Live by the deadline, die by the deadline pt. II

September 22, 2009 | Posted by Paul Wolborsky

Last July, Japan’s Labor commission ruled that a lead Engineer for the Toyota Camry hybrids died from overwork. His family claimed this engineer put in 80 overtime hours/month. That averages to about 250 which is a little more than 60 hours/week. It wasn’t the hours that killed him. It was deadline stress. As I posted before, failing to make deadlines can lead to disgrace, and people will drive themselves to their own deaths to keep that from happening.

RIP – you gave your life for a Toyota Camry Hybrid. Your company is grateful and will be equally grateful then next time an engineer dies. And the next time. And the next.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/09/japanese-man-dies-of-over_n_111707.html

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