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On Thursday, top Chinese governing bodies released a collective memo, saying that the '996' work culture - a 12-hour, six-day working schedule - represents a serious violation of the law pertaining to maximum work hours.
ByteDance employees in China have received their salary for last month on August 31, after the "Big/Small Week" overtime working schedule was discontinued by the company.
On Tuesday, a post titled "the sudden death of a 28-year-old employee at ByteDance" was widely spread on Maimai. ByteDance confirmed later that the employee unfortunately passed away at 13:43 on February 23.
An employee at Tencent said on Monday via domestic Maimai that the firm has officially issued a document revealing plans to implement a "965" working schedule (from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week).
For millions of Chinese dot-com workers, to work or not to work overtime presents an endless struggle.
Recently, some Chinese netizens have posted on social platforms, quoting sources that ByteDance has begun to implement a "1075" working schedule (starting work at 10 a.m., with seven-hour work days, five days per week).
In December, people's social media was flooded with two explosive pieces of news: the massive layoffs within China’s Big Tech and the improvement of employees’ welfare.
The viral project that amassed more than 10 million views in less than a week has been reduced to a flameout amid a mixture of anti-overwork sentiment and digital censorship in Chinese society.