(Bloomberg) — Billionaire Jack Ma again encouraged tech workers to embrace the industry’s extreme-overtime culture, defying a growing social media backlash. “As I expected, my comments internally a few days ago about the 996 schedule caused a debate and non-stop criticism,” Ma wrote. Each company listed is given a number for the type of hours they tend to push, in some cases beyond the 996 work schedule. The debate has spread across Chinese social media, where many users have criticized the tech industry’s work culture as “inhumane”. Jack Ma and his cockamamie 996 work demand is why we need more labor unions, not less!

Source: National Post April 15, 2019 15:56 UTC