TikTok owner ByteDance to end compulsory weekend overtime

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By Reuters

Published on 09/07/2021 - 13:35•Updated 25/04/2024 - 19:43

BEIJING - TikTok owner ByteDance on Friday said that it would formally end its weekend overtime policy from Aug. 1, two weeks after its short-video rival Kuaishou announced a similar decision.

The move came as Chinese tech companies face fierce nationwide debate about whether to end the infamous "996" style of working 9 am to 9 pm six days a week.

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