2021-06-14
“Chinese netizens have latched on to a newly fashionable term: “involution” (nei juan). Anthropologist Clifford Geertz posited that ever-increasing amounts of labour had poured in but output remained constant. No innovation had occurred. Geertz called this involution.”
Financial Times
A new generation of young workers at China's technology giants is demanding an end to forced rankings, harsh working conditions, and the “996” work culture
“In 2019, in the highly renowned Peking University 17% of all the graduates went into #China Communist party work/govt., up from 11%. In total, counting those who had gone into state-admin./SOEs, 3/4 of graduates had gone “into the system”. @YuanfenYang https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
A new generation of young workers at China's technology giants is demanding an end to forced rankings, harsh working conditions, and the “996” work culture
2021-06-13
“In 2019, in the highly renowned Peking University 17% of all the graduates went into #China Communist party work/govt., up from 11%. In total, counting those who had gone into state-admin./SOEs, 3/4 of graduates had gone “into the system”. @YuanfenYang https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
A new generation of young workers at China's technology giants is demanding an end to forced rankings, harsh working conditions, and the “996” work culture
By the time he arrived at Alibaba, Tim had been working to get there for years. Raised in a small town in Zhejiang province … Tweets: @yuanfenyang , @gaberivera , @mollymckew , @j...
“Chinese netizens have latched on to a newly fashionable term: “involution” (nei juan). Anthropologist Clifford Geertz posited that ever-increasing amounts of labour had poured in but output remained constant. No innovation had occurred. Geertz called this involution.”
Financial Times
A new generation of young workers at China's technology giants is demanding an end to forced rankings, harsh working conditions, and the “996” work culture
By the time he arrived at Alibaba, Tim had been working to get there for years. Raised in a small town in Zhejiang province … Tweets: @yuanfenyang , @gaberivera , @mollymckew , @j...