While police dispute the story, Chinese netizens express sympathy for “800 Brother” over how workers are treated.

A Chinese factory employee set fire to a textile plant in China’s southwestern Sichuan province in his frustration over unpaid wages of just 800 yuan (or US$111), according to videos posted on social media and eyewitness accounts shared with Radio Free Asia.

    • neons@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Most payments in China are monthy, not weekly/bi-weekly as with in the west.

      Where in “the west” do you live? My paychecks (Switzerland) are definitely monthly.

      • Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        I only ever heard of North Americans getting paid weekly/bi-weekly as standard.

        • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 months ago

          A bunch of Europeans in this comment section forgetting there are more “western” countries than just western Europe and the USA/north America.

          Fortnightly is the most common in Australia, with some people paid monthly also (depends on the company).

          And thankful for this. Monthly sounds terrible

          • Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            11·
            2 months ago

            Notice how I specifically talked about places I heard of, never claimed I knew of every country. And I don’t really care one way or another myself tbh, I guess monthly mostly serves to reduce paperwork. More frequent sounds like it might better as the employee.