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Bandai Namco has reportedly turned to the unspoken Japanese tradition of layoff-by-boredom by stuffing unwanted employees into oidashi beya, or "expulsion rooms."

Employees ~~banished~~ reassigned to oidashi beya are left to do nothing, or given menial tasks at best. According to Bloomberg's unnamed insider sources, Bandai Namco has moved around 200 of its 1,300 person team to these rooms in recent months.

The goal of sticking someone in an expulsion room is to literally bore or shame them into quitting, and Bloomberg's sources claim it has worked on around half the people Bandai Namco has stuck in there so far.

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"But hey, at least we just kick people out the door >in the states."

What kind of dumb fuck shit is this author to think that's its a better option to up and fire someone instead of putting someone in a room with no work and paying them until they find a new job on their own?

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Some people adore the taste of boot