>The 996 working hour system (Chinese: 996工作制) is a work schedule practiced by some companies in China. It derives its name from its requirement that employees

>The 996 working hour system (Chinese: 996工作制) is a work schedule practiced by some companies in China. It derives its name from its requirement that employees work from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 6 days per week; i.e. 72 hours per week, 12 hours per day. A number of Mainland Chinese internet companies have adopted this system as their official work schedule. Critics argue that the 996 working hour system is a violation of Chinese Labour Law and have called it "modern slavery". Oh good Lord. I wonder if anyone has insight into how this is actually done. Are people really working the 72 hours or is it like here, people goofing off most of the day and hurrying up to get done when they need to? These posts seem to imply the latter? https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/boq5qe/what_the_996_working_conditions_like/ https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/boq5qe/what_the_996_...