Working 9 to 9: Chinese tech workers push back against long hours
Staff at Alibaba, Huawei and other big firms are sharing evidence of unpaid compulsory overtime
Chinese tech employees are pushing back against the industry’s notoriously long hours, known as the “996” schedule of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week.
Over the past few weeks, a project that began in part as a joke among tired Chinese developers has turned into a nationwide debate about work culture and a rare protest against practices at some of the country’s largest companies.
In late March, a group of developers started
