An absurd company that pays 3,400 won every time I go to the bathroom to fix the lazy employee habit

A company in Guangdong, China, is controversial over a rule that requires a fine for going to the toilet twice.

Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported on the 6th (SCMP) that Anpu Electronics in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, is implementing a system in which employees pay 20 yuan (about 3,400 won) each from the second time they go to the toilet during working hours because of their work efficiency. did.

Even the company has to report to their supervisor whenever they go to the bathroom.

The company’s facts spread rapidly across China after seven employees were fined last month, revealing the company’s situation on social media.

In response, the Dongguan city public security launched an investigation into Anpu Electronics, and the municipal government also announced that these regulations were illegal and ordered the fines to be returned.

In this regard, the company explained, “It was not required to pay a fine every time, but it was deducted from the monthly bonus.”

“The company is also in trouble because of the lazy employees.”

Many netizens are criticizing the company’s behavior, but there are opinions that some can understand it.

One netizen pointed out that “if some employees go to the bathroom too often during working hours and waste a lot of time, it is negative for the company.”

However, many netizens said, “No matter how much, it is too much to impose a fine every time you go to the bathroom. There is also an opinion that “the employee in question can take separate personnel measures, but it is unreasonable for even a sincere employee to suffer damage.”

Another netizen posted on Weibo saying, “What kind of era is it now? The freedom to go to the bathroom has become a luxury”.

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