It lights up, take home! How to disassemble the culture of the work of the “rat race”

Chinese technology companies, such as DJI, Lenovo, Midea and Haier, are abolished once omnipresent, provisional working, to alleviate stress on employees.

On social networks, labels such as “without extensions” and “anti -ol race” attest to the increasing tendency against working employers, many internets expressing help.

“For the first time, I can go to work at a normal hour and not feel guilty,” said an anonymous online employee.

The trend is aligned with the Chinese government’s commitment to reduce the “rat race” in jobs. Authorities have asked companies to abandon operating work practices, and political counselors have proposed measures that we ban the unregulated overtime.

Exhausting work programs have become a common practice in large part in information technology companies that have been focused on reducing speed and costs.

The effect of overload

In a 2019 report issued by Zhaopin and Wedctor, only 23.3 percent of work believes that their health is in good condition, and 93.4 percent of white collar workers believe that their negative emotions come from work.

In 2021, the top department of the Court and Human Resources in China said that the illegal scary work programs, after the regime was assigned to the deaths of the employees and caused a large -scale public concern.

Companies reach the line by different means.

Since March, DJI Technology employees in the Zhangjiang high -tech area in Shanghai, for example, were told to leave work at the latest at 21:00, eliminating overtime.

Taxi drivers in the area, who host many AI and technology companies, say they take more passengers now at 21:00 than at 23:00 in the past, according to a recent report of the shanghai TV.

Also, companies make changes efficiency by reducing excessively long presentations in power points at meetings and at the end of weekends.

This end of 70 weeks of work is greeted as a sign that productivity should not compromise human dignity.

“The new generation of employees pursues a balance between life and life, while good companies have realized that a healthy work culture is a basic competence in itself,” said Wang Qian, the general manager of Linkedin China.

The change was helped to integrate artificial intelligence in the workplace, increasing efficiency, while reducing people’s work volume.

Applying a new culture

At the DJI’s Shenzhen headquarters, managers carry out checks after 9:00 pm to ensure that the employees have left, while the company’s Shanghai office proves the lights at that time. DJI said he adopted flexible hours to adapt to employees.

Midea’s home giant forbade post-municipal sessions and “Showy Outspresy”, and mandated concise summaries for long tiring presentations at meetings.

“We say that not for the inefficient overtime and we reject the power presentations too packaged,” said Zhao lei, Vice President Midea.

Midea, listed by Shenzhen, who hires over 190,000 people and is a leader in the Chinese air conditioning and a smart device, had a market value of 550 billion yui ($ 76.4 billion) at the closing of transactions on Friday.

If there is a legitimate business need for additional work

The Lenovo computer giant has implemented an output policy at 20:00 at the headquarters of Beijing, while the Haier Electronics and Electronic Electronics Company mandates rest and limits during the additional week to three hours.

Help for deliveries

Internet giants such as Meituan and JD.com implement measures to protect the rights of delivery riders, moving away from exploiting work practices.

JD.com became the first platform to offer a full social insurance for full -time riders, while Meituan adopted a system that would reduce the algorithm -based pressure.

The tendency is aligned with the EU regulations that penalize the products that arise from “coercive” work practices.

Chinese companies such as Bytedance and Tencent have addressed the problem of the “rat race” in the past, after they have been selected for critics. Other companies follow their example.

Li Huaping, the legal adviser of the Shanghai Trade Union Federation, stressed the importance of completing the works in standard hours and protecting the rights of workers.

The result of the new trend is that fewer hours do not necessarily lead to lower productivity.

“You resize how we work,” Linkedin’s Wang said. “Good companies can use technology to eliminate inefficiency, to use a positive work culture to inspire creative energy and finally get a positive employee welfare cycle.”