Alibaba founder defends overtime work culture as 'huge blessing'

Re:Alibaba founder defends overtime work culture as 'huge bl... by FreedomToCreate on Friday April 12, 2019 @01:57PM (#19647293)

Can someone explain to me how it is a blessing to work 996. He literally says "If you don't work 996 when you are young, when can you ever work 996". This makes no sense at all. Why would anyone ever want to work 996. Lets burn our youth on this BS for what future promise Mr.Ma.

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Re:Alibaba founder defends overtime work culture as 'huge bl... by forkLding on Friday April 12, 2019 @05:24PM (#19649149)

Its because Jack Ma still sees his company as it was in the startup days where the objective was out-competing anybody (even Western tech companies) through creativity, brutal price-cutting and sheer mental and time overload. These are qualities he attributes to people in their youth who can burn the midnight oil for their dream. It is also built on top of East Asian exploitative/"hard-work brings success" work culture.

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Re:Alibaba founder defends overtime work culture as 'huge bl... by rqs on Saturday April 13, 2019 @12:37AM (#19651147)

In China, some employers (who probably still living in 17 century) sees giving out offer and salary is some kind of blessing.

So apparently Jack Ma sees his company as some holy saint who give those poor farmland programmers food, water and life.

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Re:Alibaba founder defends overtime work culture as 'huge bl... by downrightmike on Friday April 12, 2019 @03:18PM (#19648114)

It is a blessing to Ma only.

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Re:Alibaba founder defends overtime work culture as 'huge bl... by duxup on Friday April 12, 2019 @05:18PM (#19649100)

I'm also guessing he means if you are older .... probably can't work for him.

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