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Dismissed anti-996 protests, proposed making employees shareholders to accept 996 schedules
Apr 1, 2019Qihoo 360 CEO Zhou Hongyi dismissed the anti-996 protest and the idea of true work-life balance as 'pie in the sky.' He suggested the solution to complaints about long hours is simply to make employees shareholders: 'Make them feel like they are working for themselves. Then they won't mind the 996 schedule.' This framed exploitation as acceptable if workers had equity.