Who invented the 996 working system? It may also be Xiaomi Leijun.

Recently, with Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Supreme People's Court jointly releasing 10 typical overtime cases, 996007 was clearly marked as the corporate red line, and it was clearly pointed out that "996" and "007" were illegal! It is doomed that 996 will become a thing of the past.

So, how long has the 996 in the Internet industry gone through? About 10 years. As an old man working in the Internet industry, I first heard 996 from Xiaomi. Here, I can talk about an experience I once had.

In 20 13, I worked in a company. We worked five days a day, which was very relaxed. Once, our VP visited Xiaomi Company. After the visit, he told all of us that Xiaomi Company was very motivated and went to work at 996 every day, which probably meant that the other company was so rich and still working hard, and we had to learn.

Then VP had a meeting, and I felt uncomfortable. Then it is stipulated that our company will learn Xiaomi 996 system from now on. Later, it lasted about a month or two, and I couldn't keep going. Because everyone insisted on 996, I found that there was not so much work and there was no overtime pay for the extended time, so I slowly canceled it.

From then on, I hated Xiaomi and had no good impression on Xiaomi Leijun. There is another bad thing about this person, that is, fooling entrepreneurs everywhere, saying that Xiaomi doesn't have to spend advertising fees and doesn't spend a penny, so that I have contacted many entrepreneurs and often ask me how I can get 65438+ 10,000 users without spending a penny.

Let me see, these entrepreneurs are also very brainless. How can they get 65,438+million users without spending money? But the reality is that many brainless bosses, including the chairman of the company I have experienced, once scolded the following people at the meeting, to the effect that others don't have to spend a penny to make such a big millet, and you have to spend so much money on marketing, which makes our work difficult to carry out. The leaders of various departments are also embarrassed. How can they spend money on users?

Later, I figured out why what Lei Jun said fooled many entrepreneurs, even bosses, because it was in the interests of bosses. As a boss, I am definitely not willing to spend money to get 65,438+million users. Just when Lei Jun said this, the bosses used him as a template to set an example for their employees, which was hard to refute. You see, Lei Jun started Xiaomi without spending a penny, and you losers have to spend money to buy users?

The consequence of the boss being brainwashed by Lei Jun was that at that time, many things that burned money were gone in the company market, and everyone could only think about how to get users for free. Lei Jun has played many bad roles here.

Later, one of our VP said that Lei Jun's "brainwashing" killed many startups and bosses. Why? Because many bosses and entrepreneurs don't spend money on users, the long-term result is that everyone is dying.

Therefore, in the early stage of growth, Xiaomi made many bad ideas, fooled many entrepreneurs, and made many entrepreneurial bosses and middle-level people take many detours. Look at the bosses and VP I have experienced, and you will know how many bosses were fooled by Lei Jun at that time.

Of course, Xiaomi succeeded because Lei Jun gave speeches everywhere in the early days, that is, advertising, which was actually free and relied on his own fame. Even he himself said at a webmaster meeting that others said I was here to advertise. But many bosses don't understand that you don't have these resources and advantages. These are all bad things about Xiaomi.

Of course, the earliest advocate of 996 may be Xiaomi Lei Jun. In an interview with Xiaomi Company, "The little people listed by Xiaomi have started their business together with Lei Jun, and they have both ideals and wealth." I saw the origin of this 996.

Xiaomi Company was established in May, 20 10. At that time, although I heard that many companies worked overtime miserably, such as Huawei, and some employees died suddenly, I had never heard of the concept of 996.

Of course, our company worked hard at that time, but it didn't reach the level of 996, that is, overtime was more severe when the product was launched, and it was normal once it was launched. At that time, the hot topic in the Internet industry was sudden death due to overtime work, and Huawei often went to hot spots.

We didn't advocate overtime at that time. On the contrary, many companies know the 996 system because Xiaomi Lei Jun often gave speeches in the early days. Of course, I heard about the 996 system directly or indirectly from many bosses I know. For example, I once heard an industry friend tell me that the boss heard about Lei Jun's speech and said that they were 996. They are also allowed to have a 996 system when they come back.

Therefore, the concept of "996 working system" may have been put forward by Xiaomi and spread by many entrepreneurs' bosses, because Lei Jun made advertising speeches everywhere to convey this message.

Of course, 996 was carried forward by Ma Yun and other big bosses, especially when Ma Yun said 996 was good news. Since then, various Internet companies have regarded 996 as a symbol of struggle.

Of course, about the 996 system, there have been boycotts online, such as the 996ICU, which once launched a vote on github, and many Internet companies in these lists have been on the list.

However, under the general trend at that time, these wage earners could not compete with capital or bosses. The 996 working system has been circulating in the Internet industry for 10 years, which has made many companies such as Ali, 58 Tongcheng, Xiaomi Meituan, JD.COM, etc., and has made many Internet bosses, which has brought heavy disasters to the generation and Internet practitioners, especially those Internet workers who have worked overtime and died suddenly, such as the sudden death of employees in Pinduoduo.

With the promulgation of the "red line" defined by the Supreme Law today, 996 violated the law and finally drove away this work system that was hated by countless people, practitioners and migrant workers. At least, in many companies in Beishangguang, even the boss will not blatantly say that 996 is a blessing.