A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan’s continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

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I did 135 hour week once as a journalism intern. got fired because I didn’t do 140 (would walk to hotel, sleep 4 hours, wake up, walk back to field office - “wow,” you think, “what war was he covering?” and the answer is the war of an arts festival in northern england).

didn’t go back to journalism after that.

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oh absolutely it was illegal, and I did it with full knowledge of it, and voluntarily, for a stipend instead of pay.

just no point in being litigious when I’m just as happy to have a good story out of it.

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I hope you’re in a less shitty environment now, whatever field that may be in

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