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i'm curious to get some concrete data wrt to worker rights/labour legislation in prc: is it as bad as it's often perceived in the west? has anything changed recently? there's a weird duality to it in my perception, on one side it's a relatively happy nation, but on the other side there is the crazy 996 work schedule, poor safety net that's largely substituted by investment in housing etc 🤔

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[–] Zoldyck 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Workers rights, in China? That's a good joke lol

[–] Ildar 3 points 1 year ago

You should ask about workers rights in Russia, you'd be very surprised

[–] ttmrichter 0 points 1 year ago

May I know which Chinese cities and companies you’ve worked in please?

[–] KuroiKaze 5 points 1 year ago

Having worked a little bit in an office in China, I can tell you that it is extremely hard to fire people there. There are some government mandated minimums for employment that have to be met and as such many companies employ people they don't actually need. If you go into a local KFC, you'll notice half a dozen people standing around waiting to move food off tables into the trash since the government requires KFC to employ minimum amount of people. I saw many examples of outright incompetent and laziness in the workplace and management basically shrugged and said there is nothing they can do about it.

[–] JPKDQSB 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Worker rights? Not exist in China.

[–] ttmrichter 0 points 1 year ago

May I know which Chinese cities and companies you've worked in please?