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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Better than South Korea's 69 hour work week

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That's even worse than China's 69 (six days, nine hours).

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

996 is the concept out of the Chinese tech industry I'm familiar with - from 9 to 9, 6 days a week, totalling 72 hours worked per week.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 4 months ago

That's the one, thank you.

[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

No wonder they're not having children if they spend all their time 69ing

[–] Uncaged_Jay@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Obligatory "nice"

[–] JoeKis@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Let's call it nicen't