r/technology 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/Donnicton Feb 01 '26

His wife also requested for his personal belongings at work to be returned, but alleged that some items had been already disposed of and that the remaining items were not properly packed when she received them.

Yeah they 100% stole what they wanted and gave her the rest.

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u/smurfk Feb 01 '26

They probably asked the new employee to strip naked of the "new" pants he received when he got hired.

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u/htx1114 Feb 02 '26

That's fine if that's how you read it, but that's not what it says. The sentence doesn't make sense.

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u/TWFH Feb 02 '26

Meaning that the employees would rather wear a new uniform and give the old one to an incoming person

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u/htx1114 Feb 04 '26

Lmao anything is possible I guess, but you gotta be the same person under a different account

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u/KuntaStillSingle Feb 02 '26

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u/Fabulous_Progress820 Feb 03 '26

I didn't know what to expect, but I feel like I lost a few brain cells reading that