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Jack Ma delivers a speech at an annual rural education event on Jan. 13 in Sanya, Hainan Province, China. (Zhu Jun / VCG via Getty Images)
The billionaire founder of Alibaba Jack Ma expressed support for the need to work long hours to succeed in the technology sector in China, but his comments have elicited negative feedback from many users of the country's social media platforms.
Ma mentioned the controversial 996 industry program, which consists of working from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week, in a speech to Alibaba employees.
"I think being able to work 996 is a huge blessing," said Ma, according to Alibaba WeChat Account post on friday.
Ma told Alibaba employees that they should be willing to pay the price to choose to register "China ranks first" business. "If you want to work for Alibaba, you have to be ready to work 12 hours a day," he said. Ma reminded that the first employees of the e-commerce company also had to work long hours.
A former English teacher who co-founded Alibaba in 1999, Ma is currently China's second richest person, with an estimated net worth of $ 40.1 billion. The richest person in the country, Ma Huatenghe is also the one who built his success in the technology sector as co-founder of Tencent. "Pony Ma," as he knows, his fortune is estimated at $ 43.8 billion.
"Every company should not and can not force its employees to respect a 996 hour work schedule." Ma wrote in a follow-up post on his personal Weibo account on Friday. "Alibaba has always advocated living your life brilliantly and being happy at work, but young people, themselves, must understand that happiness is a struggle! Not to defend 996, but to pay tribute to the fighters!"
Alibaba was not able to respond to a request for comment on Ma's remarks. The speech was widely shared on the Weibo microblogging platform in China, where Ma received more than 36,000 comments on his 996 post.
"It's good that we were working in 996, even the '9107' is acceptable. But you should pay more for the employees to do it. Salary is the problem, "wrote one commentator& nbsp; to Alibaba's Weibo message. "Do not discuss dreams with your employees who just have enough to eat and wear."
On the popular Zhihu website in China, which looks like Quora, one of the most popular answers, said that Ma's speech "changes meaning" that overwork is a matter of personal growth even if it is incompatible with labor law.
At the end of March, some technicians launched a project online & nbsp; from Microsoftcode sharing site & nbsp;Github to protest the Chinese culture of overwork and to seek a better balance between work and private life. The project was named "996.ICU", referring to the fact that the workers following the work schedule 996& nbsp; risks of ending up in the intensive care unit.
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Jack Ma delivers a speech at an annual rural education event on Jan. 13 in Sanya, Hainan Province, China. (Zhu Jun / VCG via Getty Images)
Alibaba's founder, billionaire Jack Ma, voiced support for the need to work long hours for success in the Chinese technology sector, but his comments provoked negative feedback from many users of social media platforms. from the country.
Ma mentioned the controversial 996 industry program, which consists of working from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week, in a speech to Alibaba employees.
"I think working with 996 is a huge blessing," said Ma, according to Alibaba's WeChat account. post on friday.
Ma told Alibaba employees that they should be willing to pay the price for choosing to join the "highest ranked company in China". "If you want to work for Alibaba, you have to be ready to work 12 hours a day," he said. Ma reminded that the first employees of the e-commerce company also had to work long hours.
A former English teacher who co-founded Alibaba in 1999, Ma is currently China's second richest person, with an estimated net worth of $ 40.1 billion. Ma Huateng, the richest person in the country, has also built his success in the technology sector as a co-founder of Tencent. "Pony Ma", as it is known, has an estimated fortune of 43.8 billion dollars.
"Any company must not and can not force its employees to respect a 996 work schedule," Ma wrote in a follow-up message posted on Friday to his Weibo personal account. "Alibaba has always advocated living a life of happiness and being happy at work, but young people themselves must understand that happiness is a struggle! Do not defend 996, but pay tribute to the fighters!"
Alibaba was not able to respond to a request for comment on Ma's remarks. The speech was widely shared on the Weibo microblogging platform in China, where Ma received more than 36,000 comments on her message 996.
"It's good that we were working in 996, even the '9107' is acceptable. But you should pay more for the employees to do it. Pay is the problem, "wrote one speaker on the post Alibaba Weibo. "Do not discuss dreams with your employees who just have enough to eat and wear."
On the Chinese website Zhihu, very popular in China, resembling Quora, one of the most popular answers, said Ma's speech was "a transformation of meaning" that overworking is about personal growth itself. it is contrary to labor law.
At the end of March, technicians launched an online project on Microsoft software. code sharing site Github to protest the Chinese culture of overwork and to seek a better balance between work and private life. The project was dubbed "996.ICU", referring to the fact that workers who follow the 996 work schedule may end up in the intensive care unit (ICU).