![]() In truth, Alibaba as a group itself has never enforced the 996 work schedule to any of its employees. Throughout our program, we had fantastic facilitators from Alibaba who really tried their best to accommodate all of our questions, including providing opinions on issues like these. Is 996 a Forced Compulsory Working Schedule? It is because of this, we had the chance to really mingle around with fellow Alibaba colleagues, where I had the chance to ask them in-regards to the 996 work culture in China issue. Jack Ma in Media All Over the World in Regards to 996Īs many would know, I have been involved in Alibaba's Netpreneur Program where Malaysian Entrepreneurs are sent over by the government to view and see how China has evolved in terms of commerce within the past 10 years. Just a simple Google search on "996 Jack Ma", and you would see the slew of articles and news on how Chinese Tech Billionaires (Like Jack Ma) are currently pushing this super inhumane work ethic. This is interesting because according to the "Media", the whole fiasco of a 996 work schedule apparently was popularized by Jack Ma himself. So what does 996 mean? A quick excerpt here from CNN would define it as: “Working from 9 am to 9 pm 6 days a week, and is said to be common among the country's big technology companies and start-ups.”Ĭrazy? Or Every Dream of Business Owners? The 996 work culture in China from Alibaba? It is the video of a Chinese employee, who works a 996 schedule in a China company. However, my productivity on finishing my articles have been abruptly cut short with a recent video that has gone viral of late. Having to recharge from the crazy amount of events from the past week, I then decided to just stay in my AirBNB and continue to write the missing days of the journey thus far. It was a Sunday today, we finally had a break. ![]()
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