Exactly. In the software industry in particular (an industry that worldwide seems to gather together sociopathic management) 996 culture was a huge deal. It was never a huge deal outside of that.
And the current Chinese leadership prefers to have arrogant billionaire tech heads where they belong: kneeling in service to the people. This crackdown was long overdue (because the previous leadership preferred lining his pockets with arrogant billionaire tech head bribes) and is happening with stunning rapidity.
C.f. the sheer scale of the (utterly bogus) “market value” exsanguination as the Chinese government tells stock speculators to get fucked and forces tech giants to comply with law.
Exactly. In the software industry in particular (an industry that worldwide seems to gather together sociopathic management) 996 culture was a huge deal. It was never a huge deal outside of that.
And the current Chinese leadership prefers to have arrogant billionaire tech heads where they belong: kneeling in service to the people. This crackdown was long overdue (because the previous leadership preferred lining his pockets with arrogant billionaire tech head bribes) and is happening with stunning rapidity.
C.f. the sheer scale of the (utterly bogus) “market value” exsanguination as the Chinese government tells stock speculators to get fucked and forces tech giants to comply with law.