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Japan's NTT to begin remote work as norm for 30k employees

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Post by lettergram »

midasuni wrote: post #6
lettergram wrote: post #3

I’m sure that’ll help the already high levels of chronic loneliness in Japan…

Clearly office work doesn’t help with this. Perhaps the flexibility and the removal of the need for things like capsule hotels will help. Maybe towns outside of the large megacities will see a renaissance ad people under 65 will be living there.

As someone who did just that (went remote, moved to a small town with a Bay Area salary). I can say it’s amazing and highly recommend.

That said, no one else I know chose it. You lose a lot of the city night life and niche things. Instead you gain space, more rural style hobbies, less diverse food (particularly if you eat out), etc.

A lot of people aren’t able to recognize the pros / cons of such a trade.

For anyone reading, I recommend living in a suburban / rural location. Get out and take care of a big garden, go to local events and join a few clubs. Definitely a positive experience.

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Post by drnonsense42 »

mkl95 wrote: post #5
samfisher83 wrote: post #2

Ntt has 320k employees. I wonder what the other 290 will think?

In Southern Europe NTT is mostly a bodyshop. Their target demographic is junior engineers willing to do unpaid overtime for abysmal pay. Pretty sure remote work doesn't make a big difference.

If you’re doing a lot of extra hours, not having to commute and getting some peace makes a huge difference in making it sustainable.

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Post by bin_bash »

sofixa wrote: post #14
nine_zeros wrote: post #4

Good. As an oil importing country, their fuel consumption will keep going lower

I really doubt many people in Japan commute by car.

They’re one of the biggest importers of natural gas. Something has to run the Shinkansen.

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Post by ehnto »

slimsag wrote: post #9
lettergram wrote: post #3

I’m sure that’ll help the already high levels of chronic loneliness in Japan…

That's seems a quite naive/brash take. Isn't it the case that Japanese work culture, "stay until the boss leaves", is what contributed substantially to loneliness in Japan? A lack of work-life balance? It seems to me that remote work could lessen this effect greatly. Also, you seem to be assuming it will just lead to people working from home alone. Japanese housing is notoriously small, and cafes ever-popular, it doe…

Maybe you mean suburban sprawl? Or maybe you just mean the urban area is less disjointed? Urban sprawl is exactly how I would characterize Japan, but maybe I just have the terminology wrong. It's actually one of the reasons I suspect such dense cities work so well, as the mixed zoning creates self serving blocks of commerce and residential. Like you've pointed out, it could actually make remote work a very vibrant lifestyle, full of coffee shops, cafes, regular faces and casual conversation.

If I had to work remotely for the rest of my life, I'd choose Japan, so that I could walk out my front door and around the corner to pretty much anything I'll ever need. I can't do that in the suburbs, pretty much anything useful is a car journey away. I worked remotely from the suburbs for about 4 years, and it was incredibly isolating. There was no-where to go that fit into even an hour long break.

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Post by Arcanum-XIII »

mkl95 wrote: post #5
samfisher83 wrote: post #2

Ntt has 320k employees. I wonder what the other 290 will think?

In Southern Europe NTT is mostly a bodyshop. Their target demographic is junior engineers willing to do unpaid overtime for abysmal pay. Pretty sure remote work doesn't make a big difference.

Can confirm, having the dubious joy of working with them.

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Post by BlargMcLarg »

thisiswrongggg wrote: post #15

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Just say it if you got something to say, rather than this "hint: it's not what you think it is" shtick.

If the argument is "companies will use remote work for their own benefits", no shit, that's what they've done with literally everything under the sun. It's not news companies are trying to socialize the risks and privatize the profits.

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Post by chrischen »

sofixa wrote: post #14
nine_zeros wrote: post #4

Good. As an oil importing country, their fuel consumption will keep going lower

I really doubt many people in Japan commute by car.

It might have a minor impact on trains, which could be powered by oil based power plants. Reality is a lot f global electricity is still oil powered.
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