A shrinking labour force means things could get even worse
Low as it may seem to netizens, the average weekly number of hours worked is the highest it has been since the statistics bureau began including the data in its annual round-up more than 20 years ago. In 2018 it started including the number in its monthly round-up, too. There was a big dip at the start of the pandemic. But for most of the past five years, the number has been increasing .
Young Chinese workers have long complained of the “996” regime, which refers to a work schedule of 9am to 9pm, six days a week, usually without extra pay. They have adopted an academic term,or “involution”, that is used to describe a situation when greater input does not yield more output. Many feel pressure to work ever harder, while experiencing no improvement in quality of life. Unlike their parents, who enjoyed rising material prosperity, they feel like they are stagnating.
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