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OT beats date QT
The vast majority of newly hired Japanese say overtime is now more important than dating if given a choice, reflecting growing job anxiety in the world’s No.2 economy.
A survey by the Japan Productivity Centre, a private think tank, showed over 80 percent of new recruits picking working late over having a date.
Unemployment is at 5.2 percent, the highest since 2003, while there are only about four jobs available for every nine applicants.
“The financial and economic recession and fears of corporate restructuring and bankruptcy are motivating new employees to prioritise work over private life,” the centre’s Tetsu Takano told me.
