Are all nighters really common in Korea/Japan???

Sakura May 25, 2017 11:11 am

I see characters pulling all nighters at work very often in mangas/manhuas. Is it common practice or just fiction??? Is it paid as night hours?
Just wondering 'cause we don't see this in France for example. You might stay late or continue working at home as long as you want but all nighters at work rarely happen. The company would have to pay you too much I guess and it is socially not admited to go this far, at least not as regularly.

How is it in your home country?

Responses
    Anonymous May 25, 2017 11:11 am

    now now let's not be racist shall we

    Anonymous May 25, 2017 11:16 am
    now now let's not be racist shall we @Anonymous

    Are you stupid? Did you even read the post properly?

    Sakura May 25, 2017 11:20 am
    now now let's not be racist shall we @Anonymous

    RACist?? Where from? I am talking about cultural and social differencies, wanting to broaden my knowledge and understanding. Also clear misunderstandings if I have some. You know we are all different right...?

    Tori May 25, 2017 11:34 am

    Isn't all nighter usually were done by people who procrastinating

    Anonymous May 25, 2017 11:58 am

    It is definitely common in uae

    Your-Partner-In-Crime May 25, 2017 12:06 pm

    I live in Japan and I think Japanese are one of the most alcoholic in the world xD I think it's just in their nature.

    PNDA_QQ May 25, 2017 12:07 pm

    In my opinion....in our country, office workers tend to do "overtime" when they need to...for example...the file is due tomorrow morning, so they need to finish that file overnight....but it is quite rare.

    brynn May 25, 2017 12:45 pm

    Isn't overtime pretty normal? What's so odd about that? Yes, the reason people do ot is to gain more pay.

    lalala May 25, 2017 1:00 pm

    Overnight is rare but possible if the task is due the next day, reason why it must be at the office is because you can't bring the work home (for example, for designs you can only use the computer with that software with license, or taking data from experiments using the facility) n of course to avoid data leak/loss, it's such a hassle to request to bring out the company's pc. But there's rule for when you do OT more than the office hour which is 8, you gotta take leave after that to rest, at least in my company. Usually my colleagues do OT until late night around 10 when they get too much work at that same time. Well, workload goes up and down severely, i just wish they average it properly so you won't be so free at one time n suddenly so damn busy next. This is just an example in a science-related job in a very conservative japanese company.

    {____} May 25, 2017 1:27 pm
    https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usatoday.com/story/92277952/ @Anonymous

    Damn and here I am trying to figure out a way to leave work at 11 and not 1 for today.

    Sakura May 25, 2017 11:01 pm

    Thanks to you all!