What is this?
A crowd-sourced blacklist of Chinese employers, startups, and tech cofounders accused of withholding wages, abusive labor practices, or betraying programmers, documented through links to Zhihu, Weibo, and news coverage.
A crowd-sourced blacklist of Chinese employers, startups, and tech cofounders accused of withholding wages, abusive labor practices, or betraying programmers, documented through links to Zhihu, Weibo, and news coverage.Is this an official industry database or just one person's collection of links?It is just one maintainer's personal collection of external links (Zhihu answers, Weibo posts, news articles), not a verified or official database — he explicitly says he is just an onlooker archiving stories for others to judge.
It is just one maintainer's personal collection of external links (Zhihu answers, Weibo posts, news articles), not a verified or official database — he explicitly says he is just an onlooker archiving stories for others to judge.How is the blacklist organized?Entries are grouped into sections: regular-employee incidents (programmer-blacklist), tech-cofounder disputes, unverified/uncertain cases, tips for vetting a company before joining, and advice for anyone considering becoming a technical cofounder.
Entries are grouped into sections: regular-employee incidents (programmer-blacklist), tech-cofounder disputes, unverified/uncertain cases, tips for vetting a company before joining, and advice for anyone considering becoming a technical cofounder.How do I add a company to the list?You submit it through GitHub issues or reach out via the maintainer's Weibo account, since the repo is community-maintained this way.
You submit it through GitHub issues or reach out via the maintainer's Weibo account, since the repo is community-maintained this way.Does being listed mean a company actually broke the law?Not necessarily. The author warns that every programmer and every company has some dirt, and blowing it out of proportion would make the blacklist meaningless — several listed companies, like Huawei, never withheld wages and simply laid people off per contract.
Not necessarily. The author warns that every programmer and every company has some dirt, and blowing it out of proportion would make the blacklist meaningless — several listed companies, like Huawei, never withheld wages and simply laid people off per contract.What companies show up on this blacklist?Examples include Youzan (publicly announcing 996 at its annual meeting), Huawei (layoffs of employees over 34), Shiji Jiayuan (a white-hat hacker dispute), and several startups accused of withholding salaries or mistreating technical cofounders.
Examples include Youzan (publicly announcing 996 at its annual meeting), Huawei (layoffs of employees over 34), Shiji Jiayuan (a white-hat hacker dispute), and several startups accused of withholding salaries or mistreating technical cofounders.Why did the author start this list?A dispute between Shiji Jiayuan and a white-hat hacker made the author realize some companies and tech cofounders have genuinely troubling histories worth recording so job seekers can avoid the same traps.
A dispute between Shiji Jiayuan and a white-hat hacker made the author realize some companies and tech cofounders have genuinely troubling histories worth recording so job seekers can avoid the same traps.Is this list still actively updated?It is updated ad hoc through community-submitted GitHub issues and Weibo tips rather than on a fixed schedule — the repo description itself notes a recent update about Youzan ('更新有赞').
It is updated ad hoc through community-submitted GitHub issues and Weibo tips rather than on a fixed schedule — the repo description itself notes a recent update about Youzan ('更新有赞').Should I avoid every company mentioned here?No — the author says he would still consider working at big names like Baidu or Alibaba overall, just avoiding the specific teams or incidents flagged in the list (e.g. Baidu's self-driving unit).
No — the author says he would still consider working at big names like Baidu or Alibaba overall, just avoiding the specific teams or incidents flagged in the list (e.g. Baidu's self-driving unit).What are similar projects?run, reverse-interview-zh, HowToLiveBetter, awesome-lowcode, LeetcodeTop, expert_readed_books, weekly, TelegramGroup
run, reverse-interview-zh, HowToLiveBetter, awesome-lowcode, LeetcodeTop, expert_readed_books, weekly, TelegramGroupWhich topics is it in?job-hunting, news, community, chinese-language, career, shell, reference, guide, china, awesome-list, list, curated-list
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