thats beautiful

It's true. It's just that the concept of work-life balance becomes more of a fairy-tale because affording a decent lifestyle by the materialistic standards that are constantly marketed to us become harder and harder to obtain. America's minimum wage is $7.25. I don't know anyone who can make an honest living making $7.25 for 40 hours a week without some form of assistance.

Agreed

You just wait until you figure out that you can make others pay for that 😏 All hail Capitalism 😏 perfectly balanced like all things should be. 😁👌

Smart

Funniest yet sad comment

Right what other sides are there 💀

@@user-vq6ik4kk1r abyss 💀

Dark

Unless you're making mad coin. Like you could do it for a while if the money was rolling in

just like in Japan

I was so productive during lockdown, finished my work in a fraction of the 8 hour day. Then when we got back to the office, i was done with my tasks in like 4 hours, then i had to sit another 4 hours pretending i was busy, it's stupid... we need to rethink the way work eats our lifetime away

@@doppelminds1040lol this is sooo accurate 😂 Same!

​@@juanok2775Japan gets better working style nowadays, they don't promote doing extra works anymore

even Chinese companies in the US hold a Chinese work culture. When you complain, their reply is, yeah work culture. Ok, that means tomorrow some Arabic company is going to force employees to wear niqab and follow Sharia law. I am sad companies from abroad bring their cultures instead of following local rules

:(

Are you working a different job, now?

In my opinion, what you described is more like the nature of coding than that of your job. I just can’t stop working until the debugging is done, though I am merely a part-time programming learner.

I told people this years ago. I think people assume working from home is a panacea, presumably because they feel they can slack or something. Truth is, you never leave your workplace, and that lack of a psychological break is not easy for many to handle. I work from home now because the family needs my flexibility (and I'm the boss), but I think if I were single I'd have to return to a place around other humans.

If you were working 996 in the UK the company you were working for was breaking the law.

😂😂😂

That's called Capitalism!

And College

Every single adult life includes working for 20+ years

almost all humans to have ever existed worked their whole life; since the invention of agriculture.. nothing new

They don't even get paid hourly,they get fixed wages and are forced to work more hours than they're paid for.

That's not "work ethic", that's corporate propaganda that benefits from desensitized slavery.

Capitalists are fucking delusional

Yup that is true, but usually the entrepeneours understand that. The ones that usually do not understand are middle management.

@@thechosenone1533 Exactly

You’re kind❤

It’s sort of their own fault. They are all doing it. I worked with Chinese and Japanese people and they used sleep in work. They weren’t any more productive than us. If they all said no then it would stop.

Why are you sad? Be happy you're not an chinese guy and live a life like a drone. Im glad i live in Europe.

Germany is racist tho

Good to hear but doesn't south Korea still have the lowest birth rates in the world?

Where did you pull that lie from? South Korea currently has the lowest fertility rate in history (0.83 in 2020 and 0.8 in 2021 vs 1.2 in 2010). Sure you get anonymity on the internet but dont make shit up dude.

SK will be gone by 2070.

@@zakaryloreto6526 that could be why they are doing it....on flip side i don't think china has this problem

@@rac4687 They have, if you look at the new data, their birth rate have dropped to a level almost near the birth rate of Japan It's just that they have a higher population so that the situation doesn't seem too bad in the short run.

This is what the rich want, more labor for less, your to tired to see what's happening...

*cough* hussle culture *cough, cough*

Modern slavery,work till you drop dead means no sick leave,no holiday,and no pension,companies dream workforce.

Fortunately or not body and brain can't work like that. Exhausted people are the source of errors, then you need even more work to fix it.

I’m sure it has nothing to do with all that crap entrepreneurs and motivational speakers put out about how you’re not successful because you like sleep more than you like success

What an awful experience. I hope you find your health and self-esteem restored soon.

Brutal

are you ok now

On a factory floor perhaps where efficiency greatly effects productivity. Not so for a receptionist for instance, they can answer the phn and take a message just as well on hour 11. Maybe a mistake here and there. Same with managers, sale people, people in marketing and financials. The slight drop in productivity is far less than the cost of training and employing a second worker. However, on a factory floor or construction or something like that, then yes, once they are tired their productivity will dramatically decrese.

You do not understand.. humans are replaceable. If productivity decreases, you just pick another human with high productivity. There are no human rights. That’s the problem.

@@icecoldchilipreppers6496 you think people in office jobs don’t get fatigued? Gtfoh , that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. You’re full of shit.

They take 2.5 hour to 3 hour lunches to nap. People are paid monthly also, once a month. Pay isn't by hour for most in China.

@@icecoldchilipreppers6496 They are talking about knowledge workers. Mental fatigue is real. I have worked as a laborer and a tech worker. Tech is much more draining.

