Chinese workers in the technology industry have spoken out about the grueling “996” work standard. The 996 work standard is a philosophy endorsed by tech billionaire and Co-Founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma. It’s based on the idea of working from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. Workers have been voicing their complaints through a Microsoft owned platform which lead to Microsoft’s involvement. Microsoft workers have published a letter on Github in solidarity with tech workers in China; in the letter, they pushed Chinese tech companies to comply with local labor laws, which limit workers to 40 hours a week, with a maximum of 36 hours per month of overtime. Over 150 companies have been listed to comply such as Huawei, Bytedance, and Ant Financial.
See "Microsoft workers decry grueling '996' working standard at Chinese tech firms", Kari Paul, The Guardian, April 23, 2019