• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    There’s a big cultural difference. Taiwanese workers, like Chinese, Korean, and Japanese workers as well, have a much higher tolerance for long work hours and less pay.

    All of these East Asian cultures have long-standing social norms against complaining and refusing to work hard. It’s a collectivist culture of work that puts the success of the company ahead of the individual’s interests. In return, companies tend to be loyal to workers so it’s very common to stay at one company for your whole career.

    We westerners used to have similar values back in the 1950s and earlier. That all changed during the counterculture.

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      21 hours ago

      All of these East Asian cultures have long-standing social norms against complaining and refusing to work hard.

      Pathological Culture of Bootlicking

      Disgusting