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Fuck that bullshit.

Archive: https://archive.today/8OTNB

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>I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the tremors rippling across the startup hiring landscape. Spurred on by AI, the marketplace is reassessing what great talent is, as entry-level hiring precipitously declines across the ecosystem. And there’s one subplot that kept coming up as I was reporting a piece I wrote about the new rules of startup hiring, but that I wasn’t able to include in the original story—about 996. 996, for the uninitiated, is a work schedule that references working 9 AM to 9 PM, six days a week. It originated in China, but in recent months and years, it has gained traction as a talking point in tech and startups. In 2025, 996 has become commonplace during the AI boom, even popping up in the hiring process.

**Fuck that bullshit.** Archive: https://archive.today/8OTNB From the post: >>I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the tremors rippling across the startup hiring landscape. Spurred on by AI, the marketplace is reassessing what great talent is, as entry-level hiring precipitously declines across the ecosystem. And there’s one subplot that kept coming up as I was reporting a piece I wrote about the new rules of startup hiring, but that I wasn’t able to include in the original story—about 996. 996, for the uninitiated, is a work schedule that references working 9 AM to 9 PM, six days a week. It originated in China, but in recent months and years, it has gained traction as a talking point in tech and startups. In 2025, 996 has become commonplace during the AI boom, even popping up in the hiring process.

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It's all by design. They're trying to remove as many living humans from the work force as possible. Over working them is one way. Machines don't bitch about working conditions or long hours. They don't call in sick of ask for a raise. They require no medical benefits or sick pay. Most of all, they will never join a labor union. I used to be a Supervisor at a foundry. It was one of the largest employers and paid good wages for this area. They voted in a union and guess what happend? They automated as many production jobs as possible. Most of the hourly (union) jobs were eliminated. The foundry is still turning out the same products but the parking lot is about one fourth the size it was when I worked there.