Word: tempe
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...computer, chop sushi, speak Russian, operate heavy equipment and (most important) pour tea. But Haruko doesn't have a full-time job. She's a part-timer-and the main character in the new hit Japanese TV show Haken no Hinkaku, which roughly translates as "the dignity of temp workers." Japan may once have enshrined lifetime corporate employment, but today nearly a third of its workforce is made up of part-timers like Haruko, as companies that cut payrolls during the recession years have been slow to add full-time jobs...
...While the shift has helped Japanese corporations post record profits, others worry about a generation of workers mired in a low-wage temp ghetto-34% of male and 55% of female part-timers make less than $11,000 a year. All of this feeds the success of Haken, which satirizes the changing nature of the Japanese workplace. The confident and capable Haruko, played by the 33-year-old actress Ryoko Shinohara, makes more than the average part-timer but still has to put condescending co-workers in their place-onscreen justice for Japan's downtrodden real-life temps. "It feels...
...Last Call.” Unfortunately, these elements are few and far between and the band’s alternative songwriting equation seems to have stagnated after the mainstream success of “Goodbye, Astoria.” For a band that’s more like a temp-agency for rock musicians than a homegrown mainstay, it’s hard to expect a fully developed senior album. But, The Ataris could have done more with “Welcome the Night,” and if not revive their pop-punk roots, at least do justice...
...heart rate is elevated, but his pressure is still low and his urine output has dropped off, doctor. His CBC and chemistries are okay and his temp is only 99. He looks very pale and sick and he's going crazy, agitated. He knows where he is but he won't stay still. I can't get him to stop picking at his dressing...
...works, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of.” While Gary said she loves her current job, she recognized that working in the film industry will likely leave her marooned on successive studio lots. “Really, you’re...a temp worker on all these little projects,” she says, “and you never know where your next job will be.” But she added, “You’re doing the most amazing thing ever, and you love...