去年,外媒在报道拼多多员工加班猝死时,采用了“overwork culture”来描述“加班文化”。 与之类似的,《金融时报》在报道“中国白领阶层为加班付出了高昂的健康代价”和“日本想要通过立法来改变加班文化”时,则采用了“long-hours culture”这一表达。 China’s manufacturing employees have for decades worked long hou...
Working overtime is reflected as an invisible ‘culture’ in many companies. There are also the scandal that fresh graduates being fired by the company for rejecting "996".Many people also voluntarily work overtime. It seems that 996 has become everyone's daily routine. According to statistics,...
Although we stilldon't know the cause of her death, many believethe overwork culture might have played a role.Here are some readers' opinions on the 996 workschedule(时间表).TomThe speed of city life is faster than what weexpect and sometimes more than we can bear.We are encouraged to ...
It is reported that half of TikTok's e-commerce team in London has resigned due to the overwork culture, or 996 culture from China. Image Source: Visual China BEIJING, June 16 (TMTPOST) — TikTok’s owner ByteDance is facing employee backlash in the UK for imposing office norms from Chin...
It is reported that half of TikTok’s e-commerce team in London has resigned due to the overwork culture, or 996 culture from China, which means working from 9 am to 9 pm per day for 6 days a week. Insiders from TikTok’s team in the United States said that the company emphasizes ...
Ren Ran (China Youth Daily):The 996 schedule is in essence an overtime schedule, but many companies have labeled it a normal work timetable and made it part of their corporate culture. Those who accept this schedule are hailed as being passionate about their work, diligent and fighting for...
Tim Pope: But at the same time we have this whole continuing national conversation about overwork, and many of the bosses and founders of China's star companies promoting this 9-9-6 work culture. Zhang Shixuan: Yeah... 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week. It's kind of the opposite to what...
unlike previous slang terms such as “corporate slave (社畜 shèchù),” 996 (jiǔ-jiǔ-liù, a term for overwork in the tech industry), or “depressed (丧 sàng),” these memes express a more positive attitude, indicating that people are still willing to fight within the system for their...
Tim Pope: But at the same time we have this whole continuing national conversation about overwork, and many of the bosses and founders of China's star companies promoting this 9-9-6 work culture. Zhang Shixuan: Yeah... 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week. It's kind of the opposite to what...
“996” work culture – a reference to working 9am to 9pm, six days a week at a minimum, particularly in the tech industry and among food delivery drivers. The 996 attitude is widespread, despite labour laws saying work should be limited to eight hours a day, for an average of 44 ...