On Jan 4, 12:35 pm, cn72...@gmail.com wrote:
> Now that I finally have one week's holiday (after 6 months solid
> work), I can finally catch up on some internet usage.
>
> Anyway... my own country, Australia, is like a foreign country to me
> (in terms of work), because I never worked full time there.
>
> I have a question for the Australians here. Is it possible to have a
> normal job in Australia? Where you can realistically leave at 5pm
> (without being frowned upon)? Of course I am not too obsessive about
> leaving time... 5:30/6:00/6:30 on occasion would not be the end of the
> world.

I've heard Australians are almost as workaholic as Americans.
(The Japanese are not workaholic by the way.)

> I hold on to the dream of returning to Australia, it is the only thing
> that gives me hope when I have to work excessive hours (sometimes
> until the last train home, the 12:04am).

I hope you're getting paid for overtime. Otherwise, why bother?
Unless you get paid a good annual salary, but since you mention a mid-
sized Japanese company, that's unlikely.
Just get a good excuse as someone else mentioned. You're not getting
promoted anyway.

Rafael Caetano