r/technology • u/longiner • Jan 18 '25

Social Media As US TikTok users move to RedNote, some are encountering Chinese-style censorship for the first time

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/16/tech/tiktok-refugees-rednote-china-censorship-intl-hnk/index.html
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u/The_Critical_Cynic Jan 19 '25

Yes. One company I worked for was kind enough to even offer double time on anything 60 and over. You could have that by Friday usually.

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u/Kleos-Nostos Jan 19 '25

For some reason, I don’t think they do that in China.

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u/The_Critical_Cynic Jan 19 '25

I don't think so either. Overtime is nice and all, but sometimes I wonder if it's worth it. A lot of these places will work you 60+ hours a week. It's been like that for a long time. It's been that way since I was a kid. I can remember my father working 80 hours a week when I was little, and sometimes more. It can be hard being away from family for that long, not to mention not having a social life outside of work.

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u/Kleos-Nostos Jan 19 '25

80 hours a week is insanity…

I always find it funny when wealthy folks say: I work hard.

When, in reality, so many people in this country work exceedingly hard.

Americans are hard working people.

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u/The_Critical_Cynic Jan 19 '25

I know what you mean. One of the longest work weeks I had was 95 hours. I wasn't given a choice. You either do the job, or you go find another one. I eventually did take them up on that offer. It's ridiculous.

And like you say, I'm surprised how some members of Corporate America say they work hard. It's real funny when they say that shit to the people on the factory floor. They don't understand it's apples and oranges. The heaviest thing Mr. CEO had to pick up today was the phone to call his secretary sitting not ten feet away just outside his office while every one of the factory floor employees is picking up and grinding away at 100 pound castings all day long.