前陣子996工作制廣受熱議：早上9點上班，晚上9點下班，一周要工作6天，不少人吐槽簡直是要累死在電腦前了。
就在我們熱火朝天地討論996是不是種福氣的時候，隔壁以加班出名的日本推出了一部反加班電視劇《我，到點下班》，竟然迎來了《紐約時報》的大篇幅圍觀。
在日本，一個有意思的電視劇情節：員工可以準時回家嗎？
《我，到點下班》改編自朱野歸子的同名小說。因為職場新人時代造成的心理創傷， 女主東山結衣堅持「絕對準時下班」的原則。
《我，到點下班》Via TBS
Last month, as Americans tuned in to the final episode of 「Game of Thrones,」 Japan was indulging in its own television fantasy world.
上個月，就在美國人圍觀「權遊」大結局的時候，日本人也在瘋狂地追著一部劇。
In this one, a woman dares to leave work at 6 p.m. sharp.
在這部電視劇中，女主敢於挑戰加班文化，堅持每天6點準時下班。
The determination of Yui Higashiyama, a 30-something project manager who wants nothing more than to get out of the office and into her favorite bar for happy hour, rocks the fictional web design firm where she works.
東山結衣是一位30多歲的項目經理。每天她只想準點下班，離開辦公室後去酒吧喝上一杯。絕對準時下班的原則，震驚了她供職的網頁設計公司。
Via New York Times
日本人有多推崇加班文化呢？連小說的原著作者都說自己花了很長時間才接受「在周末不加班是可以的。」
原著作者朱野歸子Kaeruko Akeno via New York Times
「I was extremely conscious that taking a break meant slacking off,」 said Kaeruko Akeno, a writer whose novel inspired the program and has the same name. 「It took such a long time for me to accept the fact that it’s O.K. to not work on weekends or on weekday nights.」
「我以前極度認同休息一下意味著懈怠這個觀點，」作家朱野歸子說道，她的小說被改編成這部同名電視劇。「我花了很長時間接受這樣一個事實——周末或平日晚上不工作也是可以的。」
Via New York Times
加班文化在日本職場相當普遍。
Japanese workers put in some of the world’s longest hours. In 2017, over a quarter of the country’s full-time employees worked an average of more than 49 hours a week, according to a government report, effectively working six out of seven days.
日本人投入工作的時間全世界最長。根據日本政府的報告，2017年日本超過四分之一的全職員工平均每周工作超過49小時，一周工作六天。
In some extreme cases, that dedication to the workplace can lead to death. In 2017, government data showed, overwork claimed 190 lives — in the form of exhaustion, heart attacks, suicides — a figure that has stayed more or less constant over the last decade.
在一些極端案例中，上班時間過長導致了過勞死。在2017年，日本官方數據顯示，過度勞累奪去190人的生命：表現為衰竭，心臟病發作或自殺——這一數字在過去十年中基本沒有變化。
Via New York Times
深夜在日本地鐵裡，經常可以看到工作了一天，橫七豎八躺倒在地的社畜們。
Via pinterest
隨著這部劇的熱播，很多網友也現身說法，分享了他們在日本工作的經歷。
@Sao As a Japanese, I was not surprised to read this article. However, I am afraid to graduate from university next year and become a member of such a society. It is hoped that Japanese society will change as soon as possible.
作為一個日本人，讀這篇文章的時候並不感到驚訝。我明年就要從大學畢業了，我很害怕成為這樣一個社會的一員。希望日本社會儘快改變。
@Fourteen14 It's more than just this. My commute in Tokyo was 2 hours each way. Bike, two packed trains like you wouldn't believe, and a 15-minute walk, twice a day.
現實不僅僅如此。我在東京的單程通勤時間是兩個小時。要騎自行車，換兩部擁擠的火車，再步行15分鐘，就這樣一天兩次。
We'd start with morning exercises together on the roof of the office building. Then work all day with visits to clients until 8 pm. After that the big boss takes us out drinking to 11 pm.
一大早我們在辦公樓的屋頂上集合做操，然後挨個拜訪客戶直到晚上8點。然後大老闆帶著我們出去喝酒到晚上11點。
At 11 p.m. the entire city is stumbling around drunk trying to find their train for the long commute home. The Tokyo salaryman rarely gets more than five hours sleep every night.
晚上11點，整個城市都醉醺醺的，大家暈乎乎地跳上回家的火車，很少有東京上班族一天能睡超過五個小時。
@YFJ I work for a Japanese company and there’s another downside to overworking. It can stifle innovation. People work so hard they seem to forget that stale inefficient process should be fixed Result is there is no motivation to improve the process. It’s really frustrating sometimes.
我在一家日本公司工作，過度加班還有另一個缺點，就是會扼殺創新能力。人們拼命地工作，但是忘記了去改進和反思陳舊低效的工作方法。結果大家都沒有動力改進工作流程。有時候真讓人沮喪。
@Bill Fordes I have gone drinking in Japan with workers who stumble out of the restaurant, go to a hotel, sleep 3-5 hours, and go back to work, instead of going home on a train ride of 1.5 hours, to get no sleep.... Absurd....
在日本我和上班族一起喝酒。他們從酒館裡跌跌撞撞地出來，直奔旅館，睡3-5個小時，第二天再去工作。如果不這樣，他們再坐一個半小時的火車回家，就沒有時間睡覺了，這真的太荒謬了……
Via Japan Today
這幾年，日本由來已久的長時間加班問題也成了社會熱議焦點，越來越多公司開始進行改革，日本政府也已採取措施減少工作時長。
In April, just in time for the debut of the TV show, a new law took effect limiting overtime to no more than 45 hours a month and 360 hours per year, barring special circumstances. And Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has promoted a program it calls Premium Fridays, asking employers to let employees leave a few hours early on the last Friday of every month.
4月份，正值這部劇首播期間，日本一個新法律生效，規定除了特殊情況外每月加班時間不得超過45小時，每年不超過360小時。除此以外，日本經濟產業省還推出了一項名為「優質星期五」的計劃，要求僱主讓員工在每個月的最後一個星期五提前幾個小時離開。
「I Will Not Work Overtime, Period!」 explores the changes in how millennials and their Japanese elders think about work.
《我，到點下班》正是探討了千禧一代及其日本上一輩人看待工作的變化。
Via New York Times
文：小亮亮
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