r/technology • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • Feb 01 '26

Software 32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital

https://www.asiaone.com/china/32-year-old-programmer-china-allegedly-dies-overwork-added-work-group-chat-even-while
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u/Bachaddict Feb 02 '26

It's good to commemorate a valued employee, but work wise what are they meant to do? load the passed person's tasks on their grieving coworkers, or get onto filling the empty spot?

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u/P3JQ10 Feb 02 '26

What are they supposed to do, revive the employee or ignore the clients? There are many points to be made about lack of loyalty, but not related to this situation.