You implied that Chinese tech workers work harder than their Silicon Valley equivalents. And that is true, because 996 culture is widespread there. But 996 is a

You implied that Chinese tech workers work harder than their Silicon Valley equivalents. And that is true, because 996 culture is widespread there. But 996 is also receiving backlash, and in time they will reach convergence with the work conditions of American workers. And when they call for remote work as well, will you call them "spoiled" too? (Not to mention, with the zero-COVID policies there, there are probably plenty of Chinese tech workers working remotely.) Calling acceptance of remote work "spoiled" is being ignorant of history. Just a few years ago, this extent of remote was unthinkable in tech. Companies would rather spend lavishly on slick hip offices with foosball tables no one played, on beer kegs that weren't exactly professional, to entice employees to work on-site, in open offices. Open offices are a near-universal bane of the industry and there was no check against management from adopting them. This past two years of remote was an unexpected windfall. And you call employees spoiled for finally getting a chance to escape the commute, away from open offices? Fine. That's your value system and you may live by it. Don't expect most people to agree. As for Musk, the anti-remote tempest in a teapot was clearly another one of his acts of social media sleights-of-hand. Tesla was planning layoffs, and encouraging employees to quit because of the sideshow of remote vs. onsite was a convenient way to avoid paying termination benefits. Congrats on falling for the gambit.