996 violated the labor law. China's labor law clearly stipulates that employees who work overtime on working days, weekends and holidays shall pay overtime wages.
However, in reality, the relevant regulations are difficult to implement.
For example, enterprises can put the blame on employees and say that I didn't let them work overtime because they didn't have enough ability to finish the work, so they volunteered to work overtime.
If you go to court, it is difficult for employees to prove that the company asked you to work overtime, not that you volunteered to work in the company.
In addition, if employees go to arbitration and go to court seriously, it will not be worth the loss. It is time-consuming and laborious to go through judicial procedures, which delays normal work. With this time, it is better to change to a company that can do it happily.
Another important point is that although 996 is not a blessing, it does have certain benefits.
For example, the income of the Internet industry is higher than that of other industries. It is normal for talented people to earn 300 thousand a year after working for a few years. If you change to other industries, you don't have to work overtime, but you can't get such a high income.
So many young people are willing to exchange overtime for money.
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But why did Ma Yun dare to take the world by storm? Because 996 has become an industry practice, the capital has been strong to a certain extent. Marx has a classic saying to the effect that if capital has a profit of 100%, it can kill people and steal goods, and if it has a profit of 300%, it can trample on all human laws.
In Ma Yun's view, I gave millions of young people a platform to work, and I gave you the opportunity to get rich. No, 996, can you make money? Is your salary high? Therefore, 996 is my blessing to you. If you don't come, the loss will be great. If you don't come, many people will want to come.
Of course, this idea is ridiculous. It is the people who make history, not a few heroes or capitalists.
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Employees over the age of 35 retired, starting from another great enterprise, Huawei, and many entrepreneurs followed suit. This year, Tencent also reported that employees over the age of 35 who were not promoted to supervisor were retired.
Why do entrepreneurs regard some old employees as a thorn in their side? On the one hand, enterprises need fresh blood and forcibly replace the old ones, otherwise many bad habits and hidden rules will be solidified.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of old employees is not as good as that of new employees, but the requirements for wages and benefits are also high. Simply from the perspective of cost performance, the old employees are not cost-effective.
The most important reason is that if an enterprise often dismisses old employees by sports, it can only show that: 1, it needs labor, not knowledge and creativity; 2. It can't establish a reasonable ascending channel for employees.
But they don't want to take the blame for these problems, just want to leave the problems to employees.
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Capital is profit-seeking, and capitalists just want to make money. So in his own enterprise, as long as it doesn't violate the labor law, or even if it does, as long as it doesn't make a big deal, no one can do anything about it.
Both the universal implementation of 996 and the forced dismissal of older employees are the means for business owners to maximize their personal interests.
On the internet, even many netizens who are not business owners support these behaviors in spirit. They believe that enterprises have no obligation to provide welfare for the whole people. They like to do what they like, and if they don't, they leave.
This trend will eventually make all professionals pay the bill, which will undoubtedly aggravate the involution of Chinese enterprises. What people used to earn by working 50 hours a week will take 60 hours to get later.