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[Waldo]

Woman fired for contradicting boss

If your boss is one of those people who thinks they're always right, you might not want them to read this article, lest it give them ideas.

A Chinese woman is suing her former employer after falling victim to the company policy of firing staff who contradict their boss three times.
HWA-1 Enterprise Co Ltd, a light industrial manufacturer based in China's southeastern port city of Xiamen, sacked a woman named Ni for refusing to pay fines she incurred for talking back to superiors, according to the Xinhua news agency said.

The company's policy held that a 'first contradiction of superiors' would incur a fine of £2 (¥30), a second would incur £6.50 (¥100), and a third would warrant dismissal, the agency said.

Ni incurred a ¥30 fine after taking umbrage with her factory supervisor for reprimanding her for not filling in a form.

'The factory head told me that, according to company rules, no matter whether management is right or wrong, employees are not allowed to contradict them and must obey,' Xinhua quoted Ni as saying.

Our editor thinks this sounds like a really good company policy, but personally I think it sounds stup- (You're sacked, Ed.)


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[Mike]

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PS I cant watch the office, it makes me cringe. Its too much like being at work.