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Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China's Controversial 996 Work Schedule
- java-man 1y agoThat's right - the yachts won't buy themselves.
- MongooseStudios 1y agoLocal Mongoose is embracing not working for companies of any kind implementing 996 work schedule.
- JohnFen 1y agoThat doesn't surprise me. The amount of disdain these companies show for people is amazing.
- theamk 1y agohttps://archive.is/PMSia https://archive.is/PMSia
- rogerkirkness 1y agoAny senior engineers facing this feel free to reach out, we are now four day work week at full comp (serious). Remote, not 'Silicon Valley'.
- baggy_trough 1y agoMakes sense to consider it if the compensation is rich enough!
- Ekaros 1y agoFor some of the compensations I have heard, 996 sounds light. I I would expect a bit more commitment, 697 for example.
- stego-tech 1y agoStraight up, if your AI company requires 996 scheduling to succeed, then your AI that’s supposed to eliminate every job forever, sucks. Any AI startup demanding such onerous work schedules should be a huge red flag to investors and workers, since the whole sales pitch of AI is to reduce the need for work. Just don’t work for those companies. They’re lying to someone - you, the investors, or themselves - and you’re better off elsewhere.
- themerone 1y agoWe need to eliminate overtime exceptions.