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14.【The meaning of 996 Working Hours in China 996 九九六】


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嗨大家好,我是你们的普通话老师Nana。

今天大家身体还好吗?不知道工作顺不顺利呢?

昨天我跟一位很久不见的朋友聊天,聊起了他的新工作。

他跟我说:“哎,你知道吗?我的工作是九九六。”


九九六是什么呢?听起来是三个数字呀。

的确,九九六的“九”就是指的早上九点上班。

第二个“九”就是指的晚上九点下班。

“六”指的就是一个星期要工作六天。

九九六,也就是早上九点上班,晚上九点下班,一周工作六天。九九六。

这样算下来的话,一个星期需要工作七十二个小时。

很长吧,的确听起来非常地辛苦。


那么九九六一般出现在哪些行业里面呢?

通常情况下,很多互联网公司会使用九九六这种工作制度。

因为他们的工作很忙,有非常多的任务要做,所以不得不九九六来加班。

不知道,如果是你的话,你能接受九九六这种上班的制度吗?

如果是我的话,大概是不会的。因为我觉得这样对身体可能不太好。

所以我在找工作的时候,肯定不会接受九九六这样的公司。

可是现在很多刚刚毕业的年轻人,因为要追求一个好的发展前景,所以他们不得不在这一类的工作领域里面工作。

而九九六有的时候也不是自己能够选择的,所以他们不得不来接受九九六这种工作强度。


那么大家对于九九六这种工作制度,能接受吗?

不知道在你工作的行业或者领域,有没有这种长时间工作的习惯呢?

Okay! 那这边就是我们今天的内容了,我们下次再见吧,拜拜。


Hi everyone, I'm your Mandarin teacher Nana.

Today, how's everybody's health? I wonder if you're doing well with your work? Yesterday, I chatted with a friend who I haven't met for a long time, and we talked about his new job. He said to me, 'Ah, do you know that? My job is nine nine six'. 


What is 'nine nine six'? It sounds like 3 numbers. True, the 'nine' in nine nine six refers to going to work at 9 in the morning. The second nine refers to getting off work at 9 in the evening. 'Six' refers to working 6 days a week. 'Nine nine six', in other words, means going to work at 9 am, getting off work at 9 pm, for 6 days a week. "nine nine six". Counted this way, one needs to work for 72 hours a week. Isn't it very long? It does sound very exhausting.


So, normally in which industries would 996 happen? Under normal circumstances, many Internet companies would adopt the system of 996. Since their work is busy, with lots of missions, they have no choice but to work overtime for 996. I don't know, if it were you, would you accept the working system of 996? If it were me, I probably wouldn't. Because I think it might not be very good for the body. So, when I seek jobs, I certainly won't accept companies like that of 996. However, there are many freshly graduated young people who, in order to pursue a good development prospect, would have no choice but to work in fields of these kinds. So, sometimes, 996 or not, is not what they themselves can choose from. That's why they have no choice but to accept the intensity of working 996.


So, regarding the 996 working system, would you accept it? I wonder whether there is a norm of long working hours in the industry or field you work in. Okay! So this is the content of today. See you next time. Bye bye! 

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