Jack Ma again defended 12-hour workdays and 6-day workweeks, despite growing backlash online

[tacobell fan]

Billionaire Jack Ma again encouraged tech workers to embrace the industry’s extreme-overtime culture, defying a growing social media backlash.

The Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder once more endorsed the sector’s infamous 12-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week routine as de rigueur for passionate young workers. In a lengthy Sunday blog post, China’s richest man expanded on comments from last week, in which he dismissed people who expect a typical eight-hour office lifestyle.

Jack Ma

“As I expected, my comments internally a few days ago about the 996 schedule caused a debate and non-stop criticism,” Ma wrote. “I understand these people, and I could have said something that was ‘correct.’ But we don’t lack people saying ‘correct’ things in the world today, what we lack is truthful words that make people think.”

Ma’s earlier comments stoked a fierce ongoing debate over tales of programmers and founders dying from unrelenting stress. Chinese tech workers protested labor conditions on the online code-sharing community GitHub in March under the banner 996.ICU, which quickly became the site’s most popular topic. The term 996 refers to a 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six-day a week work schedule.

Beyond Ma, several of China’s most prominent industry figures have also weighed in on the controversy. Richard Liu, chief executive of Alibaba arch-foe JD.com Inc., said in a recent post on his WeChat moments that, while he would never force staff to work a 996 schedule, people who slacked off were not considered his “brothers.” On Sunday, Ma said forcing employees to work gruelling hours was “inhumane” -- but that some wanted to do so.

Full Story: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-15/jack-ma-again-endorses-extreme-overtime-as-online-furor-rages-on

[solman]

72 hours per week aa 

[tacobell fan]

Just now, solman said:

72 hours per week aa 

vadu open ga cheppadu. IT jobs lo chala mandi adhe ga chestundhi behind the scenes. Appude levani nooru Jack Ma ante lestundhe 

[Idassamed]

2 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

vadu open ga cheppadu. IT jobs lo chala mandi adhe ga chestundhi behind the scenes. Appude levani nooru Jack Ma ante lestundhe 

We want extra pay antunna bots 

[tacobell fan]

Just now, Idassamed said:

We want extra pay antunna bots 

evadadu itu rammanu 

[Idassamed]

Just now, tacobell fan said:

evadadu itu rammanu 

Paisa ke liya aaya Hoon antunnaru. 72 hours this endhuku aaparu round figure 100 per week aithe best 

[LastManStanding]

WITCH companies amma mogudu ma Jack Ma

[solman]

9 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

vadu open ga cheppadu. IT jobs lo chala mandi adhe ga chestundhi behind the scenes. Appude levani nooru Jack Ma ante lestundhe 

eppudo oka sari ante okay gani.. every week ante evadu chestadu chepu... 

[tacobell fan]

Just now, solman said:

eppudo oka sari ante okay gani.. every week ante evadu chestadu chepu... 

Neeku saraina client dorikattu ledu. Citi Group, Bank of America, First Data, Synchrony Financial lanti clients lo work culture horrible ga untadhi. Maybe few teams exception emo but most of the technology teams work 24X7. Shift wise lo rotate with 10 -12 hrs min. 

[KamaraoGhanta]

8 minutes ago, Idassamed said:

Paisa ke liya aaya Hoon antunnaru. 72 hours this endhuku aaparu round figure 100 per week aithe best 

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[tacobell fan]

8 minutes ago, Idassamed said:

Paisa ke liya aaya Hoon antunnaru. 72 hours this endhuku aaparu round figure 100 per week aithe best 

Ekkuva matladithe 160 hrs chepistadu Jack gadu. 

[ranku_mogudu]

if we work our 8 hours accounted  full, then no need to cry

[alpachinao]

14 minutes ago, tacobell fan said:

vadu open ga cheppadu. IT jobs lo chala mandi adhe ga chestundhi behind the scenes. Appude levani nooru Jack Ma ante lestundhe 

No way India lo kooda it jobs 72 hours work cheyyaru

[tacobell fan]

Just now, ranku_mogudu said:

if we work our 8 hours accounted  full, then no need to cry

nuvvu maa @solman point blank lo petti mari cheppinattu undi

[tacobell fan]

Just now, alpachinao said:

No way India lo kooda it jobs 72 hours work cheyyaru

uncle Good Afternoon