Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China’s Controversial ‘996’ Work Schedule

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• rhvg@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Culture revolution, 996, USA has imported so many good stuff from China. Next one should be removing president term limit I guess?

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  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    USA hasn’t yet built anything like “three gorges” hydroelectric plant, tho

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    • rhvg@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We did enough environmental damage with other stuff so that the mega hydro plant is not necessary

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  • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Already on that. In progress.

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• sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Give me a devent chunk of the company so I make proportional profits. Otherwise, no thanks.

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• atticus88th@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As long as I get paid 2.5x my 40hr pay sure. Otherwise my fellow unionized tech bros are collectively saying “go fuck yourself”

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  • thejml@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If I was in my 20’s I’d have thought about that 2.5x offer. Now that I’m in my 40’s I can say i wouldn’t even do it for 5x. You can’t buy back missed time, no matter how much money you have.

    Part of me says that I’d do it for 20x… but I’d just end up quitting in a few months, take my money and retire early.

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    • ccunning@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I did it (we called it 6x12s) for about 2-3 years in my 30s. At the time it felt worth it; food, lodging, and transportation were all covered as well. I don’t really regret it most days but looking back years later I think it may have damaged friendships more than I’d realized until recently.

      There’s no fucking way I’d do it now. Now I’m just one bad day away from rage quitting and retiring. Unfortunately I’m in a great position with a great boss and a reasonable work load and ample coverage and support and never been denied time off so that bad day isn’t likely to come anytime soon.

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    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      After 6 months you’d have enough to retire to Vietnam. Another 6 and you’d have enough to pay yourself a low salary forever.

      Another 6 and you’d fund a small house in a smaller town where you can retire, and another 6 and you’d be dead from stress.

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• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck right off.

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, work yourself to death for the profits of the oligarchy, you morons. See what thanks you get.

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  • Hasherm0n@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A sense of pride and accomplishment, right?

    Right…?

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• FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Would you like to work nearly double the standard 40-hour week?

  Maybe in the USA. It is 37.5h where I am.

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  • HamFistedVegetarian@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sign up to that shit and you are part of the problem. Fuck that.

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    • socialsecurity@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      People making 400k... Sure kinda makes sense for a few years but they want to every 150k worker to do the same and thats what this shill slop is about

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• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  vomits in trashcan

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  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That counts as your break. 🤨

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• darkpanda@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Will they be introducing company stores next?

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