If you’re salaried there is effectively no limit on the hours you can be made to work (or else get fired). The job description just has to make clear that it would be impossible to get the workload done in a typical 40 hours. And even that is mostly optional.
Comment on 996 isn't about productivity, it's about keeping workers' living expenses low
remon@ani.social 5 weeks ago
Where is this even legal?
artifex@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
l_isqof@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Not in the EU. Working time is regulated, esp anything over 60 hours.
MangoCats@feddit.it 5 weeks ago
It was practiced in the Chinese tech sector for a while, then made illegal by their courts - but it is still practiced in private firms there due to lax enforcement.