That's like a linking park song

This is not for lazy Western cucks. This is Asia, people don't believe in handouts

imagine having a soul smh

@@antiracistbaby1085 you’re using a western woman as your pfp you weirdo..

@@Killzoneinbound Brazilians are not western

I *once* worked 70 hours in a week, and this was in a group home where much of the time the children and teens weren't present. My brain was pretty mushy by the end of it. Concentrating for 12 hours a day, even if you have breaks, six days a week as a norm? If you make your employees work like that, you get mush brain results.

For sure, because you know better than all of these companies and their data. :-D

In my opinion I think they are ok with working non stop and nothing else based on the culture

Totally agree

agree, if you got a task on wednesday, but you work 6 days a week then you may want to delay it so you will have some work until saturday. but if work at shorter time period then the task will be done few days earlier thus making you more productive.

It isn't normal for a healthy adult to only be able to work 6-7 hours a day. Are you overweight? Can you grab handfuls of fat around your waist? If so, that's your problem.

@@jeanlucdiscard2382 able to and productivity is apples and oranges

@@jeanlucdiscard2382 I work as a lawyer, and I get the same amount of billable work done working 30 hours a week and a full 40 hour week. I worked 40 hours before covid and now nearer to 30 hours from home. Same amount of billable hours in 2020 as in 2019. It has nothing to do with not being able to work, but I - and many others - are more productive if the work sessions are shorter and more focused.

I like that everyone is calling out @Jean Discard for being a smooth brain.

Yes. Communists. Poor upper management.

I wish they priorities of mental health for the workers.my boss encourages mental health and resources

Here in my country in Europe I work from 6:00-14:00 or from 14:00-22:00. I am more and more grateful for this kind of working hours while I watch Asian work culture.

Who needs an apartment and hobbies when you can work all day!?

And with a college education..

Exactly. Big city rent is expensive and I bet she’s living month to month. She should get some crap job in the country, buy a little fixer upper house, and ride her bike to work. Maybe rent out a room. Either way, they’re both crap jobs but at least you get to have a personal life in the country. ❤️🤟🏻

@@amazingsupergirl7125 It's china. Living space is nearly impossible to find with reasonable commute unless you want to live out in the boonies and make your 996 into a worse ratio.

Right?? And her title is a tech executive??!?

Agree

100% agree with you. 99/6 isn't about hard work. Its about greed, war and death. They could care less about their citizens. They make it clear they are only a "human resource." And their vile ways are taking hold in the west right now.

We're just working-cattle.

@@Doctor-Stoppage it’s already in the west this has been going on to Americans

@Hear Hrrh bro success seems nice but it’s worthless in the end what you should do is try to pray and connect with god and try to focus on being happy rather then money god bless you

u just slave for them , they wont pay u if they can

India dirty

Then it is a sick country

Can’t miss the little things. Good for you and yours.

Good for you, hope you enjoy your time with family!

Salute to you, God bless

takes courage to make that choice (i did) and it's hard but worth it.

good for you man because once those times pass, no money can buy it back.

Nobody said that mate

@@ejjsdhgxjdhhdhsh2339 clearly you don't have asian parents

@@cyzcyt haha

In India. Study hard in school,have fun in college. Study hard in college,have fun in university. Study hard in university, have fun after graduation. Study hard for job,have fun after being employed. After being employed 24×7 Be ready for Boss call😭

Yeah, that's clearly what is happening to every children until now.

That's why i deleted all social media

@@tence_6965 That doesnt solve the larger root issue, that you dont even have a chance to be alive because your existence is to work and sleep.

@John Wick Absolutely, People back then would have worked presumably less hours but achieved more tangible and real "rewards" out of it. Such as building your house, or hunting for dinner etc. Actually meaningful stuff. Todays society you're expected to work yourself to sleep, wake up and proceed with working. Most likely in a job that means Nothing to you and actively harms the environment. Then people want to wonder why drug abuse and suicide is perpetually on the rise and todays generation don't have Anything to look forward to in their entire lives. Its fucking fucked.... To put it lightly.

Same here. That was me at one point.

@@youtubedeletedmynamewhybother damn, I knew all of this but when you really think about it... How depressing

True wealth is intangible, it's immeasurable, it cannot be diminished and can only multiply when being shared. It's only bc people misunderstood the "cause" and the "effect" of wealth. The true wealth of so called really successful people is not in their companies, money, etc. It's in their spirit.

@Brian Mcclung it’s easy to jump into conclusion based on biased perspective. Like I said before, I acknowledged the role of money for a better cause but it doesn’t mean that money itself become our main goal to attain happiness. I lived in the society that value money more than life. I’ve seen lots of my colleagues send their parents to old folks home because for them their own parents are dead weight since they have been groom and taught to only make decision with the interest of money. Try to understand my whole point and stop twisting my statement just because it doesn’t align with your stand. Again, I totally agree the importance of fortune but dismissing the value of life itself?

