In August 2023, the company Tōshō Bōeki surveyed 1,441 people in their twenties online. Of them, 76.4 percent said they did not tell people at work about their private social media accounts. Among the main reasons for not going out privately with colleagues was Puraibēto to shigoto wa waketai. I want to keep private life and work apart.
In a survey by the company Shikigaku of 300 office workers aged 20 to 59, reported in August 2023, 59.7 percent thought friends at work were necessary. Of those who did not, 68.7 percent gave this reason: Shigoto to puraibēto wa wakete iru kara. Because I keep work and private life apart.