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minus-squareEvilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·6 hours agoIsn’t the cost of living in Japan like extremely high, and work basically breaks your back for no overtime?
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoAfaik Japan is actually kind of cheap. About 1500 per month including rent in Tokyo if this is right. The overtime thing depends on your actual job. It’s not like literally everyone is being exploited.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoNot cheap. That’s how much a flat for one person costs in Zurich centre. You just have insanely high rents.
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoI said “including” rent. The rent alone is about 560USD. I haven’t lived in Zurich but I know for a fact that Basel is about twice as expensive.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours agoBasel has insanely high rents too.
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoLose the “too” and you might be onto something.
Isn’t the cost of living in Japan like extremely high, and work basically breaks your back for no overtime?
Afaik Japan is actually kind of cheap. About 1500 per month including rent in Tokyo if this is right.
The overtime thing depends on your actual job. It’s not like literally everyone is being exploited.
Not cheap. That’s how much a flat for one person costs in Zurich centre. You just have insanely high rents.
I said “including” rent. The rent alone is about 560USD. I haven’t lived in Zurich but I know for a fact that Basel is about twice as expensive.
Basel has insanely high rents too.
Lose the “too” and you might be onto something.