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TikTok’s parent company takes the lead in changing the “overtime culture” Is the “996” phenomenon in China’s Internet industry coming to an end? -BBC News Chinese

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Chinese Internet giant ByteDance takes the lead in changing the overtime culture of high-tech companies, which has aroused heated discussion. According to Chinese media reports, Bytedance, the parent company of TikTok, has encouraged employees to work 5 days a week from 10 to 7 starting this month. However, there are experts on whether this change can inspire deep-rooted overtime work by high-tech companies. Culture is still doubtful. Netizens refer to ByteDance’s new working hour system as the “1075” system, which is compared with the criticized “996” (9 to 9 nights, 6 days a week) system in China’s Internet industry. At…

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