You may end up in ICU with ’996’ schedule

Have you ever heard of the "996" working schedule?

你听说过“996”工作制吗?

It is quite easy to guess what it is. According to that schedule, one has to work from 9 am to 9 pm every day, six days a week, something that’s rather inhuman even thinking about it.

很容易就能猜到它是什么。按照这个工作制，一个人必须每天从早上9点开始工作，一直到晚上9点，一周工作六天。这非常不人道，甚至难以想象。

Yet that has been a common practice among Chinese internet companies. Recently, a programmer shared a project "996.ICU" on github.com, a well-known code-sharing website, as a protest of the 996 working schedule that impairs the employees’ health.

然而，这在中国互联网企业中已十分常见。近日，一名程序员在知名代码分享网站github.com上发起了一个“996.ICU”项目，抗议有损员工健康的“996”工作制。

The project had a rather simple slogan:

该项目有一个相当简单的口号:

Follow the 996 schedule, and you will end up in ICU.

“工作996，生病ICU。”

On the website, programmers working for more than 40 well-known domestic internet companies shared evidence showing their companies asked them to work the long hours, among which are big ones such as e-commerce giants jd.com and Alibaba, as well as electrical appliance giant Suning.

在网站上，国内40多家知名互联网公司的程序员分享了公司要求他们长时间工作的证据，这些公司包括电子商务巨头京东、阿里巴巴以及电器巨头苏宁。

But that’s not a surprise because the internet companies’ extra hours have never been a secret.

但这并不令人意外，因为互联网公司加班从来不是什么秘密。

On the contrary, several bosses of internet companies used to praise it as a kind of culture.

相反，一些互联网公司的老板过去常常称赞其为一种文化。

But according to Cui Zhendong, a lawyer from Yiqian Law Firm, it is illegal if a company introduces a compulsory 996 working schedule for employees, because the Labor Law clearly states that one should work eight hours a day and no more than 44 hours a week.

但益谦律师事务所律师崔振东表示，公司引进“996”工作制是非法的，因为劳动法明确规定，员工每天工作8小时，每周工作时间不得超过44小时。

Yet it would be hard to stop that illegal practice. In order to stop it, employees must collect evidence, hire a lawyer, and go through very long procedures to take their employers to court.

然而，要阻止这种非法行为很难——员工必须收集证据，聘请律师，并经过漫长的程序才能将雇主告上法庭。

Worse, the over 40 companies are the biggest covering the entire internet industry. So that even if an employee wants to change the job, it is highly likely that his new employer will also demand he or she work a 996 schedule.

更糟糕的是，这40多家公司是整个互联网行业规模最大的公司。因此，即使员工想换工作，他的新雇主很可能也会要求他（她）按照“996”工作制上班。

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来源:爱语吧爱语吧作者:杨鹏