日本人は働き蜂か？ (Are the Japanese“Worker Bee”? ) : ビジネス英語の例文集

It is said that the Japanese work hard.

I am somewhat uncertain about that.

There are many hard workers in foreign countries, too.

A decade ago, we couldn't earn enough to make a living unless we worked overtime.

The Japanese low-wage industrial policy was one factor supporting Japan's prosperity.

The Japanese office has a strange atmosphere in which it is hard for a salaried employee to go home if others are still working.

After all, that is the only reason he remains in the office doing insignificant work.

If you could measure the degree of concentration on work at a time, you would see that the Japanese are far from being ”worker bees”.

Of course, there are many people who concentrate on work and forget about themselves.

Generally, managers tend to measure employee achievement by hours worked in the office rather than by productivity.

It is said that Western managers work longer hours, at high levels of concentration, than Japanese managers.

However, people in many countries have little interest in work.

In general, most countries of great economic power have people who find significance in working.

I think the coming information society will achieve much greater productivity with a much shorter work-week.

In Japan, we are not making good use of the female labor force.

Legally, wages should be equal for both men and women; but, practically, it seems not to be so.

The number of women in management will steadily increase.

In the information society, housewives at home will form a labor force able to contribute greatly to work done outside the home.

Anyone could become a ”worker bee” if the incentive is greatly enough.

An incentive doesn't always have to be money. Working at home, rather than in an office, could be one.