2021: Worker Deaths Put Big Tech Under Scrutiny
Quelle: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/business/china-technology-worker-deaths.html
05.02.2021
Worker Deaths Put Big Tech in China Under Scrutiny
The deaths of two young employees of Pinduoduo, an e-commerce platform, have reignited longstanding concernsabout working conditions at internet giants.
Vivian Wang, NYT
It was 1:30 a.m. just days before the new year, and the 22-year-old employee of Pinduoduo, a Chinese e-commerce company, was
leaving after a long day of work. Suddenly, she clutched her stomach and collapsed. Her co-workers rushed her to a hospital, but
six hours later, she died.
Less than two weeks later, a young Pinduoduo worker leaped to his death during a brief visit to his parents. The next day, a third
employee said he had been fired after criticizing Pinduoduo’s work culture.
The day after that, a delivery driver for another technology company set himself on fire, demanding unpaid wages. “I want my
blood and sweat money,” he said in a video shared widely on Chinese social media in recent weeks.
The string of deaths and protests has reopened a national debate around the power of China’s biggest technology companies and
the expectations they impose on their employees, at a time when internet giants around the world are under fierce scrutiny.
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