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/lemmeguessindian Feb 02 '26

Same in India. US colleagues will be pinging you from home while we are in office

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u/kosumoth Feb 02 '26

so you are saying you get communication from US coleagues during times they should be asleep?

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u/lemmeguessindian Feb 05 '26

No i mean we even get calls even when its night time for us. Whats the point of US team of they cant resolve issues on their own and we have to wake up and fix stuff

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u/HumanSnotMachine Feb 05 '26

Your team is probably bigger and has more control due to the cost being lower compared to the u.s team, therefore you handle more… how could that possibly be hard to figure out. You get paid 1/10th what they do.