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another slightly late thread but i have been busy for most of today. learning about some arcane internet drama, also reading some books. currently on The Storm Is Here--this will be book 41 for the year when i finish it.

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[–] adastra@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel incredibly restless at my job and it's everything I can do to not stand up and just leave for good. I'm paid essentially minimum wage in a dead end job at a ブラック企業.. But I'm so burnt out on job searching for months on end and terrified to return to unemployed life. I haven't touched my hobbies for months and I'm... I'm just so tired. God damn...

[–] luciole@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s terrible. Wishing you the best of luck to find a fulfilling job.

(For those curious like me) ブラック企業

A black company (ブラック企業, burakku kigyō), also referred to in English as a black corporation or black business, is a Japanese term for an exploitative, sweatshop-type employment system.

While the term "sweatshop" is associated with manufacturing, and the garment trade in particular, in Japan black companies are not necessarily associated with the clothing industry, but more often with office work.

While specifics may vary from workplace to workplace and company to company, a typical practice at a black company is to hire a large number of young employees and then force them to work large amounts of overtime without overtime pay. Conditions are poor, and workers are subjected to verbal abuse and "power harassment" (bullying) by their superiors.[1] In order to make the employees stay, superiors of black companies would often threaten young employees with disrepute if they chose to quit.