@Brian Mcclung "Child is the father of Man"

What does it matter if a man gains the whole world but loses his soul?

How do people get the luxury of having a job that gives enough time for personal needs and enough pay to afford everything needed to accomodate it? It feels like people like you are getting paid more than what you deserved or your bosses are charging insane fees to their client in order to afford the wage they're giving away.

Oh Lord, this clip is literally showing folks working on a treadmill like a freakin’ hamster. This is extremely cruel and inhumane treatment of workers. It is so destructive to their mental and physical wellbeing. This supports the mindset that happiness involves struggle. Don’t buy the lie folks. 😊

Diagnosis fictitious.

Yeah that Numb comment got to me also

I did this 3 year ago. 12 hour for 6 month no rest days. Then i resigned from it. But look back all my co-worker in the company still working like that for more than 2 years. They have friends group. I cannot handle it so numb. Feel like in heel

that's why we have a lot of emo's in western culture

This video is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STUPID they take a few exceptions and make it as it was rule and idiots without critic power just agree and believe everything is true... PEOPLE WITH INTERNET HAVE NO BRAIN the video is sooooooooo stupid that at 7:31 THE WOMAN IS CLEARLY SPEAKING ENGLISH, but they remove her natural voice, then dubbed in chinese and then subtitle it in english... THE WHOLE VIDEO IS NARRATED IN ENGLISH SO WHY REMOVE THE INTERVIEWED THAT WAS SPEAKING ENGLISH? MISTAKE? no they want to manipulate the speech... dont be idiot STOP BEING BRAINLESS, START PAYING ATTENTION TO THE THINGS MEDIA SHOW YOU, MEDIA HASN'T THE POWER OF TRUTH ONLY THE POWER TO MANIPULATE IDIOTS. DONT BE AN IDIOT

@@rafaellima381 lol, can you even lip read? She’s clearly speaking in Mandarin. Also, if you want to present an alternative argument, then wrote down your sources. Where are the links again that discredit Vice’s work? Vice does their research very thoroughly. Stop being a troll online

But if they not work like that they cant afford for living. Thats not happy as well

Most people need that money to survive the present, for when they retire and secure themselves in case they get sick, not for leisure.

I think the real problem is, basic necessities to live are so high in cost that you have to do the hours to afford them. I've seen this everywhere, especially in boom towns. This is the direction capitalist driven society has headed, investment has drawbacks and it seems to fall all right on the actual workers.

@@adhipramanaoentoro2252 I don't know. I see this homeless guy who is always whistling and skipping down the street like he doesn't have a care in the world.

We don't think about money and work during last days on earth, well atleast us who have hearts...

Its the same everywhere.

I'm in Asia. I only heard of 996 now, where exactly are you?

@@amberstale2628 me too bruh

@@amberstale2628 maybe the term is new, but the culture has been in existence all across Asia and SE Asia for years. However, some in SE Asia do 996 without realising out of "not minding to work extra hours for the sake of the company" instead of this hard-line type of 996. But it's technically 996 cuz deep down, you know you're doing these extra hours to show you're worthy a keep for the company or else you're replaceable - which you always are no matter what, unless you own the company.

Yeah you often hear the black companies of japan who exploit workers to their maximum.

deep.

this must be one of many reasons the Chinese government was after the Dalai Lama

Well said!!!

My point in a nutshell. Then you will probably get blamed and deemed weak for saying it…because “you are selfish and you want more” or something else…BS 😂

You stole that from a quote by a Buddhist monk lol

I mean, there are alternatives... looks like i live in paradise

You may have saved his life with your suggestion. Good work!

@@okkami676 Maybe Baby!

@@emmysorbicularis1185 where do u live and what do u do

bless

This would be the case if it was just one or a small hand-full of companies. China, SK with new limitations, and Japan, all suffer from many companies that do this. Stretch out your investment and not your money. Take it to America, when I worked in politics for a month, all 90 employees worked 7am -10pm, 7 days a week for either average pay or none at all, due to volunteers. If your work culture is accepted, than there is an underlying problem.

Wish more employers were like you!

i SHARE THE EXACT SAME SENTIMENT in my company. Pay the team well, give them time for personal growth; passion and excellence is a standard in the work ethos.

Long hours are not productive, after a certain hours, a person becomes inefficient, and a waste of money...

ur business is trash thats why, we are talking bout big biz

@@joku6764 WOW you’re so correct! Glad to see I’m not the only one who thinks that. They always tried to put me on antidepressants. But that I never believed that shit would work In the back of my conscience. Now I’m better than ever and now I gotta save my siblings.

The whole world is the same. But I agree. Yeah, China is definitely a mentally sick society.

@MudLee Our country has a high population count? Doesn't China have something like 1.4 billion people? People are trying to sympathize with China's labor culture and you just want to bash Americans. Get a grip, no American cares what you think.

no one is forcing them tho...they can choice to unemployed and broke!

