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1001 points genericlemon24 | 4 comments | 06 Sep 25 13:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.804s | source
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grantdong ◴[06 Sep 25 14:26 UTC] No.45149548[source]▶
In China, its birthplace, '996' always seen as practice of failed management. Because for at least half of the 72-hour workweek, most employee will mentally checkout (in Chinese we call this 摸鱼). Although middle managers know their subordinates are inefficient, they still impose working hour KPI on their team, so they can demonstrate their own value to upper management.
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1. glhaynes ◴[06 Sep 25 15:27 UTC] No.45150132[source]▶
Because for at least half of the 72-hour workweek, most employee will mentally checkout

Management seeing this and doing the calculation: “if they’re gonna be checked out half the time, we’re really only getting 36 hours of the 40 we’ve been promised.”

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2. r_lee ◴[06 Sep 25 15:54 UTC] No.45150367[source]▶
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3. tw1984 ◴[06 Sep 25 16:40 UTC] No.45150769[source]▶
you get yourself a PIP for doing 9-11-7 in some Alibaba teams.

they question the “work enthusiasm” of those who leave office by midnight.

4. herval ◴[06 Sep 25 17:03 UTC] No.45150961[source]▶
That’s sadly the reality of the push to 996. When Google added early breakfast and late dinner, it was the same reasoning: if people stay “in the zone” longer, you end up squeezing out a bit more.

I get the feeling the push to 996 is in part due to the social media epidemic - everyone spends so much time doomscrolling, might as well keep people in the office much longer to account for that extra wasted time too.

Good times