Generally speaking, "truth" often lies between two extremes. For example, the factions on the internet now, "Shenshen" and "Tutu", are both too extreme.
Life and work are the same. I'm not going to say how many hours you work in a day or how many hours you spend commuting. You have 7 days a week; you spend 5 of them working, which obviously has little to do with balance.
Working 996 to earn more money: score the "pain brought by going to work" and score the "happiness brought by earning more money," and measure it numerically — do you think it's worth it?