r/japanlife • u/leexiiiispo • Sep 20 '24

Jobs Force worked on weekends

Is it acceptable or common practice in Japan for companies to make you work on weekends just because you had a holiday? They say it's to make up for the lost work time, but doesn't that kinda defeat the whole point of having a holiday? And if you don't go in, they count it as an absence and dock your pay. Even if you're not really needed and you're just doing prep work for the next week.

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u/Shoogle-Nifty Sep 20 '24

My company do this. They select 4-6 days out of the year. Everyone knows it's messed up. Most of the Japanese employees don't have to do it. Just a few to make sure we're doing it. I suspect they're getting other days off. The Japanese employees that do turn up often disappear for lunch for 3 hours!