@@joku6764 lol.

but thats the truth. its only based on a neverending stream of "others" that keep it running! in every job on any place! every boss thinks that way! every single one!!! the really hard ones just spell it out!

It is true in alot of situations. Even in America.

That's not the manager, that's literally late capitalism

Had managers like that.

damn that saying is so fkn played out they even use it for this?. i have hated it since they also use it for “what you wont do for your man, someone else will” bs 😭 lol

Absolutely right. What's the point working hard for someone who can throw you out anytime to cut costs

she is so broken its ridiculous. Living in singapore we see some people who are influenced in that direction too and they stop at nothing to make more money even though they hate their own lives, it's ridiculous how much they love money, they don't even spend a dime of it. It looks totally ridiculous and stupid from out here but what do we know, how much does it cost to live in china? All I know is that a lot of folks around me also think its incredibly expensive to live here and save a ton of money when the cost of living honestly isn't ridiculous, its very easy to get trapped in a rat race even if you don't need to be in it.

I used to work like that too, but I was hourly so it was great

Exactly!

If these educated people are having problems with work and life, people with little education are out of luck.

I totally agree with you regarding the difference between motivations and productivities. But sadly in my eyes, the gestures are showing more about the hierarchy, domination, and the insecurities of the leaders and companies. That's essentially why I chose to live in the west.

And from a more national perspective, giving people free time means they have more time to pump their money back into the economy through leisure, and this will open up new markets

@I am Fighterman I pity you

@@iamfighterman9646 Japan also has the highest suicide rate and lowest work life balance. I like the place but workers get treated like shit there

@@patrickwilliamson29 Japan doesn't have the highest suicide rate, this is some decades old stereotype. Japan is 49th in the world at 12.2 per 100000. Some notable countries above that rate: Russia 21.6, South Korea 21.2, Kazakhstan 18.1, Ukraine 17.7, USA 14.5, Slovenia 14, Belgium 13.9, Finland 13.4, India 12.9, Sweden 12.4

I dont glorify long work hours. But i dont glorify words on deathbed.

If only... I had ... bought ... a nicer... car... [dies in Slave]

@Prav1976 You have made your life confused.

I've heard people say they wished they did more in life. Maybe they meant work more

Suicide rates are at an all time high. Trapped in a system only 1% want to be in.

I'm surprised they even had the time or energy to have kids if they work that kind of schedule

@@cleone423 A lot of rich kids are sent to boarding school five days a week (only home on the weekends) beginning when they are 6 years old.

Welcome to the Matrix

What difference does it make? Damara. Please take this into diplomatic consideration. My whole family is from the American South. Our parents didn't graduate. Our parents fought in battles they had no idea how to navigate. As a result, we never knew our parents. We're not a result of our parents. My parents are still alive and it took me a long time to understand the bullshit they needed years to understand. My mom was head of household and the primary earner. Women were always equal to me. Now I have to make excuses everywhere I go. Fuck you.

@@ridesharebeware5747 What the hell are you on about

But the riches grow their money like this. Capitalism is bad. Everyone should be provided universal basic income so that they can have freedom in life.

Well said!

One women in the video was sort of proud of for work hard 996. This makes me feel disgusting.

If it needs more time, then it's not efficient at all, simple as that

If this is the case, slavery is most efficient

But literally nothing in China makes any sense

The funny thing is, laziness has produced many time-saving methods and inventions that allow workers to be more productive.

@@aminboumerdassi2334 I heard this at a Microsoft conference with a gentleman who graduated from a Michigan university. Unfortunately it seems we have moved away from this model, and gone straight to optimizing and min-maxing. I really miss working.

Company bosses, who do little work of their own comparative to what they make, push this propaganda of the "sin of laziness": the idea that being dissatisfied with your job means you're a layabout, that taking mental health seriously is just being weak, that working harder is some noble, selfless goal, despite the fact that they rarely if ever _reward_ that self-determination, _and_ despite the clear, proven negative effects it has on people. Eventually, workers come to internalize this notion and start competing with each other, and using shame as a motivator on each other. Which, you know, benefits the bosses just fine. They convince their workers to work harder without having to compensate them, and they even do it to each other! Until the whole workforce is a neurotic mess that can't sit still, because they're constantly, subconsciously feeling unproductive, when we're _the most productive era in human history._ Just let that sink in for a second. People are genuinely feeling guilty about being unproductive at work, in the year that saw the beginning of *HOBBYIST SPACE TRAVEL.* We're not just talking "technically we make lots of food", we're talking about trillionaires, people who own individually own more wealth, technology, and power than _empires._ And none of that is because people like Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk are just more creative and intelligent than anyone has ever been; it's 100% because of worker productivity. It's times like this we all have to remember a certain quote from a certain movie: _You are not your job._

If you also take into consideration the other things she and the other interviewees said, you will see that she has no choice. If you don't work long hours you will be seen as such and if the layoffs come you will be the first to get cut. If there are no layoffs your peers might get a salary increase (albeit not much) or promotions while you don't. Or your employers might decide to fire you and there are a lot of people who are more than happy to take your place. Even if she leaves for another job the work culture will be the same so in order to survive what choices does she have? Unless she gets lucky like the 2nd lady or opens her own business (which might be harder).

