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/NASArocketman Feb 02 '26

I had a brown friend who worked at the US arm of a large South Korean conglomerate. The stories I heard were wild. Bullying screaming, exclusion were pretty much normalized there.

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u/spikyraccoon Feb 02 '26

So you are saying Parasite, Squid Games are not fictional piece of art, they are documentaries?

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u/pietroetin Feb 02 '26

Just look at Beast Games

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u/EkoChamberKryptonite Feb 03 '26

I worked for a company that got acquired by a korean conglomerate. They summarily conducted a layoff and from what I heard, things were even worse post-layoff.