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

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

known as “996,” or 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. In other words, it’s a 72-hour work week.

Fuck off.

known as “996,” or 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. In other words, it’s a 72-hour work week

Tl;dr

So many studies say this will lead to far less productivity for anything remotely knowledge work, especially over a long period.

Meanwhile smarter companies are going to a 4 day work week. https://www.investopedia.com/four-daywork-week-study-success-11777896

Kobe Bryant dedicated all his waking hours to basketball, and I don’t think there’s a lot of people saying that Kobe Bryant shouldn’t have worked as hard as he did.

Yeah, but he was working to achieve something for himself and not to make some parasite richer.

Any company that wants me to work a “996“ can fuck ALLLLLLLLLL the way off

The founders can do all the 996 they want, but if they want to have their employees do the same, they should offer a fair share of the company at least.

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

People are stupid, they have whole nature around them, but they are killing it to create computers and escape the planet.
That's sad.

why are they working so much, they don't do anything

vomits in trashcan

Embracing? This is been the reality for many startups for a long time. Same with many game devs and animation studios too. Many technical jobs grind their staff despite being the most profitable industries. It is almost like the more money you make, the more you abuse your staff.

Silicon Valley Workforces Embracing Controversial ‘Kill The Asshole CEOs’ Strategy

That sounds like a good way to have your entire workforce quit on you...

Fuck right off.

The Americans and their piss poor labor laws, They like working beyond the point of diminishing return.

I would work that many hours a week as long as I got paid +$1 million a year. Otherwise, it would just make more sense to start my own business.

Good, keep those freaks away from the rest of us.

Will they be introducing company stores next?

Our product will make all jobs obsolete. That's why we need to work our employees to death making it!

Actually saying that they want slave labor is considered bad public relations.

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

Management is on 1034.

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

I wouldn't do it for money... I'd do it for a SHITLOAD of money (and then collect unemployment once the bubble bursts, as a soft-retirement)

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

Capitalists going to capitalist

that probably goes along with that $20M zuck offered to AI professionals. Yeah, we'll pay you $20M a year, you'll be spent around 6mon into the job your productivity will be 60% so.. (taps calculator) we get f#ck all for a sh%t ton of money and destroy people... letsdoit!

I'm pretty sure half these articles are issued by the companies themselves just to get people outraged and talking about this, just so that they can test the waters and see how many people will defend it.

I’ll agree to it, but best I can do is 2 hours a day dawg