A 32-year-old Chinese programmer who died suddenly after working intensively for years received a new work task message eight hours after his death.

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    17 days ago

    Is this unusual? I feel like in our modern hellscape of capitalism, this probably happens frequently.

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    17 days ago

    “This is his mother. He died from being overworked.”

    “I don’t think you’re considering how this affects the team. I’ll see you in an hour.”

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    17 days ago

    If the management was notified about his death, then this makes it even more hilarious.

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    17 days ago

    The Guangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital pronounced Gao dead that afternoon. The cause of his death was a sudden heart attack, which could have been the result of overwork.