{"id":132324,"date":"2021-12-13T04:23:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/singaporeans-explain-what-its-like-working-for-a-chinese-tech-company"},"modified":"2021-12-13T04:23:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:23:03","slug":"singaporeans-explain-what-its-like-working-for-a-chinese-tech-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/singaporeans-explain-what-its-like-working-for-a-chinese-tech-company","title":{"rendered":"Singaporeans explain what it\u2019s like working for a Chinese tech company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/singaporeans-explain-what-its-like-working-for-a-chinese-tech-company2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As they post openings overseas, more people are wondering what it\u2019s like to work for them. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/05\/06\/tiktoks-toxic-culture-reviews-on-glassdoor-impact-hiring.html\">This year, CNBC reported on tech workers in the United Kingdom who turned down job offers at TikTok,<\/a> which is owned by China\u2019s ByteDance, after encountering stories about an intense work environment there.<\/p>\n<p>Those people cited fears of the so-called \u201c996\u201d work culture practiced by some companies in China, which requires employees to work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. A TikTok spokesperson told CNBC in May of this year that \u201cwe absolutely do not have \u2018996\u2032 policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNBC interviewed 10 current and former employees of Chinese tech firms to ask what work life is like in those companies\u2019 Singapore offices. Most requested anonymity owing to fear of repercussions or because they do not have permission to speak to the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As they post openings overseas, more people are wondering what it\u2019s like to work for them. This year, CNBC reported on tech workers in the United Kingdom who turned down job offers at TikTok, which is owned by China\u2019s ByteDance, after encountering stories about an intense work environment there. Those people cited fears of the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}