{"id":13866,"date":"2022-07-07T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T04:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=13866"},"modified":"2022-08-31T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:45:09","slug":"20220707-13866","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/20220707-13866\/","title":{"rendered":"What if you could see your coworkers\u2019 HP bar? One company\u2019s system gains attention in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Original Japanese text written by. Ryuki Ishii<br>Translated by.\u00a0<em>Nick Mosier<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese company Onken made a tweet showing their \u201ccoworker HP badges\u201d which began to spread on social media. As the name implies, the badges display an HP bar that workers can pin to themselves to show how much HP they have left in the tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official Twitter account for the company\u2019s mascot Ken-san first tweeted the image of the HP badges, with the person in the image appearing to have 15 out of 10,000 HP left. Different badges display different amounts of HP such as a 3,899 HP badge, a full 10,000 HP badge, and so on. By taking a badge that represents your current HP level and sticking it to your shirt, your coworkers will know at a glance if you have plenty of HP or are just barely hanging on.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5f53\u793e\u3067\u306fHP\u898b\u3048\u308b\u5316\u5236\u5ea6\u3092\u63a1\u7528\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\ud83c\udf80 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gZJ9SkMBeT\">pic.twitter.com\/gZJ9SkMBeT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b1\u30f3\u3055\u3093\uff5c\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e \u97f3\u7814 (@onkenkenken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onkenkenken\/status\/1540948590348337152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>As of this writing, the tweet has been retweeted over 4,000 times and received over 20,000 likes. Some comments were positive with people saying, \u201cit seems like a natural conversation starter,\u201d \u201cI want one,\u201d and \u201cthis seems good for people who struggle with communication.\u201d However, others chimed in saying, \u201cI feel like my HP is always in the red,\u201d \u201cif I had this, I\u2019d be at 15 HP,\u201d and \u201cIf my job did this, we\u2019d be constantly near death.\u201d Maybe that\u2019s to be expected from a country like Japan known for its long working hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onken themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onkenkenken\/status\/1540998470710218758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joked<\/a> that most of them only have a little bit of HP left as well. They also followed up their tweet with photos of other staff members and their badges, and it looks like everyone is hanging on as best they can with just a sliver of HP left.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026\u304a\u75b2\u308c\u69d8\u3067\u3059\uff01\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5SE4dj6BtI\">pic.twitter.com\/5SE4dj6BtI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b1\u30f3\u3055\u3093\uff5c\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e \u97f3\u7814 (@onkenkenken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onkenkenken\/status\/1541705463355830272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30af\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30bf\u30fcEXPO\u306b\u6765\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01<br>\u51fa\u5c55\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u7686\u69d8\u3001\u3088\u308d\u3057\u304f\u304a\u9858\u3044\u81f4\u3057\u307e\u3059\ud83c\udf80 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m2aqyTpqCf\">pic.twitter.com\/m2aqyTpqCf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b1\u30f3\u3055\u3093\uff5c\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e \u97f3\u7814 (@onkenkenken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onkenkenken\/status\/1542319858872098816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Onken is a distribution, printing, assembly, and acrylic goods manufacturing company. The HP badges were also made by the company. According to a conversation with \u306d\u3068\u3089\u307c (<a href=\"https:\/\/nlab.itmedia.co.jp\/nl\/articles\/2207\/05\/news154_2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nlab<\/a>), the company plans to open an online store to sell their goods including the badges later in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onken also told Nlab about why they made the badges in the first place. The company says that whether at work or in private, people bear various kinds of pressure that impact their daily physical and mental conditions. But there are cases when one can\u2019t simply state how they\u2019re feeling. The idea was born from wanting a simple way for everyone to show how they\u2019re feeling. They added, \u201cEven if only a bit, we hope it can be a tool to create less stressful human connections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onken says that everyone in their sales department is wearing a badge. As for the results, they say, \u201cwe\u2019ve seen it improve communication between staff members that don\u2019t often interact with each other, and the atmosphere in the company seems brighter.\u201d AUTOMATON also reached out to Onken for comment but didn\u2019t hear back in time for publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The badges are certainly humorous and practical while keeping it simple. Maybe we\u2019ll see them be used as a communication tool across offices and households once they go on sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese company Onken made a tweet showing their \u201ccoworker HP badges\u201d which began to spread on social media. 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