If they're incapable, how would adding more hours improve that? Of course, quality doesn't come into it. Yeah, our product is shitty, but you get so much of it!

Yet there are more than a billion Chinese

@@TeRRm0s Yet you make a dumb comment. Currently China imposed a 4-child policy because a lot of young folks don't want to have children anymore. It used to be that everyone was having children but times has changed; China is heading into a downfall and they know it. See PolyMatter's videos about it: kzfaq.info/sun/PLR5tswn4SFyUOm3QusvlFGbPCCAN_uXnK

@@TeRRm0s for now...

@@TeRRm0s they would have been 2 billion...chinese are great ppl...they controlled their population without outside pressure ..they are honourable...they decided to control population because they went through huge humiliation at the hand of japanese and UK...god bless chinese culture

@@jagatdave +1 social credit point

and deal with reprisals.....

What’s worse, if her boss found the video, he/she will bombard all of the company’s both private and open Wechat group to investigate who she is, and in the most of the case, the person would be find out and fired

No, the whole industry is complaining about it. Everyone knows everyone else is complaining. Yet, no one could or is willing to escape such working conditions because the salary is really high. New graduates from good universities can get half-million RMB in their first year and salaries can double in few years. While the median income in metropolitans in China is 80K.

COMMUNIST CHINA WHAT DO YOU EXPECT.

There is a Netflix documentary about a chinese company that moved to US. They used both chinese and americans hand work. The chinese were far better in producing (because they were used to work in a non human work system) but the american started to get injured, rejected dangerous tasks that american wouldnt accept but chinese would. And the sindicate pushed the company to attend the America safety rules. They dont care about their people and see themself as hard workers while the rest of world is lazy.

After his passing, the world didn't stop spinning. His ex-company didn't just immediately go bust either. His user account passwords were reset and his work were parceled out to other employees. Nothing significant happened as a result of this incident.

@@wshyangify true. Organisations don't love u. Western world for example is in India for very same reason, cheap labour and slaves

@@rupeshf and the western companies are the only ones that are paying reasonably in India. Not all obviously but most do, if it wasn't for these companies most of the youth would be at home masturbating their life away. Indian companies will pay you half of that with no other benefits.

How old was he?

@@BenQotsa he himself looking like a uncle

Nice point

Yeah, really éh....!!😂👋🏼🇨🇦

Just don't do it.

anything to get her mind off work even if it means staring at wet paint

Not the same. :/

Sometimes is not something you choose, you work because you have to work somewhere in order to eat, have a hause, medicines, a family... and as it has been said in the video: it's so easy to fall into poverty if you don't work extra hard.

A counter point however is: Is it worth it to grind like this in your 20s to then work your way up the career ladder into a better more cushy job so you can enjoy life from your mid 30s onwards?

Choice is the luxury of the powerful. People have to pay the bills to look after themselves and their family.

@@HtheKing Only the executives get the option of a cushy job in their 30s and early retirement. The rest will suffer until their deaths, for compensation that is eaten up by the cost of the cities.

A lot more people are realising this, which is why the cost of housing caught up, especially in tech cities where "high salaries" are offset by unaffordable housing. Luxuries are optional, food, housing and healthcare are not. As long as those basic needs aren't met or are extraordinarily expensive, workers have little power over their working conditions

Hell studies show us just working a five day work week is hectic enough. Wont lie I work 4 10 hour shifts I love it.

that may be true but people should not oppose 996 on the basis of it being inneficient for companies but on the basis of it being inhumane and in violition of human dignity

I am a IT manager, and when someone of my staff attempts to solve a problem with working serious overtime, I kick them out of the office (or try to get them away from the computer in case of hime office). It's way better to have a clear mind to solve a problem. Trying to brute force a solution often just creates more problems (often only visible much later). Nothing against working an hour longer once in a while if you are close to getting something done, but that should be the exception.

@@fn8772 I mean that's the whole point. Working 8 hours a day is kinda useless unless in a customer service position and even than McDonald'sstays open 24 hours a day. Just like walmart.

Love that you are defending the 40 hour work week like it’s a good thing. It’s a relic of the past.

Or maybe you shouldn't give so much of your time and energy to a company that will just lay you off when it benefits them. Your employer is not your family and they are certainly not your friend.

