Update | Taiwanese berate 'stingy' bosses after American resigns with Kanye West dance video
Viral "interpretive dance" video has brought Taiwan's work culture under global spotlight
“Welcome to Taiwan,” was how Taiwanese bloggers, with a note of sympathy, hailed a 25-year-old American woman who quit a job at her former Taiwanese employer - Next Media Animation- in a viral “interpretive dance” video that has brought Taiwan’s work culture under the global spotlight.
In a video clip entitled An Interpretive Dance For My Boss Set To Kanye West's Gone, which has gathered more than three million views since its release over the weekend, Marina Shifrin, 25, dances around her office at 4.30am on Saturday morning and describes why she decides to quit.
"For almost two years I've sacrificed my relationships, time and energy for this job," she explains in the video. "And my boss only cares about quantity and how many views each video gets. So I figured I'd make one video of my own."
Video: Next Media Animation employee resigns with Kanye West dance video
As well as the reasons she listed in the clip for quitting her job, Shifrin told The Huffington Post that she would get no lunch break and that her boss would constantly change her schedule and responsibilities.
“Now the whole world knows how stingy Taiwanese employers are - shame on them,” Taiwanese bloggers wrote after the story was picked up by local media.
