The brutal work schedule known as the"996" has been blamed for making work-life balance impossible, causing unnecessary stress, and even killing workers at some of China's leading tech companies.
This unwritten rule of many Chinese workplaces has been championed by tech leaders and denounced by workers and activists for years. Here's what you need to know about the infamous"996."The"996," a work schedule which encourages or coerces employees to work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week, is common among Chinese tech companies and startups. Though the," a blogger on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform similar to Twitter, said.
'We can't help but ask — is it really worth it to exchange our lives for money'? How does 996 affect Chinese workers?, according to the South China Morning Post.and whitelisted companies with more humane hours, Reuters reported. Furor over the"996" was reignited in December, 2019, after a 22-year-old working at Pinduoduo, an e-commerce company,on the streets of Urumqi, China, after leaving work at 1:30 a.m. The woman was seen in China as another victim of an extreme culture of overworking, and outrage flared on Chinese social media.
"This way of working is very harmful for the human body, we've heard a lot of news about deaths from working overtime in recent years, but this deformed overtime system still prevails," one blogger said.
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