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Bandai Namco reportedly tries to bore staff into quitting, skirting Japan’s labor laws
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Seems nice at first, but having worked jobs with nothing to do, time passes so slow. It’s painful.
Not for me. I can zone out for hours like it's nothing.
Used to work security. Even when on a street corner observing for state legislature meetings (no phone allowed), I played games of rearranging letters on billboards or vehicles to make new words. (They have cameras and police, I was just there as a deterrent). Wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't 18 degrees F and 32mph winds...
Pick up a hobby, read a book. Not sure how Japan or other countries are living, but one thing we still have in the USA are public libraries. We can download an app and check out books. For free. There is a lot more stuff at the actual library, but downloading books and reading them for money sounds like something I can retire doing. I take book reading days at my current job. As long as I put in "8 hours" of work they don't care how I spend my 8 hours.
If you know they are just trying to get you to quit and don't actually want you to do anything, I imagine it's easier than a job where you have to worry about how you appear to bosses and others. The facade of being productive itself can be taxing.
But it also depends how much leeway they give to do whatever. If you know you can just stay up all night and come in to sleep 8 hours, the time could pass pretty quickly...
Yup. I used to work at a toy store in my local mall that was just not doing business. Anytime I worked, I'd get maybe 5 customers a shift, and these were like 10-6 shifts.
I was so bored I felt like I could cry just to pass the time. There were a couple times where I straight up took a nap behind the counter because I was so tired and bored.
Yep. There is a reason why "layoff-by-boredom" exists and works. It's uncomfortable for most us to be bored.
I'd take slow and nothing to do over getting worked to the bone daily every time, I've had both. I have an active imagination, I manage.
You don't have to choose between the two evils though. There are just normal jobs.