“Common habits of Japan’s low earners”: What this survey tells us, and what it doesn’t Source: en.rocketnews24 – Saturday, November 22, 2014A survey out this week asked 200 salarymen – office workers in Japan – about their work and lifestyle habits. The findings have been reported in the Japanese media under headlines such as “The bad habits of low earners” and “People on a low income pee in the bath – but why?!” But this kind of survey tells us more about the survey creator’s attitude towards low-income citizens, than it does about the employees who answered it. The survey asked 200 salarymen earning less than 3 million yen (US $25,600) a year to answer “yes” or “no” to statements about their work and lifestyle. According to the National Tax Agency, 40 percent of Japanese workers have an annual income of 3 million yen or less. The responses paint a picture of Japan’s lower-income office workers as inefficient, disengaged, and poorly dressed. 90 percent of the salarymen surveyed said they wear a suit that doesn’t fit, and 64 percent said their undershirt was visible under their dress shirt. More worryingly, 30 percent said they sometimes go the whole day at work without talking to anyone, while 39 percent said they can’t open their desk drawers. ▼ Presumably, that’s because their desk looks like this, rather than because the boss won’t give them the key. Perimeter Park Investment consultant Tokio Godo says that these kinds of “bad habits” are the reason the poor stay poor. Japan’s widening income gap is “not just because they [people on a low income] have bad luck”, All Related Read More…… The post “Common habits of Japan’s low earners”: What this survey tells us, and what it doesn’t appeared first on GLOBAL NEWS. ift.tt/1xGfbjs
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