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  • Resentment against long working hours in China’s tech industry is growing among software developers that use the Github open development platform after a user posted a copy of China’s labour laws on the site and named two e-commerce companies that practice the 996 work schedule – 9am to 9pm, six days a week.

    Chinese developers use Github to protest against country’s 996 work schedule Yingzhi Yang 2019

  • Resentment against long working hours in China’s tech industry is growing among software developers that use the Github open development platform after a user posted a copy of China’s labour laws on the site and named two e-commerce companies that practice the 996 work schedule – 9am to 9pm, six days a week.

    Chinese developers use Github to protest against country’s 996 work schedule Yingzhi Yang 2019

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  • Refers to working conditions in China: 9am to 9pm 6 days a week

    May 20, 2018