Have you seen the Japanese drama "I want to leave work on time"? The heroine, Dongshan, is like the self that has sprouted in the hearts of this generation, the phrase "I want to leave work on time", is not irresponsible, not advanced, but from today, for their own living declaration.

"Be so strict about being late, why are you so casual about off-duty?" 」

"I'm going to get off work on time" is it always hard to say to the supervisor? The spring drama "I want to leave work on time" just after the broadcast, it with the gold sentence such as "on time off the clock is not good?" We do not exist for the company, but for the company to exist for us. "Don't be a person who only works for the company, enjoy life, know more people" hit the mood of office workers.

The main character, Dongshan, works for an internet company, and she works efficiently, doesn't drag mud and water, and her daily goal is to leave work on time at 6 p.m. and go to a nearby restaurant to enjoy a half-price beer, Happy Hour. To other colleagues, the dress-up behavior is like "alien", unlike others, even if the matter is done, but also in the company to work to seven o'clock, only to create the illusion of hard progress.

"I want to get off work on time" this play, not only point out the workplace sly "overtime culture", from which to explore the meaning of work, but also through the supporting story, the female in the workplace has been neglected parenting experience. (Recommended reading: Japanese drama "I want to get off work on time": There are other things better than work)

In this era, you need to find the right way to work

"I've been educated this way in the past, and I'm here for your own good. 」


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The show's workaholic colleague, Miangu, is so educated about the newcomers that it is common sense to ask that "30 minutes earlier than the scheduled time to go to work." These words, perhaps you and I have heard. Sangu is called a full-time model student, not late to work must not be allowed, wind and rain sick do not take leave, in the work to show a positive spirit. The good employee representative in the traditional society of Sangu Buddha: the whole heart of life dedicated to the company.

This play, reflects the values of the times contradictions, the meaning of work began to change, everyone also has a different perspective, some people think that the time dedicated to zhiye, life is full, meaningful;

Generational conflicts have led to conflicts, such as "Your generation is doing so well, and we didn't have a word at that time" and "Bear, and then bear it to succeed" and words keep coming up. But there are groups of people who don't want to shrink themselves very little, live for society, live for work. Dongshan knot, like the hearts of this generation, gradually sprouting self, she in the former company after the faint, determined to start for their own lives, that "I want to leave work on time", not irresponsible, not advanced, but from today, for their own declaration of life.

The values that were pursued in the past are modern and can be redefined, as the play says: "In this day and age, everyone needs to find out the way they fit." Perhaps we don't know if there are other options in life, there are no other definitions of work, and we are still looking for them. But the only known thing is that life will never have only one template, and so will life.


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Women are forced to leave work on time after becoming pregnant

Outside the main line, "I'm Going To Work On Time" also points out gender issues in the workplace.

The director of Dongshan knotted clothes, in the period of the new clothes to give a lot of care. Fearing being eliminated by the company, she returned to work after taking maternity leave and took a more positive attitude to securing jobs. When a colleague asked her newborn child who was being cared for, he said, "The husband took care of the child care leave."


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It's not mom's care, it's the father's baby leave, "The husband doesn't have the ability to work, is he?" How else would you take the baby? "Is her husband unemployed?" The whispers among colleagues highlight the stereotype that women still care for their children in the workplace, and make it more difficult for dads who want to take care of their children.

"When I told the company i was pregnant, they asked me if I wanted to change to the department that left work on time. 」

Is it considerate? What the company said after learning of the octave was the best example of "unconscious bias." Assuming that women should take on the responsibility of home care, called caring, it reduces women's job opportunities. And when women want to prove that their ability is not affected by having children, there will be criticism, about being too ambitious, about ignoring the family - remember Sangu complained about the eight too positive work attitude, while taking out the Japanese male child-bearing leave data, said that only 5% can be granted leave, since the eight husbands are so lucky to win the lottery, Eight also want to work in the work, it is too much. (Recommended reading:Are you also unconscious lying about bias between D.amp;I strategies?) True equality is not tolerance but integration .

"I want to get off work on time" although just started, but we can through this play, a new look at their workplace situation, those need to change, can break through. Tradition, does not mean perfection, does not mean to follow, we all need a little courage to make the east mountain clothes, to determine their desired life style, to change the unequal society.

Whether you want to leave work on time or not, it is up to you to decide.