If you had a hard time going back to work on Tuesday following the long Golden Week holiday period, and even considered handing in your two weeks¡¯ notice right then and there, just know: you weren¡¯t alone.

One of a handful of niche firms in Japan that resigns on behalf of workers said that it received a surge of requests ¡ª 174 of them ¡ª following the break on Tuesday.

¡ª the Japanese phrase for ¡°I can¡¯t take it anymore¡± ¡ª said this is the highest number of requests it has ever received in a single day since it opened in March 2021.