And that's why I said company loyalty is a two way street. Natori isn't the only one working.
Yes, Natori should be more assertive and recognize she needs to set boundaries, but everyone in this thread saying Natori needs to stand up for herself is doing the same thing her coworkers are doing: shifting all the responsibility onto her, and by extension if she "fails" to set those boundaries it's entirely her fault.
That being said, you're definitely correct because this is Japanese work culture we're talking about. I don't think her coworkers would be as nice as mine were.
The responsibility IS on her. This isn't some boomer fantasy where your company cares for every individual worker and will stay loyal to each and every one until they retire - we live in times when companies use every opportunity to take advantage and squeeze their temporary cogs for all they're worth. This environment, in turn, influences workers to treat each other in the same way - there is a reason why whenever a post/video/anything (serious or an obvious humorous skit) about someone working their ass off in a department of lazies gets posted, it gets a crowd of people who share their own experiences with toxic work environments.
When the default is shit, it is on the individual to make an effort to remain free of fecal matter, not on their environment.
Honestly thought it was gonna be like the fenrir office lady one. Where it cuts back to the company that fired her and the company is crashing and burning cause everyone relied on her too much.
Thanks for the TL
Unless she was there since the company's founding, her being gone should not affect things catastrophically. It might cause a hiccup from people stumbling due to the small comforts they took for granted being gone, but it will likely find equilibrium with a new batch of "I must please everyone around me uwu" people to bear the brunt of the majority's underperformance.
