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Wow, did you know before joining? Do they fire those that try to work 8-9 hours?ninox wrote: ↑Mon, 09 Jan 2023 1:59 amI was going to leave this unanswered because it's 5 months ago and OP has likely made their decision, but for the sake of others searching for this topic: 996 is an unofficial minimum for my team. One of my managers explicitly stated during onboarding that the work culture in SG is "not at the same level as China", presumably to assuage these kinds of fears. For my team, this means it is never spoken aloud, but everyone is working minimum 12 hour days and knows it is expected. This situation is created by ensuring people are assigned more work than can be delivered in a reasonable timeframe and asking why things are delayed when impossible deadlines are not met.
Good luck OP if you decided to join, and welcome.
Goodness, sounds awful. And very contradictory to the more relaxed approach that most companies are adopting nowadays: encouraging flexible work arrangements and mental health days.ninox wrote: ↑Mon, 09 Jan 2023 1:59 amI was going to leave this unanswered because it's 5 months ago and OP has likely made their decision, but for the sake of others searching for this topic: 996 is an unofficial minimum for my team. One of my managers explicitly stated during onboarding that the work culture in SG is "not at the same level as China", presumably to assuage these kinds of fears. For my team, this means it is never spoken aloud, but everyone is working minimum 12 hour days and knows it is expected. This situation is created by ensuring people are assigned more work than can be delivered in a reasonable timeframe and asking why things are delayed when impossible deadlines are not met.
Good luck OP if you decided to join, and welcome.
https://youtu.be/qILMixQYSy4fonsiescu wrote: ↑Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:32 pmWow, did you know before joining? Do they fire those that try to work 8-9 hours?ninox wrote: ↑Mon, 09 Jan 2023 1:59 amI was going to leave this unanswered because it's 5 months ago and OP has likely made their decision, but for the sake of others searching for this topic: 996 is an unofficial minimum for my team. One of my managers explicitly stated during onboarding that the work culture in SG is "not at the same level as China", presumably to assuage these kinds of fears. For my team, this means it is never spoken aloud, but everyone is working minimum 12 hour days and knows it is expected. This situation is created by ensuring people are assigned more work than can be delivered in a reasonable timeframe and asking why things are delayed when impossible deadlines are not met.
Good luck OP if you decided to join, and welcome.