Jepun bina dron memastikan semua pekerja balik ON-TIME

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While Japan is known as a first-world country full of technological wonders and civilised society, it is also notoriously recognised by its brutal work culture among its workforce. Employees have been known to die from overworking or even commit suicide due to the extreme work pressure demanded by their superiors.

The problem is so severe, that the Japanese people has their own word for it – karoshi – which literally translates as ‘overwork death’ and is not that uncommon in the land of the rising sun.

In order to combat the problem, Japanese companies Taisei, NTT East and Blue Innovation created a new drone designed to force employees to leave their workplace after the end of their work hours.

Dubbed as the T-Frend, the drone is designed to annoy employees who are still in their offices after work hours by blasting out the classic Scottish folk song Auld Lang Syne – popular among Malaysians as the tune to the song Bertemu Berpisah.

In Japan, the song is commonly used by stores to announce that they are closing.

“You can’t really work when you think ‘it’s coming over any time now,’ and hear ‘Auld Lang Syne’ along with the buzz,” said Narihiro Kato, a director of Taisei, a Nagoya-based office security and cleaning firm.

The company plans to begin the drone’s service in April in collaboration with drone system developer Blue Innovation, with a target price of around 500,000 yen (RM18,000) per month.

The T-Frend drone can fly in a pre-determined flight path across the office autonomously, using its sensors to navigate around walls and other obstacles while maintaining its height to prevent papers from being flown by its propellers.

It can also double as a security drone, recording surveillance footage and doing facial recognition on any possible intruders or burglars.

Not everyone is impressed with the idea. One sociology professor in Osaka University, Scott North, told BBC even if the drone succeeds in sending the employees home, they will take their work home if they have unfinished assignments.

“To cut overtime hours, it is necessary to reduce workloads, either by reducing the time-wasting tasks and tournament-style competitions for which Japanese workplaces are notorious, or by hiring more workers,” he argued.

Meanwhile, Seijiro Takeshita, a professor of management and information at the University of Shizuoka, described the drone as a silly thing and claimed companies are doing this just to be seen as their attempt in solving the overtime problem.

finesse

Ideanya agak...

white_musk

Iya lah tu...  

sekngucing

di malaysia... rakyat mati sebab malas kerja...

insulin

Kejadahnya guna drone. Baik kau pasang timer pukul 5 petang cut-off electric supply ke aircond, PC dan lampu office je. Lagi jimat.

saladin780

Pnh terbaca kat mana tah..japanese ni nmpk je cam kerja keras balik lambat pelbagai..tp produktiviti tak la bagus sgt pun banding ngan negara2 maju lain cam jerman etc

ninja boy

Apahal bawa balik kerja kat rumah

pyropura

Patutnya indon bina dron untuk pantau rakyatnya yang berak sembarangan di sungai, di kali, di got semua ituh @cuanto  @Bedah.Cun

Bedah.Cun

pyropura replied at 12-12-2017 04:51 AM
Patutnya indon bina dron untuk pantau rakyatnya yang berak sembarangan di sungai, di kali, di got se ...

Patut hendon beli drone jepang ni buat pantau rakyatnya merayap macam lipas masuk ke perbatasan orang sampai indon dibenci ke tahap neraka petala ketujuh. Celaka punya negara setan

Artemesiaa

Dah dia orang minat robot terus cara tu difikirkannya berbanding cara2 lain

xtahumenahu

Alahaiii.. X berkesaan sungguh kalo kena kat aku

fushimi

Bedah.Cun replied at 13-12-2017 07:04 AM
Patut hendon beli drone jepang ni buat pantau rakyatnya merayap macam lipas masuk ke perbatasan or ...

yendon mana kenal dron bagai

sibuk menelahah manuskrip kuno

krustykrab

insulin replied at 12-12-2017 10:52 PM
Kejadahnya guna drone. Baik kau pasang timer pukul 5 petang cut-off electric supply ke aircond, PC d ...

betui tu...shut down electric supply lagi baguih

batmana

tolak je la gaji dorg, klu keje lebih masa

benda simple cmni pn tk bole pikir ka?

white_musk

krustykrab replied at 13-12-2017 12:48 PM
betui tu...shut down electric supply lagi baguih

Yg ni mrcb dah buat kat dia punya bangunan area kl sentral tu.  Pukul 5.30ptg air cond dah off..  Tapi electricity supply masih ada la..  Jika nak extreme sikit disfunction saja lift semua. Haha

insulin

krustykrab replied at 13-12-2017 12:48 PM
betui tu...shut down electric supply lagi baguih

Kan. Turn off electric supply pun dah OK sangat. Boleh jimatkan bil.

ell768

opis aku kt cyber kol 5 turn off air cond..tp klau balik lambat leh psg kipas..hahahaha takde hal laaa..

krustykrab

insulin replied at 14-12-2017 08:55 AM
Kan. Turn off electric supply pun dah OK sangat. Boleh jimatkan bil.

jimat bil & bos2 pun tak blh paksa staff terus buat keje sbb pc, printer, photocopier, kipas, ekon, lampu semua tarak....

noor2

sekngucing replied at 12-12-2017 10:48 PM
di malaysia... rakyat mati sebab malas kerja...

Kalau semua company kat Malaysia termasuk swasta dan  gomen ni pasang dron. ....macam mana nak mengular. ...nak balik awal. ..nak datang lewat. ..nak minum lagi. ...hehe ...lagi stress

tombolpintu

Kadang saja stayback kerja sampai lewat malam tapi kualiti kerja takda buat apa. Lebih bagus ko rancang kerja ko utk sehari supaya lebih teratur...melainkan kalau ada kecemasan yang tidak boleh dielak