I had a contract for 40 hours a week, five days a week with 2 weeks home leave and 3 weeks vacation. I actually worked at least 75 hours a week, six days a week, never got vacation (paid to me when I left) and I did get my home leave. They feel that managers should be honored to work so hard for their staff. I already put in my time when I was younger and felt it was my time to slack off a little and let the younger staff take over. Japan has the opposite view. I will never work for a Japanese company ever again even for the insane amount of money they paid me. It isn't worth it.
