|
|
|
|
|
|
by japaneseminisub
1203 days ago
|
|
|
Because it could be socially enforced. Ie. "You cant take Fridays off because thats when our clients are available" becomes "everyone takes Easter week off" See: Australia. We have another holiday at the same time. Most people, who can, take the Good Friday week off.
A few days of annual leave plus a couple of statutory days means up to 10 days off for the price of 3. The expectation is that a lot of people are away then. It sucks if you need to get things done, but it works. |
|
|
Exactly this. As one salaryman (サラリマン) once explained to me, it's not the Japanese are terminally addicted to office work. It's when they don't show up, someone else will have to do their work, so while there is work, and be it after five, it would be unfair to leave b/c then all that happens is your co-workers have to do it anyway. A national holiday is an excuse / prescript that is doled out to everyone (except, you know, police, firefighters, hospitals, and shop clerks), so no-one needs to put it on their conscience.