The brutal human cost of Pinduoduo's breakneck expansion

in hive-116221 •  4 years ago 

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The recent deaths of two young employees of e-commerce upstart Pinduoduo Inc have raised concerns that the company may be exploiting its employees at the expense of their health, deepening criticism of the Chinese tech sector's punishing work culture.

In January, an engineer surnamed Tan who worked in Shanghai for Pinduoduo's recently established payment service Duoduo Wallet, jumped to death in his hometown of Changsha, the capital of Central China's Hunan province.

The Nasdaq-listed company launched Duoduo Wallet in December as it ramped up its effort to seize a piece of the third-party mobile payment business.


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