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Former Huawei employee speaks out on Shenzhen’s ‘996’ culture as Chinese city enforces paid leave – ABC News
Shenzhen, widely regarded as China’s Silicon Valley, is notorious for its 996 working culture, but a new policy that enforces paid leave and overtime payments for…
For five years, former Huawei employee Zeng Meng embraced China’s infamous “996” culture of working from 9:00am to 9:00pm, six days a week.
Key points:
- Shenzhen becomes the first Chinese city to mandate that workers in “special industries” take paid leave
- Those industries will now also be required to pay overtime or give extra annual leave days
- But experts fear the new policy may not change the overwork culture in the tech hub
Mr Zeng, a power engineer, was employed by the Chinese telecoms giant as…
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