What is often used as a joke among colleagues in the event of a high workload at work seems to have become a reality for a young man in China.
The 32-year-old lost his life from... overwork.
After receiving a promotion, Gao Guanhui worked 16-hour days without days off, coding, managing his team, and communicating with customers, all at the same time.
He only managed to sleep 4-6 hours a day. On Sunday, he complained to his wife about how he was feeling, then lost consciousness and died in hospital from a heart attack.
While doctors were trying to save him, his colleagues added him to a new work conversation and asked him to perform urgent tasks.
