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I'm a British expat who worked in China's brutal 996 tech culture. I'm relieved they laid me off.

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Forsdike speaks in a post on social media in one photo, and looks disheveled and tired in another.
Forsdike said the long work hours under China's 996 culture took a toll on his mental and physical health.

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Chinese millennials and Gen Zers have had enough of work, so they're embracing 'naked resignations'

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A woman looking up at trees in Xi'an, China.
This feeling of monotony and overwork has inspired unsatisfied workers to push back, one expert said.

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Baidu's PR boss, who threatened to destroy workers' careers, has reportedly left the company

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Baidu's PR lead has come under fire for advocating extreme working practices.

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Former ByteDance worker says she feels 'much freer' since quitting and can now take a day off when she's tired

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A woman who worked at ByteDance said life is freer since leaving 996 culture.

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China is getting hyped over a suggestion that people get more than 5 days of paid time off

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Employees work at dispatching and monitoring center of Qingdao Teld New Energy Co., Ltd. on March 5, 2024 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China.
Employees work at dispatching and monitoring center of Qingdao Teld New Energy Co., Ltd. on March 5, 2024 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China.

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I'm a tech worker who moved from Brazil to China 3 years ago. I have a real love-hate relationship with the work culture here.

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Yuri Zanoni is a 33-year-old tech worker from Brazil, who spent the past three years working for Chinese tech companies Alibaba and ByteDance
Yuri Zanoni is a 33-year-old tech worker from Brazil, who has spent the past three years working for Chinese tech companies Alibaba and ByteDance

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TikTok has a matchmaking forum for employees to set up colleagues on dates, and some are leaving disparaging comments about women's weight, report says

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TikTok has a matchmaking forum called "Meet Cute" for its employees.

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Chinese online retailer Pinduoduo has a 'hyper-aggressive' culture with hours surpassing a '996' schedule, analysts write

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Colin Huang, Pinduoduo CEO
Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang

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Chinese people fed up with the rat race are calling themselves 'huminerals' — human resources to be relentlessly exploited and discarded

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A Chinese office worker wears a protective mask as she waits to take a public bus after leaving work on March 2, 2020 in Beijing, China
A Chinese office worker wears a protective mask as she waits to take a public bus after leaving work on March 2, 2020 in Beijing, China

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