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Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job

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I remember once caught by my boss while sleeping in India Its like a taboo in Indias work culture but we should learn something from japan 

Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job

Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job

Japanese think it shows youre working hard




Power naps became popular in the 1980s as an effective restorative power to catch up on sleep. 

Today, people have a hard time shutting down early and getting proper sleep.

Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job

Napping at work isn’t acceptable in the UK,India or in the U.S., But it is in Japan.

But In Japan, people get respect for giving their best (for pushing themselves to exhaustion). Therefore, showing how tired you are is a statement — it says youre a hard worker. 

The term Japanese  use is “inemuri” meaning “to be asleep while present.”

Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job

Some Japanese even fake a nap to appear dedicated to the job. There are strict rules that are applied to inemuri

These include who is allowed to do it - only those high up or low down in a company - and how you do it remain upright to show you are still socially engaged in some way.

Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job Japanese firms encourage their workers to sleep on the job

Rules of sleeping at work (inemuri): 

1. You must sit up and look engaged (despite the fact that youre asleep). It must appear that you could wake up at any moment and do something great. 

2. Its easier to get away with if youre the boss. Sleeping at work is a sign of confidence — it shows youre indispensable to the company and can get away with it. Junior staff can also get away with it because no one notices them.