Staff slapped, made to crawl on all fours at Chinese firm appraisal session
Video widely shared online of the property company’s monthly appraisal meeting has been widely condemned by internet users in China
A video of workers made to crawl around on all fours like dogs and getting slapped during a company appraisal meeting over their poor performance has been widely shared online in China.
Internet users expressed disbelief at the treatment of the staff and strongly criticised the property company that employed them.
The clips show employees at the company in Yichang in central Hubei province at their April appraisal session, the news website Thepaper.cn reported on Friday.
A uniformed female employee is seen repeatedly slapping six male workers standing to attention in a line before the room breaks out in applause.
In another clip, dozens of colleagues crawl around in a circle, appearing to imitate dogs, while chanting. A man, who appears to be in charge, stands in the middle absent-mindedly checking his watch.
The head of the unnamed company, whose full name was also not given, told the website that employees had chosen their punishments.
“The fact is that six male employees did not fulfil their duties as required by the company, not calling customers and so on, because the firm is too relaxed and their performance is poor,” he was quoted as saying.