I often see two variations: 1. You get your typical 996. Everyone works long hours. They are visibly suffering. They are well compensated for their suffering.

I often see two variations: 1. You get your typical 996. Everyone works long hours. They are visibly suffering. They are well compensated for their suffering. Often there's a third party - stockholders, clients that are witness to this and believe that they're doing their best work. 2. As they say, eliminate distractions. That's often things like games, travel, and other personal ambitions. Some choose to keep the personal ambitions and pleasures and eliminate family, friends, and health. Burnout is common and as such, working more than 40 hours/week is discouraged, but you end up too exhausted to be dealing with all but a few things. Either way, work life balance is expected to be quite low.