996

9-9-6 English Noun - en 9-9-6. en 2020 w:Noreena Hertz The Lonely Century 7 Hodder & Stoughton 9781529329285 Take China's ‘996’ practice. It's one that Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma actively endorses. ‘I personally think that 996 is a huge blessing,’ posted Ma on Alibaba's WeChat account. ‘How do you achieve the success you want without paying extra effort and time?’ en-GB Arielle Pardes unnamed startup employee 12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI’s brutal work culture is a warning for all of us w:The Guardian 2026-02-17 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/ai-startups-work-culture-san-francisco 0261-3077 “I’d heard about 996, but these guys don’t even do 996,” he says. “They’re working 16-hour days.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260217151047/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/ai-startups-work-culture-san-francisco Chinese 九九六