For subscribers
Hard to say no: China’s overtime culture worsens in dismal job market
Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments
China’s slowing economy has made its overtime work culture worse, despite the authorities’ moves to tackle the entrenched practice.
PHOTO: AFP
Follow topic:
BEIJING – Project manager Sun Wei was looking forward to the Golden Week break when his boss told him two days before the holiday that he had to rush out a proposal.
The proposal was due on May 3, in the middle of the five-day Labour Day holiday.
