Ya, it is still common in some tech companies, but it was ubiquitous in 1999. By...

seanmcdirmid on March 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple and Foxconn win permission for 12-hour shift...

Ya, it is still common in some tech companies, but it was ubiquitous in 1999. By the time I started working in China (not for Alibaba) in 2007, it was not a mandatory practice anymore. China had changed a lot in just 8 years.