Alibaba founder calls culture of overtime work in China’s tech industry a ‘blessing’ for young workers GlobeBusiness
Alibaba Group co-founder Jack Ma attends Alibaba Group's 11.11 Singles' Day global shopping festival in Shanghai on Nov. 12, 2018.Alibaba Group founder and billionaire Jack Ma has defended the gruelling overtime work culture at many of China’s tech companies, calling it a “huge blessing” for young workers.
In a speech to Alibaba employees, Ma defended the industry’s ’996’ work schedule, which refers to the 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. workday, six days a week.“I personally think that being able to work 996 is a huge blessing,” he said in remarks posted on the company’s WeChat account. The issue has fuelled an online debate and protests on some coding platforms, where workers have swapped examples of excessive overtime demands at some companies.
Ma referred to the tech industry today where some people are without jobs, or working at companies in search of revenue or facing closure.“Compared to them, up to this day, I still feel lucky, I don’t regret , I would never change this part of me,” he said.
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