@@baron0877 Thank you for your insight and advice. You remind me that I can give much of my time and energy to my family and friends. My fear of work came from my mom who always said that I should do the best or I am useless. She taught me the wrong idea and made me felt not enough. So much time and energy I put into work, I just want to prove that I have some value and can contribute.

@@BerryOng I think your mom's message was intended to help, but I personally believe that the key is to do YOUR best, not THE best. So long as you are an employee and not part of ownership, the company doesn't deserve all of your waking time. You should work hard and efficiently during the hours that you were hired for, and only those hours (unless you receive overtime pay!).

@@baron0877 Thank you for your reply. I cannot agree more. And what a coincidence that my mom taught me to work all my waking time for whole year non-stop. You have great insight and thanks for sharing it with me. 😄

In China its not about productivity, its about the CCP's need to control their populace and prevent any political change in the country. Keep the peasants too busy and exhausted to protest or try to affect political change, keep the middle class happy with luxuries and rising wages so they wont want change, and bribe or bully the upper class into submission. That way no one can try to change the system and the CCP retains total control of the country.

@@arthas640 dude, that's smart 😮

@@arthas640 agreed. And in the West corporations large or small are more and more outsourcing to China or India creating such extended competition to the remaining market that employees perpetuate this nasty cycle by selling their skills on sites like fivrr less than half off!!

@@s7r49 that's one thing alot of people dont pay attention too: they work more but lose more to taxes and start eating out more so they end up making less then they think. I knew a guy who worked a ton on a salaried job at higher pay but didnt have time for dinner or breakfast so he started getting breakfast and coffee each morning and grabbed dinner on the way home and sometimes lunch too so hed be spending an extra $20+ dollars a day just on food. Stress can lead to snacking and make you desire fancier foods as stress relief too

@@elli6432 something like that happened where I live. Estimators in construction made Foreman wages (at the time 10-20% above journeyman wages or about $25-$30/hr) but then wages rose to closer to $40/hr so some people moved to cheaper areas and worked remotely so they could undercut other people. Before long guys out of state in areas with lower cost of living and lower taxes were working for $25/hr when it should have been $40/hr so your choices became work for nothing remotely or find a job in the city and drive 3+ hours a day.

Imagine what the older generations say about them. It's always a "kids these days" conversation with seniors talking about younger people.

There are better options overseas! Why stay there? That’s not life! That’s slavery!

Not in China. Yes in other Asian countries they are thinking freely and protesting. But in China the government is currently cracking down on younger generation.

@@ineffably_described yup it’s always older generations saying they had it bad so others should too instead of trying to better the system.

China is the worst country in the world to play video games you need a government Id because people under the age of 29 are only allowed to play 3 hours of video games cause they want the young generation to work as slaves

Care to explain who all those people are and how they got into this situation? I'm aware of some very harsh cases, but that's like one in 500 and I know so many on the other hand that migrated here, work 20 hours a week at minimum wage - or even not at all - and are still doing fine. I even know people that wasted their entire life, gambled their money away and then started an apprenticeship in their late 40ies and now work one job. It's super hard to get into this situation out of necessity. People that want to do it don't count. Also, someone that has a 2nd income stream because they're doing something on the side - not really the same situation. As I said, I'm aware of this in some extreme cases, but you're selling it as common. It's not common at all in fact. I can even give you statistics. Only 5 % are in that position. Of that 5%, about 90% only get very little from their 2nd job (minijobs). My wife for example does some consulting which falls into this category - like 2 hours a month and such. I know multiple people in that situation, nobody of them works anything close to 996 - unless they're building a business + earn big money and then it's what they want. Even those that really need it, it's not 2 but less than 1.5 jobs at best. So already we're only talking 5% which isn't many and most of them are perhaps starting a business on the side, do some freelancing or only work a low time-investment minojob. This figure also includes part time + minijob. The remaining people are split about evenly between two categories: people with two "minijobs" (add up to 1 job, but really it's less than that). And people that really do work 2 full jobs (not full time, but "sozialversicherungspflichtig"). Now substract the people that like doing it - you're really left with very few people considering the entire population. My data is a matter of public record and also backed by an inquiry by "die linke" which suggests that even though they identified that it was a problem, they failed to show that it was common in any way. Comparing this to what was described in the video to me indicates a bit of detachment from reality. I simplified some of the numbers to make this an easier read, don't think it matters if it's 5% or 4.6%. That's unless you're talking illegal work or tax evasion. It's really hard to have 2 full jobs here. Most contracts forbid that and even when not, taxes, labour laws etc make sure that it's not worth it. I think you may confuse someone working like a part time job here and a minijob on top. And don't get me wrong, I belive you that you know people that either messed up their life, got a really bad draw or have some catching up to do. This doesn't take away anything from their pain. But it's just not "many people" that have to work 2 or 3 jobs (unless you're misleading and really meant "minijob", but even then it's really barely anyone) in order "to survive".

