Chinese Tech Workers Disclose Working Hours in Criticism of ‘996’

Chinese Tech Workers Disclose Working Hours in Criticism of ‘996’
Yang Juan, an employee at Goopal Group, takes a nap in her seat after lunch, in Beijing, China, on April 21, 2016. Jason Lee/Reuters
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SHANGHAI—A campaign calling on workers at Chinese tech companies and other high-profile firms to log their working hours on a public internet page has gone viral, in the latest backlash against a culture of overtime.

Organized by four anonymous creators who described themselves as recent graduates, the “Worker Lives Matter” campaign calls on employees at tech firms to enter their company name, position, and working hours in a spreadsheet posted on GitHub.