Attitudes Towards Work: Japanese vs. Middle Eastern

Posted on October 8, 2011 | 20 Comments

This is a funny one I stole from a friend.

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20 Responses to Attitudes Towards Work: Japanese vs. Middle Eastern

  1. Slimster | October 8, 2011 at 5:58 pm | Reply

    I visit Japan frequently on business. So true.

    Image now stolen for Facebook :-)

  2. Anonymous | October 9, 2011 at 12:09 pm | Reply

    Still making me giggle 15 mins after reading!

  3. Ale | October 9, 2011 at 12:45 pm | Reply

    Can I steal this for my blog? Please :)

  4. catbirdinkorea | October 9, 2011 at 3:25 pm | Reply

    I LOVE this, Andy! Can I steal it from you?? This could also hold true for Koreans!

  5. andydbrown | October 10, 2011 at 12:30 am | Reply

    Glad you all enjoyed it. :-)
    Of course you don’t need permission from someone who stole it (me!) to steal it for yourselves, ha!ha! I got it from my friend off facebook and it is not “copyrighted” or anything. I don’t normally share those kinds of things but I thought this was both cute and hiliarious!

  6. HPR (@hramanathan) | October 12, 2011 at 11:39 pm | Reply

    Love it! Hi Andy, hope you don’t mind if I copy it onto my blog as well! :)

  7. andydbrown | October 13, 2011 at 12:36 am | Reply

    @HPR,
    Why would I mind? :-) Nice blog you got there.

  8. SAH | October 16, 2011 at 3:18 pm | Reply

    I also copied to my facebook, sorry!!!!

  9. Anonymous | October 18, 2011 at 9:02 pm | Reply

    Good one….what about the MIddle East indicate this? whats that different with them?

  10. Valeriu SoundMeister Crainic | January 21, 2012 at 8:29 pm | Reply

    Anon, I live in the Middle East area and the lack of so-called modesty and professionalism is widespread. People working here, from Indians and Pakis to Europeans and locals adopt this way of working at their job as a reflex after working for a year or two. There is no such thing as sacrificing extra time for work unless really, really necessary. They take that break from 12pm to 4pm (if you work in an office), you go home, sleep or go out and eat, meet with people… That’s the Middle Eastern way of work.

    • andydbrown | January 23, 2012 at 3:00 pm | Reply

      Valeriu,
      Thanks for taking the time to answer this question which I failed to notice. To add to what you wrote here, one of my Omani friends mentioned that 2 people working for the same company often make the same monthly salary even if person A is working double the hours of person B. Such cases do not really inspire motivation within employees.

  11. Julnar | January 27, 2012 at 10:16 pm | Reply

    Yab…i also had copy it…sorry for the late notice..
    ..

  12. Anonymous | February 2, 2012 at 10:24 am | Reply

    and I am sad to say many Indians too share the middle eastern attitude :(

  13. andydbrown | February 2, 2012 at 5:13 pm | Reply

    Anon,
    Not just Indians. People from any background/nationality/race/country can end up adopting this attitude once they have been here a while. ;-)

  14. Lucy Yor | November 13, 2012 at 10:05 am | Reply

    I also stole it, as most of us. It is soooooo much true and funny. Thanks, Andy.

  15. Armstrong | March 13, 2013 at 7:44 pm | Reply

    It is very hilarious! I am afraid it has an element of truth!

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