- 19 May 2007
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All I am getting out of the thread is half truths and a whole heap of "I heard that they do this because so and so said that what they do!". How many of you work in a Japanese company that don't teach English or that have not been hired for your ability to speak and understand English(in other words you never come in contact with other westerners as a job requirement) , but require all your work to be done in Japanese and that alone? Why I ask this is b/c working in a Japanese company means you are part of a team and it is not good to think only of yourself like we "westerners" do. You will never ever be thought of part of the team with those attitudes and I see so many westerners complain that they are they are allways considered outsiders and wonder why. The only reason why they put up with these attitudes from westerners is by continuing to treat them like "westerners". There is an expectation from the staff to work as a team and leaving early all the time is not doing so. Sure there are times when you could probably go home a little bit early, but doing so often can show selfishness.