24 year old Ogilvy China employee dies from 'overwork'

Re:24 year old Ogilvy China employee dies from 'overwork' by venus on Thursday May 16, 2013 @09:26AM (#5718481)

This is so common in Japan they have a word for it. Which came in useful for naming our group at a previous company: "Team Karoshi".

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Re:24 year old Ogilvy China employee dies from 'overwork' by hawflakes on Thursday May 16, 2013 @11:27PM (#5722538)

I think they use the same term in Chinese. It's "过劳死" which in pinyin is "guo4lao2si3" (over work death)

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Re:24 year old Ogilvy China employee dies from 'overwork' by venus on Sunday May 19, 2013 @09:32PM (#5735323)

Ah, it's the same in Japanese - 過労死 (mandarin has the simplified characters).

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