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by linzhangrun 31 days ago
Quite simple. Chinese software companies rarely have true weekends. Most have alternating "Big/Small Weeks" (alternating between two days off and one day off) or just a single day off. This is the origin of the word "996" (working from 9 AM to 9 PM, 6 days a week) in the 996.icu movement initiated by Chinese programmers a few years ago.
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This was a movement from a time when the IT industry still held promise for the future (7 years ago):

https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU

Now they are just thinking about to not to lose their jobs now. Even worse working environment.