The name 996.ICU refers to "Work by '996', sick in ICU", an ironic saying among Chinese developers, which means that by following the "996" work schedule, you are risking yourself getting into the ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
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A "996" work schedule refers to an unofficial work schedule (9 a.m.–9 p.m., 6 days per week) that has been gaining popularity. Serving a company that encourages the "996" work schedule usually means working for at least 60 hours per week. Visit 996 working hour system on wikipedia for more details.
- Update this list with evidence to help every worker.
- Add this badge to your project to support 996.ICU.
- License your awesome projects with the Anti 996 License.
- Add proposals to give advice about the development of 996.ICU.
- Go home at 6 pm without feeling sorry.
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996.ICU is an initiative initiated by IT practitioners. We welcome people from other fields and other countries to join the discussion.
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This is not a political movement. We firmly uphold the labor law and request employers to respect the legitimate rights and interests of their employees.
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It is great progress from closed source to open source, and it will also be great progress from open source to emphasizing labor rights at the same time. What we want is to create an open source software license that advocates workers' rights.
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We are willing to hear all positive and constructive proposals and advocate mature and responsible speech.
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- 955.WLB is a repo that maintains a whitelist of 955 work–life balanced companies.
- 996.LIST is a repo of a rank list of 996 companies and 955 companies.
- 996.law This is a manual for workers who want to conduct labor arbitration and litigation on their own.
- 996.RIP Old news never vanished.
- 996.Leave encourages & introduces working overseas.
- 996.Petition initiates petitions by sending open letters to relevant government departments.
- 996.action Supporters are encouraged to participate in public supervision.
- 996.avengers adds
996ICUand955WLBtags on recruitment websites.
Even with interaction limits on, the issues area was totally out of control. So I personally decided to switch it off, not by GitHub or others.
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The purpose of this license is to prevent anti-labour-law companies from using the software or codes under the license, and force those companies to weigh their way of working
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See a full list of projects under Anti-996 License
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This draft is adapted from the MIT license. For more detailed explanation, please see Wiki. This license is designed to be compatible with all major open source licenses.
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For law professionals or anyone who is willing to contribute to future version directly, please go to Anti-996-License-1.0. Thank you.
You can reach me by E-mail if you need.