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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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[โ€“] 1984@lemmy.today 38 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Americans are like, shit what a rookie, I work 250 hours. This makes me a winner!

[โ€“] transientDCer@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago

I've done it once when I worked for a consulting company, it was hell. The paycheck at the end of it almost made up for it though.

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