
Had a great weekend at Yooygi with all of the people and cherry blossoms. You have to love the Japanese and their party personality. It was great... lots of a great food and good drinks.
Back to work for awhile..
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Hiya! I finally got around to changing the thread title. It's "April 2010 Thread" now. Hope everyone is having a fine Wednesday morning. I was out of the office and without internet access most all-day yesterday. It's been nice around the office this week, now that the Japanese financial year has ended.
Has anyone noticed all the new grads running around in their recruit suits? We have a ton of ladies floating around the area in their suits and matching accessories. While that outfit is really plain, it's kind of cute in a way. Depends on the girl wearing the suit, some are just not cute at all!
Today's Lunch: I hoping for pasta!!!!
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Hope everyone is having a fine Wednesday morning. I was out of the office and without internet access most all-day yesterday. It's been nice around the office this week, now that the Japanese financial year has ended. Has anyone noticed all the new grads running around in their recruit suits? We have a ton of ladies floating around the area in their suits and matching accessories. While that outfit is really plain, it's kind of cute in a way. Depends on the girl wearing the suit, some are just not cute at all!
Today's Lunch: I hoping for pasta!!!!
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You got me... haha. I was searching for the morning thread and couldn't find it, thought I was just being stupid. I'm having pasta for lunch as well today, in about 20 minutes from now. We're taking a few of these new office people to lunch, in their recruit suits, hehe. There are or were a ton of them floating around here too over the last few days.
The way I see it, more ranks of fresh blood that will takeover the 'over-working' class of Japanese. Makes me sad to think that some of these nice girls will age twice as fast while working long hours, all the time. These people working from 6am to 12am need to realize, that practice of working is very unhealthy! Then can get jealous/mad when I leave the office at a decent hour, I refuse to work endlessly until some other guy leaves.
Oh yes, I'm the gaijin that leaves on-time!
I'm having pasta for lunch as well today, in about 20 minutes from now. We're taking a few of these new office people to lunch, in their recruit suits, hehe. There are or were a ton of them floating around here too over the last few days. The way I see it, more ranks of fresh blood that will takeover the 'over-working' class of Japanese. Makes me sad to think that some of these nice girls will age twice as fast while working long hours, all the time. These people working from 6am to 12am need to realize, that practice of working is very unhealthy! Then can get jealous/mad when I leave the office at a decent hour, I refuse to work endlessly until some other guy leaves.
Oh yes, I'm the gaijin that leaves on-time!
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That's so true about the Japanese and their over-working nature. It's not as bas as it used to be, it has improved. The Japanese way of 'not leaving before someone higher up' still holds true.
A buddy of mine that works at an investment house says that none of his staff will easily leave if he's still in the office. One day, he stayed until 7pm and all of his staff (Japanese) were still there. He went downstairs to the main lobby, to give the appearance that he was done for the evening. He waited in the lobby, secretly, as the rest of his staff filed out of the elevators within about 25 minutes after he left the floor.
After that, he made an announcement to his staff that he would no longer approve OT hours if they were just staying in the office because it was a 'custom' to wait for your boss or someone higher up to leave. Still, the staff remained in the office and did so for free. Unless of course, they were really working on something. Crazy.
Seems like the more international companies have adjusted to more of a western working system. Another friend of mine works for a strictly Japanese company. When he started there, he would leave on-time and people would gossip behind his back excessively. He turned the tables on the gossipers which eventually burned them (the gossipers) in the end because instead of working, they were running their mouths. Projects got behind and my friend new exactly why!
I cannot complain about my working environment, it's quite peaceful.
That's so true about the Japanese and their over-working nature. It's not as bas as it used to be, it has improved. The Japanese way of 'not leaving before someone higher up' still holds true.
A buddy of mine that works at an investment house says that none of his staff will easily leave if he's still in the office. One day, he stayed until 7pm and all of his staff (Japanese) were still there. He went downstairs to the main lobby, to give the appearance that he was done for the evening. He waited in the lobby, secretly, as the rest of his staff filed out of the elevators within about 25 minutes after he left the floor.
After that, he made an announcement to his staff that he would no longer approve OT hours if they were just staying in the office because it was a 'custom' to wait for your boss or someone higher up to leave. Still, the staff remained in the office and did so for free. Unless of course, they were really working on something. Crazy.
Seems like the more international companies have adjusted to more of a western working system. Another friend of mine works for a strictly Japanese company. When he started there, he would leave on-time and people would gossip behind his back excessively. He turned the tables on the gossipers which eventually burned them (the gossipers) in the end because instead of working, they were running their mouths. Projects got behind and my friend new exactly why!
I cannot complain about my working environment, it's quite peaceful.
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That my friend, is a true statement.
Although, I think some of these people really have no life and/or are trying to avoid their family. I don't mind overtime. in moderation. The building next to my apartment, you can see people still working well past 10pm most nights....
-Eliah
PS: Have a nice day everyone!
Although, I think some of these people really have no life and/or are trying to avoid their family. I don't mind overtime. in moderation. The building next to my apartment, you can see people still working well past 10pm most nights....
-Eliah
PS: Have a nice day everyone!
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OMG! (yeah, slap me...)
Very rarely do I come into the office on the weekends, but when I do, the same people are here all the time. Do you think they see their work as a hobby? or are so they dedicated to the company, that they choose to work on the weekends? Aren't there some labor laws in place somewhere? We're not allowed to work over a pre-set amount of hours. If we do go over the limit, there are forms to be filled out and sent to the Japanese Labor office.
Do people in your offices sleep during the lunch hour instead of eating lunch? There are a few people in my office that choose to lay their head down on their desk and promptly go to sleep. Others wander off to quiet corners of the building to catch a cat nap. The normal people, eat lunch.... being normal, I mean we go home before 8pm and get proper rest.
I'm sure this chick working across from me thinks she's the shit because she works endlessly but we all know she has no life. It's a shame too, she's actually quite adorable.
Very rarely do I come into the office on the weekends, but when I do, the same people are here all the time. Do you think they see their work as a hobby? or are so they dedicated to the company, that they choose to work on the weekends? Aren't there some labor laws in place somewhere? We're not allowed to work over a pre-set amount of hours. If we do go over the limit, there are forms to be filled out and sent to the Japanese Labor office.
Do people in your offices sleep during the lunch hour instead of eating lunch? There are a few people in my office that choose to lay their head down on their desk and promptly go to sleep. Others wander off to quiet corners of the building to catch a cat nap. The normal people, eat lunch.... being normal, I mean we go home before 8pm and get proper rest.
I'm sure this chick working across from me thinks she's the shit because she works endlessly but we all know she has no life. It's a shame too, she's actually quite adorable.
Where in the hell are you people?
Working?
Just arrived home after one hell of day. Surprised that I made it home this early. Were you lonely??
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Hi.
I was gone all weekend out towards Shin-Fuji! It was a little windy but had a great and relaxing time. The weather was great and so were the girls! Work was very busy today, so I haven't had much time to surf the net or even check email. My cell has a few messages that I haven't even gotten around to checking just yet. Eliah and I were busy last night trying to fix a few broken things here, which took a few hours.
Hope you had a nice day... it's quite the crappy weather we're having today.
I was gone all weekend out towards Shin-Fuji! It was a little windy but had a great and relaxing time. The weather was great and so were the girls!
Work was very busy today, so I haven't had much time to surf the net or even check email. My cell has a few messages that I haven't even gotten around to checking just yet. Eliah and I were busy last night trying to fix a few broken things here, which took a few hours. Hope you had a nice day... it's quite the crappy weather we're having today.
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