The tricks of some companies to save on severance pay have reached a new level with a Chinese businessman’s idea to get rid of older, higher-paid workers and look for new, cheaper employees.
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As reported by local Chinese media, an advertising company based in the city of Xi’an, in China’s Shanxi province, moved its offices to a remote location in the mountains and then forced its employees to commute there on a daily basis.
One of the victims recounted the case to the press: the company notified them that they would have to travel to a new location in the Qinling Mountains, requiring a two-hour drive each way, with little way to get there other than by private car.
“My colleagues without a vehicle had to rely on a bus that ran every three hours and then walk another three kilometres through mountainous trails to get to the office,” Chang said, adding that a taxi ride from the nearest railway cost around 60 yuan (about 8 euros) and the company refused to cover the costs.
Tal y como publican medios locales chinos, una empresa de publicidad con sede en la ciudad de Xi'an, provincia china de Shanxi, trasladó sus oficinas a un lugar remoto en las montañas para después obligar a sus empleados a ir hasta allí a diario. pic.twitter.com/3pms2z96wh
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The new “offices”, in which the employees were told they would spend about a year, were not only far away, but also had no toilets, so employees who wanted to use a toilet had to go to the nearest town. In addition, the area is plagued by dangerous animals, such as wild dogs, which made it unsafe, according to the former worker.
Thus, 14 of the agency’s 20 employees eventually quit their jobs, only to discover shortly afterwards that the company had moved its headquarters back to the city and had posted a job advertisement to recruit new workers.
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As the news went viral, the advertising agency threatened to sue the former employees for defaming the company’s reputation. “The rent in the Central Business District was high and the new office was being renovated. We were operating a family home, so we moved there temporarily for a week,” a company representative told South China Morning Post.
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