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（英会話リスニングスクリプト）
"I do it every day," said the
29-year-old employee of Fuji Bank.
She is referring to sabisu zangyo; the Japanese
name for unpaid overtime.
"On average I do about 50 hours of
overtime a month, but I only report about 15. It takes me
about an hour to get home and I usually have dinner at about
11pm."
When asked why they did unpaid overtime,
most people said that it was to complete their jobs on time.
Each worker has too much to do and has to
work late to finish their jobs as planned.
They are also afraid that if they report
too much overtime, they will be seen as incompetent, which
would make it impossible for them to succeed in the company.
Employees are not confident enough to complain
to the management because they are afraid of being fired.
There is also a danger that their present
employer, through business connections, would advise other
companies against hiring them.
Many employees leave home early in the morning,
work hard all day, do a few hours of unpaid overtime, then
have to have a drink with their boss after work, often arriving
home after midnight.
It is no surprise that some of them are
asking the question: "Whose life is it anyway?"
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