In most Chinese workplaces, the stereotype is far from the reality.
  • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    It’s definitely true for people working in highly paid jobs for big firms. I have spoken to a lot of very well off Chinese people, in China, who complain that they have to work ridiculous hours. But they also happen to have shit loads of money, so my usual response is to remind them that they are very well compensated for their time.

    My actual friends in China tend to work in hospitality, retail, schools etc, and their work life balance seems to be pretty reasonable and they live perfectly comfortable lives.

    These are my personal experiences anyway

    • QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml
      9·
      2 days ago

      It was a thing in ~40 of the big tech firms during the 2016-2019 tech boom, the supreme people’s court explicitly ruled it illegal in 2021 and with the 2025 consumption boost plan more frameworks for cracking down on excess overtime alongside enforcing rest and vacation rights better and many other things is being put in place.

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, I am sure the system is improving. But I always found it amusing that the person complaining to me that they were expected to work long hours was also the person who could afford to fly first-class to the US and was wearing a Rolex or driving a Jag or whatever.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      2 days ago

      It’s basically the same story as in US or Canada. You get paid a lot in tech, but overtime is expected and typically unpaid.

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        China is a socialist state ruled by a communist party. The end goal is communism, but if you read communist theory you will see time and time again that there is a transitionary period from capitalist, to state capitalism, to communism.

        You cannot just flip a switch and end up with a communist state. It’s a process. The soviet union was also a socialist state ruled by a communist part.

          • QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml
            8·
            2 days ago

            Communism in one country is impossible. The best the CPC and China can do is continue to push forth the road of socialism for now. Also you should probably read some communist theory and investigate the matter before deciding to be the arbiter of what is and isn’t communist/socialist.

          • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
            8·
            2 days ago

            China was a feudalist state recovering from a brutal Japanese occupation when it had it’s revolution. Another thing you read in theory is the need to build productive power in order to provide for the people. China has done in 75 years far more than any other state you could point to. One of the reasons it had such a flirtation with capitalism in the late 70s and onwards was to attract western capital, to boost its own productive power, and thus provide for its own people. Now we see that with its unrivalled productive power, the state is beginning to reabsorb these capitalist entities, and state ownership taking back full control of captial.

            I hope my limited knowledge in the area is informative.