Any of y'all heard about the '996' work schedule in China? Workers for tech firms work 9am-9pm, 6 days a week. Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba apparently has endorsed this take on it. In his words, "I personally think that 996 is a huge blessing," he said. "How do you achieve the success you want without paying extra effort and time?"
He further went on saying: "If you join Alibaba, you should get ready to work 12 hours a day. Otherwise why did you come to Alibaba? We don’t need those who comfortably work eight hours,”
Even Elon Musk has been an advocate for grinding out long hours. He said when trying to launch of his Tesla models, he was grinding nearly 120 hours a week. He said no one ever changed the world by working 40 hours. My take on long hours have always been this: There's nothing wrong working 100 hr work weeks, but you have to have direction/equity in the work you're doing. If you plan on getting into Hedge Funding or Private Equity in your career, then you're gonna need to pull those 100 hr work weeks as an investment banker. If you want to start up your own logistics company but want to gain industry knowledge by working for Amazon then so be it. You know you'll be grinding at Amazon to get the skillset to springboard you forward. If you're an entrepreneur then that goes without saying. Some pretty cool articles below.
Jack Ma endorses China's controversial '996' work culture - CNN
Chinese tech start-ups feel Elon Musk’s pain as long hours take their toll
China’s startup ecosystem is hitting back at demanding working hours
He further went on saying: "If you join Alibaba, you should get ready to work 12 hours a day. Otherwise why did you come to Alibaba? We don’t need those who comfortably work eight hours,”
Even Elon Musk has been an advocate for grinding out long hours. He said when trying to launch of his Tesla models, he was grinding nearly 120 hours a week. He said no one ever changed the world by working 40 hours. My take on long hours have always been this: There's nothing wrong working 100 hr work weeks, but you have to have direction/equity in the work you're doing. If you plan on getting into Hedge Funding or Private Equity in your career, then you're gonna need to pull those 100 hr work weeks as an investment banker. If you want to start up your own logistics company but want to gain industry knowledge by working for Amazon then so be it. You know you'll be grinding at Amazon to get the skillset to springboard you forward. If you're an entrepreneur then that goes without saying. Some pretty cool articles below.
Jack Ma endorses China's controversial '996' work culture - CNN
Chinese tech start-ups feel Elon Musk’s pain as long hours take their toll
China’s startup ecosystem is hitting back at demanding working hours
I did 12'6s at samsung in a clean room through a japanses company called Daifuku, went in black as
these companies dont give a FUKK about your happiness. Starting a family, being part of the community, etc. Just get used, burned out and tossed out like trash
