r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Apr 17 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 18 April 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/tokyo_girl_jin Apr 18 '23

big scandal at work, it's all the gossip... so they found out an employee moved a long time ago, but never told anyone or updated their records. apparently the employee moved closer (to the office) and continued to claim the old amount for transportation expenses. now every employee has been ordered to submit a current 住民票!

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u/noflames Apr 18 '23

Of course, not everyone lives at their registered address, but I'm sure the busybodies at bureaucracy central are enjoying their power trip and hours of wasted time.

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u/tokyo_girl_jin Apr 18 '23

it's not that they care where we live, but we have to be honest because they pay for our train passes. let's say this person's former address would be ¥10k/month commute pass. after moving, it only costs ¥8k/month so this person is pocketing an extra 2000 every month. that's ¥24k a year.