tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post5539438810763475388..comments2024-03-28T18:18:01.176+09:00Comments on Japanmanship: In search of lost timeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-70212924584613097732006-10-08T07:22:00.000+09:002006-10-08T07:22:00.000+09:00>JC
I do appreciate the warning! Given your rant,...>JC<br /><br />I do appreciate the warning! Given your rant, I found that statement rather curious to say the least.<br /><br />Most of the companies that crunch like hell tend to stress that they have good benefits, work on prestegious titles, won awards, etc over "our workers have lives outside of work." <br /><br />Something's gonna crack, that's for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-80898498268910490792006-10-07T23:53:00.000+09:002006-10-07T23:53:00.000+09:00It's not rare here; it simply doesn't exist.
As f...It's not rare here; it simply doesn't exist.<br /><br />As for company blurbs, buyer beware! Even my place had an article on-line recently where they were saying they were committed to excellence and good working practises, in-house training and revolutionising the way games are made. I had to double-check which company they were talking about; I didn't recognise it at all.JC Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122980021264683075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-71418919171254235192006-10-07T14:04:00.000+09:002006-10-07T14:04:00.000+09:00Further exacerbating this problem is that whole 'e...Further exacerbating this problem is that whole 'ethic' of not rocking the boat.<br /><br />My current boss has given numerous lectures on obtaining reasonable hours/quality of life in the game industry and the way he did it when he was working for a a big Mega Publisher notorious for 80-90 hour weeking people, he gave the following tip:<br /><br />Get a multi-disciplinary core of people and band together. Start working reasonable hours, do quality work and do it on time. My boss' boss at the time gave my boss crap for not pulling long hours like other parts of the company. <br /><br />Boss the reminded manager that they were submitting quality deliverables, on time and changing their hours meant a change in that aformentioned pattern.<br /><br />Summoning the courage to do something like that is just as rare in America as I'm sure it is in Japan. <br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.falcom.com/kaisya/recruit/staff/yamazaki.html">There seem to be a few companies</A> out in Japan dedicated to reducing stress in employees so that they'll output their best.<br /><br />Stay wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-3523126912472994932006-10-06T22:07:00.000+09:002006-10-06T22:07:00.000+09:00great blogg! keep it upgreat blogg! keep it upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-27687146415193568652006-10-06T02:10:00.000+09:002006-10-06T02:10:00.000+09:00my workplace is quite good about things, for the S...my workplace is quite good about things, for the States, at least. If I am asked to work a weekend then I get paid for the day and get a free day to take off later.<br /><br />Being a 'Get in early, get out early' type, the japanese hours sound kinda scary.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686660186919315153noreply@blogger.com