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meanwhile, China is doing 996 - 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week. Obviously people hated it. But it is happening and no wonder China tech is catching up fast / winnin
by formatjam 5y ago
meanwhile, China is doing 996 - 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week.
Obviously people hated it. But it is happening and no wonder China tech is catching up fast / winning in some areas already.
- refactor_master 5y agoFrom my experience with Chinese working culture, half of that time is most definitely spent not working. I’d bet the factors are much more political in nature than productivity on the individual level.
- Kalleklovn 5y agoIt is normal for Chinese to sleep/take a nap by the desk during the day.. Pretty sure they are catching up because of other reasons than being most of their waking hours at work..
- CountDrewku 5y agoWinning what? A totalitarian government where the people are all treated like shit? They may be winning the GDP game but that's not translating to any improvements for their citizens or the world. The only people winning in China are the people at the top of the communist party.
- kwere 5y agoor maybe they are faking their gdp numbers with reckless real estate ponzi schemes
- GordonS 5y agoAs someone who has worked in a dev office in Beijing for a bit - no. Devs routinely took up to 2 hours for lunch breaks, and took numerous breaks in a day. I didn't blame them, mind, because the reason was obvious - for most people, it's just not possible to be completely engaged and invested for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, forever. I'd estimate there was about 4-5 hours a day of properly productive work going on.