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A standard 9-to-5 may no longer be enough to compete in Silicon Valley’s high-stakes artificial intelligence boom.

Increasingly, young tech firms are embracing the so-called “996” work schedule — 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.

Once a hallmark of China’s intense tech industry, the 72-hour workweek was banned there in 2021, but in California, it’s gaining new attention. Workers are posting about it on LinkedIn and X, using it as a badge of ambition and dedication, according to the New York Times and Bloomberg.

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[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The 996 myth needs to be stopped. It's been debunked. It was never a thing. It was more an exaggeration, workers exaggerating that if work demands got any worse it would become 996.

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