“加班狗”是怎样炼成的？

Long working hours are a way of life in China, no matter what the industry. According to one estimate by a researcher at Beijing Normal University, Chinese workers log an average of 2,000-2,200 working hours each year – far higher than their counterparts in the United States (1,790 hours per year), the Netherlands (1,419), Germany (1,371) and even Japan (1,719), according to OECD statistics.

长时间的工作在中国已经成为一种生活方式，所有行业都难以幸免。根据北京师范大学的一位研究人员的估测数据，中国的员工每年工作时间平均在2000到2200小时，比美国员工(年均1790小时)，荷兰员工(年均1419小时)，德国员工(1371小时)甚至是日本员工(1719小时)都要长，以上数据来源于经合组织。

In one video that went viral this summer, an amateur Shanghai choir devoted a tongue-in-cheek song to their status as “overtime dogs” – a slang term for white-collar workers – entitled “My Body Is Hollowed Out.”

在今年夏天中国流行的一段视频中，上海一支业余合唱团演唱了一首献给“加班狗”的搞笑歌曲《感觉身体被掏空》，“加班狗”是对白领的谑称。

The workplace culture in China’s start-up scene is even more demanding than in Silicon Valley, says Gary Rieschel, the US co-founder of Qiming Venture Partners, which has backed smartphone maker Xiaomi.

启明创投的美国联合创始人盖里-瑞斯彻表示，中国初创企业的工作文化甚至比美国硅谷公司还要苛求。启明创投曾投资智能手机生产商小米公司。