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A 32-year-old Chinese programmer who died suddenly after working intensively for years received a new work task message eight hours after his death.

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[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

"This is his mother. He died from being overworked."

"I don't think you're considering how this affects the team. I'll see you in an hour."

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Is this unusual? I feel like in our modern hellscape of capitalism, this probably happens frequently.

this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2026

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