Microsoft workers decry grueling `996` working standard at Chinese tech firms
(The Guardian Business News)

A letter on Github demanded companies comply with labor laws, limiting workers to 40 hours a week versus a 12-hour day standardMicrosoft employees have published a letter on the software development platform Github in solidarity with tech workers in China.Workers at tech companies in the country have used the Microsoft-owned platform to complain about grueling working conditions and the `996` standard in the industry, a philosophy endorsed by the tech billionaire Jack Ma. The name is based on the idea of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week. Continue reading...