Microsoft employees urge company to protect Chinese tech workers from state censorship
A group of mainly U.S.-based Microsoft employees on Monday urged the company to protect a group of Chinese tech workers from state censorship.
In a petition, the group of Microsoft employees called on their employer to refuse to bow down to Chinese state pressure as a group of Chinese tech workers speaks out about their working conditions on a channel run by Github, which is owned by the tech giant.
Chinese workers have been using Microsoft-owned Github, an open-source website that allows programmers to collaborate on code, to lament their "996" schedules. Chinese executives have touted the "996 policy," which forces tech employees to work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days per week, as a strategy to make their tech sector more productive.
Tech workers in China say the policy has put them in harm's way, with negative effects on their mental, physical and emotional health.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/440032-microsoft-employees-urge-company-to-protect-chinese-tech-workers-from-state