It sucks, but has nothing to do with slavery. Don’t be overdramatic.

bcoz of online school we hace 9027--- 9 am to 2 am 7 days a week. Not exaggerating.

@@matheusmarques7009 you are slave in communist society another number to be replaced. This is modern slavery.

@@matheusmarques7009 its slavery dude don't suger coat it

It not slavery. You get paid and ultimately don’t have to do it. You can get pressured but you won’t get whipped, beaten, or sold like merchandise for not doing it. It’s a horrible work culture.

When you are tired & unmotivated because you are overworked you also start making a lot of mistakes too.

I work 10 hour days from Monday to Thursday, friday and sat I work 12 hour days. Sunday is the only day off. But I'm only scheduled to work 4 days a week but I chose to work the extra days, sometimes 7 days a week😁

It’s just modern slavery, the lower our purchasing power gets, the more people will be forced to slave away all day for big corporations

@@diamonddogs6037 Do you enjoy it? Or are you trying to save up money or get a promotion. Do you feel tired? I know some people don't need much sleep. My brother has like three jobs just because he likes working.

@@talithasuya8908 I dont need to work long hours. It's just optional for me. I have a strict schedule that I follow through out the week wether its working or personal life, I make sure I complete all those and it becomes just another day. I always lived by if you lived everyday instead of waiting for that weekend to enjoy life then everyday becomes just another day on my calendar. But your bro working 3 jobs, man that's nuts. But props to him.

I know and I love it. Didn't productivity actually go up or something? I'm getting ready for the excuses. "We can't adopt that, it won't work here!" "What if we tried?" "What if it fails!" "Well then we'll know, won't we?" "I'm not willing to take that risk, are you?" "Y E S"

Did the study tell you another little secret no one gets to retire early working for someone else?

Actually when i visited my grandparents in the village here in Africa growing up we didn't work on Wednesday becuase it was a traditional religious spiritual day and on Sundays cause it was a Christian religious day, rest of the time we were up by sunrise and working whatever the work was for that day, its important to rest I think its still in practice now even

I vaguely remember that most of the time they noticed no productivity change at all for the company but it lead to the employees having more productive lives to learn more skills, work other jobs, etc (Better for the economy) and have better mental health.

How? Since slaves didn't get paid at all.. can you even imagine working from sun up to sun down & not get paid for it for hundreds of years of free labor to build someone's else wealth for them while you don't get sh*t for your hard work? The women slaves even had to breastfeed the whyte babies... so please stop saying that it's like slavery cause you & these guys have no idea what it was like to be a slave. They have a choice... slaves didn't..

Wise words

Only one answer to that: "OK boomer"

but if you live in a country like china or most asian countries like korea/japan , your only option is to fit in with the society standards or migrate.

Your grandpa didn't have to work every Monday of a five day week just to pay his taxes for earning that money. Your grandpa never had to pay 30%+ of his earnings to provide housing.

It’s literally genocide

They don't want smart people. They want machines.

Which is why some European countries are experimenting with the 6 hours work day. Btw, I was surprised by how little people work in Denmark when I lived there. Yet they are one of the richest countries in EU. And they are proud of their work-life balanced culture.

@@HelloKitty-kb7ji Damn, 6 hour work day? That would be heaven.

The reason why CCP doesn't want that is to ensure that Chinese people don't protest against it.

China and science don't mix, otherwise they wouldn't be Nazi Germany 2.0

6??? Usual is 7.5 hours in UK

@Lo Me Then don't sit at home, go outside.

@Lo Me 6 hours is a long time to sit in an office being watched constantly. Not to mention people also commute 2h+ to the office and back home.

@Lo Me don't know about you, but if I worked six hours a day I wouldn't be sitting at home the rest of the time lmao. I'd walk my dog everyday, spend more time with the family, watch a movie, finish that book...

@Lo Me you do know they're the most productive economy per hour worked in the entire world right? Their standard of living is very close to the United States and they work much less than America and way less than China

does she get much done in the 3-4 hours though?

In Sweden they basically don’t even allow you to work overtime. And they force you to use your 30 days holiday per year

@@Stierenkloot which is good thing that not many countries seems to follow it.

the richest, most powerful people on earth are lazy smart people. all of this is a scam. i agree, just be happy, it'll be over before you know it

ok lazy.

@@braesidebikes4344 That's why I quit my job and became my own boss. I use to work over 80 hours a week. It was great pay but ridiculous hours and overtime

I just want a comfortable life with normal things; nothing extravagant. But the system is rigged against the non-wealthy. How much of your income is going towards rent? And a bank won't give you a mortgage with monthly payments much lower than your current rent because according to them, you don't earn enough to pay it.

