996工作制

在中国996工作制的程序员中流传着一句话：工作996生病ICU，996.ICU这一主页的名称由此而来。

The name 996.ICU refers to a saying among Chinese developers that following the 996 schedule puts you at risk of ending up in an intensive care unit .

996工作制指的是员工从早上9点工作到晚上9点，每周工作6天，且没有加班费。一位程序员在代码分享平台GitHub网站上创建了996.ICU主页，这种工作制立即遭到抨击，并引发了国内外广泛关注。

The rules-which require employees to work from 9 am to 9 pm , six days a week without overtime pay-came under fire after a programmer created 996.ICU , a page on code-sharing platform GitHub.com . The page garnered immediate attention at home and abroad .

但996工作制能轻易将工作时间增加到每周60个小时。

The 996 work schedule , however , can easily ratchet up weekly work to 60 hours .

抵制996工作制的活动在微博广为传播，数千名网友回帖讨论。

The campaign against 996 work culture went viral on Weibo , drawing thousands of responses on China 's version of Twitter .

钟瑞庆还指出，如果加强对依赖996工作制的企业监管，中国的竞争力可能会下降。

In addition , Zhong said that tightening supervision over companies relying on the 996 work schedule may reduce the nation 's competitiveness .

用户们列出了采用996工作制的科技公司名称，之后创建了特许权协议，禁止这些公司使用这些程序员开发的代码。

Users listed tech companies that use the 996 schedule , and then created a licensing agreement that would ban such companies from using their codes .

高奇表示，无论是努力废除996工作制，还是给过劳员工发放补贴，“是时候行动起来了”。

Gao said whether there 's an effort to abolish 996 or to give subsidies to overworked employees , " it 's time to do something . "

不久前，软件程序员们在网上掀起了一个反对996工作制的活动，一些活动人士呼吁对劳动剥削行为进行更强有力的监管。中国的科技公司普遍采用996工作制。

Activists are calling for more supervision over labor exploitation in an online crusade spearheaded by software developers against the so-called 996 work schedule , which is widely practiced in China 's tech industry .

电子商务巨头阿里巴巴的一名匿名资深程序员说，公司管理人员很少说996工作制是强制性的，但如果不遵从这一规则，绩效分数会很低，甚至被裁员。

A senior developer with the e-commerce giant Alibaba , who asked not to be named to protect his career , said employers seldom say the schedule is compulsory , but failure to follow the rules could lead to low performance scores and layoffs .