Company Fines Employees Who Use the Toilet More Than Once Per Day

[Thaivisa Web Content Team 1,565]

A Chinese company has come under fire for fining “lazy” employees who take more than one toilet break per day.

 

Anpu Electric Science and Technology, a Chinese corporation based in Dongguan, Guangdong province, admitted to enforcing a bizarre once-a-day toilet break policy and fining employees who break it with 20 yuan ($3).

 

According to notices issued by the company and leaked on social media by disgruntled employees, at least seven staff members were penalized on December 20 and 21.

 

The rule has sparked outrage online, but company officials explained management’s decision to create the bizarre rule by saying that many employees were lazy and used toilet breaks to smoke and avoid their duties.

 

“We are helpless. The fact is that the workers are lazy at work,” a company manager, surnamed Cao, told Guangdong TV. “The management talked with those workers many times, but didn’t achieve a positive result yet.”

 

Cao added that the toilet break-limiting rule was deemed a better alternative to firing staff, because finding new workers would have been more difficult.

 

He also clarified that offenders had not been asked to pay the 20-yuan fines, instead the amount was deducted from their monthly bonuses.

 

Interestingly, accordingly to company policy, workers wanting to take more than one toilet break a day, have to register with their boss before visiting the restroom, which only enraged Chinese netizens even more.

 

However, there were some people who actually sympathized with the company.

 

“They are forced to do this,” one person commented on Chinese website 163.com.

 

“Some employees use the toilet for too long and use it frequently. It will no doubt hurt the company’s productivity.”

 

However, most people blasted Anpu Electric Science and Technology and its management, calling the rule exploitative and humiliating.

 

“What era is it? The freedom of going to the toilet has become a luxury,” one Weibo user lamented.

 

News of the toilet-break penalty caught the attention of the Dongguan Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.

 

Officials there have started an investigation into the matter, but they have already told Chinese publication The Paper that the rule was illegal.

 

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[Emdog 6,483]

EX of mine used to work for hotel booking site here in Thailand. Management didn't allow workers to drink water, etc while working as that would lead to bathroom breaks later...

[ChipButty 16,278]

The Chinese wont care about that, they just do it anywhere

Edited January 8 by ChipButty

[teacherclaire 2,092]

He also clarified that offenders had not been asked to pay the 20-yuan fines, instead the amount was deducted from their monthly bonuses.

 

Un-believable. 

[Susco 5,865]

Didn't know Amazon had warehouses in China

 

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17243026/amazon-warehouse-jobs-worker-conditions-bathroom-breaks

 

Amazon warehouse workers skip bathroom breaks to keep their jobs, says report

[CrunchWrapSupreme 1,216]

Indeed, Amazon USA workers keep <deleted> bottles, both under desks in the warehouses, and in their delivery trucks. Friend of mine is a driver. He's got strict quotas to meet, while most places no longer offer public bathrooms, and certainly not in customers' homes.

 

More infuriating are all the "gig workers" like for food and grocery delivery companies, who are not allowed to use business bathrooms. They're certainly working for the business, yet not considered an employee nor customer. Hah. Go <deleted> outside.

 

We're all getting a few steps closer to those Bangladeshi clothing factories with locked doors.

[Henryford 5,116]

I would just pee on the floor and let the company clean it up.

[Tarteso 3,104]

What about poo and POOPLE with Diarrea ?

[bluesofa 41,683]

I remember someone at work saying to me, "Why shouldn't I use the toilet a few times for a dump? Most of it is incurred in company time."

[ChipButty 16,278]

Good job my wife doesn't work there, never out of the toilet,

[Hugh Lao 44]

After reading many interviews with Amazon employees and having spoken to a couple of people I know that worked for Amazon and left, I have stopped buying from them. I suppose if I did that with every company with exploitative work practices i wouldn't be buying much, but it's a start.