You can work hard for the company, but please don't work hard! (Written to you who are struggling for 996)

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Y is 32 years old this year. He graduated with a Ph.D. in 2017 and entered an Internet company with good prospects at the time. Due to his skilled business and hard work, he was quickly recognized by the leaders. The main leaders of the unit praised him more than once, and even said He can serve as the head of the company's department within 3 years, calling on the whole company to learn from him at the same time.

He was encouraged by the recognition from the leadership, and repeatedly expressed his desire to contribute more to the company, and he did the same.

He devoted all his attention to his work: to talk with customers, he could go home at 2 o'clock in the evening; to solve technical problems, he could work overtime until 12 o'clock for a week; in order to surprise work progress, he could not rest on weekends for a month. He has no time to pay attention to his family. He basically never accompanies his children to see a doctor. He has only used the fitness card he got in the year he graduated, and has only used it twice.

This state of his continued for a year and a half.

In June last year, he was working overtime and felt sick to his stomach. He went to the hospital for an examination and found that it was alcoholic liver disease. Physical reasons forced him to go to the hospital often, and his work in the unit was affected accordingly. He thought that he had worked so hard for the unit that the leaders must recognize him.

You can work hard for the company, but please don't work hard! (Written to you who are struggling for 996)

However, he had often praised his leadership, but instead of coming out and telling him to pay attention to his health, he became more and more alienated from him, not to mention his wish to be promoted to the head of the department in three years.

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What we have established with the company is only a contractual relationship about employment, and we have not signed a "signature letter" of life and death.

We can work hard for the company and dedicate to the cause, but please don't work hard for the company, let alone for the so-called "praise".

You can work hard for the company, but please don't work hard! (Written to you who are struggling for 996)

First, it's not worth the effort. If you are a post-80s or even post-90s, it is actually very difficult to work in a unit until you retire from the moment you enter the unit. Why do you say this? The speed at which companies are closing down is unimaginable. Jack Ma's Alibaba has done so well, and he only expects to be a company for 102 years. Most of the companies we work for generally fail within a certain period of time. . Furthermore, if you work for the sake of your leader’s appreciation, it’s even more unnecessary, not to mention whether the leader really appreciates you, you know that the speed of the company’s change of senior management may be faster than that of South Korea’s change of president!

You can work hard for the company, but please don't work hard! (Written to you who are struggling for 996)

Second, our bodies do not allow us to give in this way. Everyone's body needs rest, muscles need to be exercised, and the great men demand that we "savage their physiques". If you work until after the early hours of the morning, work crazy overtime on weekends, and have little physical exercise, then your body can easily collapse. Maybe you're still young and can't feel it, but your bodily function is definitely in endless decline. See how much white hair, how big belly, how high blood pressure, how thick lenses are you in your early 30s? If you work overtime regularly, you are likely to get into the habit of smoking, which is almost devastating to your body.

You can work hard for the company, but please don't work hard! (Written to you who are struggling for 996)

Again, our human nature does not allow us to do this. We are part of the company outside, but in the family it may be father, mother, son, daughter. Our family also needs our serious management. Only by constantly replenishing time can we make our family more harmonious. And normal rest can satisfy these. For example, you can accompany your children to go to the park on weekends, accompany the elderly to check your body, or even accompany your wife for beauty treatments, etc. These are catalysts for family harmony and make my life happier. Comfortable.

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To quote a sentence from the People's Daily commentary as a concluding remark:

Our enterprise should not only rely on the sweat of employees, but also inspire employees' inspiration;

Not only to make employees work harder, but also to motivate employees to work efficiently;

Not only rely on overtime and salary rewards, but also let the company of family members, physical health, and full of meaning become the rewards of work!