Fun office rules in Japan
A recent ranking survey from goo Ranking looked at fun company rules that people would like to see introduced at their own workplace.
Demographics
Between the 20th and 22nd of April 2011 1,110 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.5% of the sample were female, 10.8% in their teens, 16.2% in their twenties, 27.4% in their thirties, 26.4% in their forties, 9.3% in their fifties, and 9.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
While looking up some of the companies listed, I came across more office rules from Kayac (in English). The one I found most curious was:
Lucky Wages
All our staff can play as they earn with our lucky dice scheme. They can top up their basic monthly wage by rolling the dice, introducing an element of fun and chance into their working day.
Now that is quite, quite strange!
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