Understanding the Working Time of Developers in IT Companies in China and the United States

Jiayun Zhang, Yang Chen, Qingyuan Gong, Xin Wang, Aaron Yi Ding, Yu Xiao, Pan Hui

Abstract: We identified three temporal patterns shown in commit activities among Chinese and American companies and found that Chinese businesses are more likely to follow long work hours than American ones. We also conducted a survey on the trends of, reasons for, and results of overtime work. Our study could provide references for developers to choose workplaces and for companies to make regulations.