It reminds me when I used to work construction I worked up to 60 hours a week and the only good thing I made was a good paycheck but I was being paid less than what I was supposed to because what I was doing I was suppose to get paid somewhere around 15 to 18 an hour but I was being paid 11 only. On top of that we worked hell of long hours waking up super early in the morning and get out after 12 and 15 hours of work and only get about 3 to 5 hours of sleep and a boss who had no compassion of who the crew was and how exhausted they were as long as they were making money for him. I lost the job because of covid and I got a job in Burlington as a Receiving Associate even though I was making $2 less than what I did in construction I had a fit schedule and plenty of time to plan my own things outside of work and not to feels stressed out by having to work for an ungrateful boss. But now I'm back doing the same thing again after 2 years but with a better company and better payment and benefits, it's all about looking for something better and most importantly what makes you happy😊

It about the fact that the more hours they get you to work the more products they can get out for money, they think they can make infinite money but other governments are trying are now saying "no that's silly and unrealistic there's no such thing" and duh of course but... it takes time to wein businesses and china off these things trying to get them to stop.

The Germans discovered this LONG ago. They work 4, 8-hour days. 32 hours a week! That's it. The quality of their work is self-evident, as-is their lifestyle. Asia are merely working themselves into an early grave for the profit of their OverLord Managers. SICK!

@@1vw4me what? No. As a German I can from experience (and statistics) say most work 40h weeks (full time).

16 hour work is NOT like 8 hours at all. I did that once or twice, when I was a security guard, and it was fucking brutal. Your brain only wants to concentrate on doing your job so much then concentration starts to fade, memory problems, willpower drains, potential for depression, start cutting corners on your diet, etc.

@@damienholland8103 I meant in the sense you aren't really working. You are just there. You are still functional in a broad sense, but you might not be for long.

That’s deep

Well said

This is NOT a Dalai lama quote. It's an islamic saying.

Thxs for sharing. Really deep food for thought.

@@enea_7280 you missed the point , even low pay jobs you can cover the bills and have a few quid to spare . If not you should relocate to a cheaper area and live within your means. It’s about not overworking yourself and sacrificing too much time and health to acquire money. A job should simply be a means to gain enough to be comfortable, but devoting as little energy too it as possible without getting fired. Focus your energy into more enjoyable things. I’ve worked some pretty terrible jobs for minimum wage when I had too so I understand that aspect and not everyone is fortunate enough to change their situation right now but I believe most can. Anyway I enjoy the quote 🙏 have a good day.

that why slave make u rich and dumb sheep american is one of them 😂😂

Also for your relationship and therefore for the people around you. You need time and actual leisure to be a good partner, parent, friend, child, sibling... Otherwise other people will suffer because of your selfish pursuit of money and career "success". The Nordic/European model is much better than this sort of madness.

In my country the highest income can barely reach 1000 dollar and the lowest income can be even fewer than 150 dollar , we don't have fixed working hours , the boss can ask to work 23 hours if they wanted and we can be easily replaced and kicked out , and the worst part is the way they ask us to do things that don't fall under our job, like for example as teachers we must only teach kids not to clean the classroom , it's so fucked where i live i want to die

@@lisaw150 these are good jobs in good companies, it's the price of getting ahead in life. you can always settle for a smaller car, smaller house, longer commute, backpacking vacations and crappier education for your kids with an average career. nobody is forcing you to live the high life. or you can always live in north korea, the remaining true communist where everyone but the officials are paid the same (crap). you wouldnt feel that miserable when everyone you know are equally poor.

@@dreamoffreedom4062 go away from there at all costs

China is paradise for slaves....🤡

What baffles me is that Chinese companies don't all have workers there 24/7. You would think that they could have 3 shifts of 8 hours a day and just hire the best employees from their competition. _Poaching_ talent from other companies is a viable strategy if you have no morality.

in china a lot of blue collar work is done in shifts but because of the lack of unions most companies also dont pay overtime. if you have full 24 hour days with 3 shifts you are only paying full wages without getting the free overtime you would normally get. so i think thats a big reason why they dont just hire more people.

Toyota did an experiment in their workshops in Norway. Two shifts each 6 hours. 6-12 and 12-18. This will allow for costumers to leave car in workshop before work and pick it up after work. Workers are happy and costumers are happy. Improving costumer rating and in the end bottom line. An other example is the open space office. Which is proven to reduce productivity and generally is much worse that single or shared offices. So what does most companies do? 8 hour days and in open office. ALL of them, this is knowledge known for decades and yet they insist of picking the worst possible option, why? control! plain and simple, Control! management want control, and management are over represented in scoring high in psychopathy. There are many in management that gets a high making your life miserable.

At my job, there are 3 shifts. 12 hours day, 12 hours night, with the third shift covering weekends. The factory never stops operations, it's a constant flow

@@richcast66 that seems to suck, it should be at least 5 shifts.

the problem is that most companies in asia exercise this and seems to be normalized, the chinese had no other choices