‘You won’t find work’: China human resources executive admits to illegally sacking worker, dares him to start labour dispute
- Video of interaction which shows raging executive attracts more than a billion views
- Ex-employee demands apology, threatens to take legal action
A video showing a human resources executive firing an employee while brazenly admitting she is breaking the law, and threatening to scupper the man’s future job prospects, has attracted more than a billion views online.
The footage captures a dispute between the HR executive and an employee at a chip design company in Beijing, in which the employee alleges his contract was unlawfully terminated and demands an explanation.
“I am illegally terminating you now. What can you do about it?” The HR person, surnamed Jing, asks arrogantly admitting to knowingly breaking the law.
“You cannot just break the law. This should be done legally. I will wait for the labour arbitrator’s decision,” the employee, surnamed Sun, counters.
The executive then says: “You can wait. We’ll take our time with the lawsuit which can take more than two years. I have plenty of connections.
“You won’t find a job for two and a half years. I will have food on my plate next month, but you will not. Think about it.”