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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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I've worked numerous 775s, as well as plenty of 776s and even 777s. The money is nice, but it gets old fast.

[–] • 0 pt

It makes sense for some people some times but basically everyone in "Tech" (if they are not hourly) are exempt from overtime (which is a fucking crime and should be fixed).

I am not going to work 6 back to back 12's just so some fuck can buy another beach house and another sports car while I get fucked on wages.

[–] • 1 pt

True. Salary should be entitled to comp time if not overtime.

My job is technically salary, but I do get x1.5 for extra hours. Sometimes my employer cuts hours from the schedule for various reasons and that time missed is expected to be made up with what would otherwise be overtime.

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I have only ever had one job that gave me comp and there was a cap on it.

When you work in a field with on-call that could go from a "oh, something looks slightly broken" to "oh fuck, everything is down" in five minutes then you now have a 40 hour week turn into a 100 hour week in the blink of a eye. You will get ALL of your comp time hit in that single week (they tend to cap it at 40).

Pay me or give my time back. I am so fucking tired of that shit.