996 officially illegal
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China’s legal and labor authorities just made it very clear that the 996 is illegal.
Background: The “996” refers to the brutal quasi-normalized working hours in China’s tech industry – 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week
The practice has been roundly criticized, but only a few tech companies have made att...