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[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

How true is this? The "996" thing in China?

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

as of what i was told a few years ago:

  • used to be quite common
  • rare now in almost every sector
  • steadily disappearing from the few sectors it's still common in
  • it's mostly tech
[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you!

Yeah, I expected this.

My Chinese WeChat friends don't work this long.

[–] Jin008@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was officially made illegal in 2021, but yes many Chinese people still do it especially in tech like Horse said above.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Seems like mainly a company thing that did this, but yeah.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Lets just say that i wish my chinese suppliers worked "996", them mfers have vacations every other week. Still China is just way to big, i bet there are many places working under that schedule. That's thr thing with China, it's scale is so big that you can find literally cases about anything.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

That's a very good point, and I trust your experience as well. Yeah, any Western journo can find a case study somewhere.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

To be clear, I'm not saying China is perfect and I don't expect it to be, just wondering if this is an issue in China and in what sectors.