Bit Genesis, a medium-sized internet enterprise on Yin City's east side, operated two or three social media and short video apps. Though not widely known, their development prospects were considered quite good.
At that moment, the company was holding a team-building event on one of its floors. A corpulent corporate executive stood on stage, microphone in hand, giving a speech.
Recently, an employee from the company downstairs had died suddenly of cardiac arrest due to excessive overtime.
Within Bit Genesis, many employees secretly discussed and criticized the upper management's mandated 996 overtime policy.
"...Regarding 996, I know there are many complaints," the executive began, "but I believe that being able to work 996 is a privilege."
The bloated executive looked at the sea of employees below and spoke with great feeling, "When I was young, I did more than 996; it was 12*12. And now, I stand on stage, and you all stand below."
