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Chinese tech companies are walking back grueling “996” culture
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The grueling work culture that helped fuel the incredible rise of China’s tech firms is symbolized most notoriously by the term “996,” a reference to making employees work from 9am to 9pm, six days a week. But amid rising anger about overwork, the industry is signaling a retreat from the practice.ByteDance, the owner of video app TikTok and the app’s Chinese version Douyin, is studying the possibility of canceling its “big week/small week” policy, and could announce the cancellation as soon as this month, according to Chinese news website iFeng.com. The policy requires workers to alternate five-day work weeks and six-day work weeks, with overtime pay at double the usual rate for the extra da

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