BEIJING — The training session started with a harsh public shaming. A performance coach took to the stage and asked eight employees at a Chinese bank to explain to a room of their peers why they had fallen short.
“I didn’t cooperate well,” a woman said.
“I wasn’t courageous enough,” another confessed.
Then the session took a bizarre turn. The coach brandished a wooden stick and shouted, “Get your behinds ready!” He proceeded to slap the employees on their rears, going down the line four times. A woman recoiled in pain, and several workers gasped.
The bank had hired Mr. Jiang, who works for a Shanghai consulting company that sometimes charges more than $18,000 a day, to help improve the productivity of its workers, according to Chinese news reports. The theme of the training session, which was held on Saturday for more than 200 employees, was “performance breakthroughs.”
In a video apology, Mr. Jiang said the bank’s leaders should not be blamed. “I punished the lowest-performing trainees according to the rules of the competition and hurt them,” he said. “I hereby offer my deepest apologies.”
Mr. Jiang was also reported to have used other methods to shame the employees, including cutting their hair. Bank officials said employees who participated in the sessions might receive compensation.
“I didn’t cooperate well,” a woman said.
“I wasn’t courageous enough,” another confessed.
Then the session took a bizarre turn. The coach brandished a wooden stick and shouted, “Get your behinds ready!” He proceeded to slap the employees on their rears, going down the line four times. A woman recoiled in pain, and several workers gasped.
The bank had hired Mr. Jiang, who works for a Shanghai consulting company that sometimes charges more than $18,000 a day, to help improve the productivity of its workers, according to Chinese news reports. The theme of the training session, which was held on Saturday for more than 200 employees, was “performance breakthroughs.”
In a video apology, Mr. Jiang said the bank’s leaders should not be blamed. “I punished the lowest-performing trainees according to the rules of the competition and hurt them,” he said. “I hereby offer my deepest apologies.”
Mr. Jiang was also reported to have used other methods to shame the employees, including cutting their hair. Bank officials said employees who participated in the sessions might receive compensation.
This is absolutely nuts! As a matter of fact, I think it is so odd that it would actually work if given a chance! I was spanked as a child from time to time and it served it's purpose for me. Shit, I am sure I deserved it, I could be a little shit head like most kids are. I know many of my friends were spanked as children as well. Hey, this guy just tried reverting back to the old days when people were much tougher and learned the hard way. I mean it surely would look weird in the public setting but it's not like the guy used his bare hand, he handled it with complete class and used a wooden stick. He even warned them to, "Get your behinds ready" I know, "capital punishment" isn't a laughing matter but come on now, you cannot tell me you wouldn't have laughed if you heard that statement as he started paddling these behinds. I sure as hell would have! He may have spanked a little too hard in this instance, but his tactics must work if this company gets 18 grand a day to come out and show people how to be better at their jobs. The bank is in a great position after this fiasco, If they see "Sally" and "Tommy" not being "courageous enough" and not "cooperating well" all you need to do is bring out that wooden stick and they will get the message REAL quick! I bet the person who was not courageous enough is on the first thing smoking to Mount Everest to climb that motherfucker, just to prove to themselves they ARE courageous enough! I am sure the other women who was not cooperating has since volunteered to do the next work project and arrive early and leave late to get that shit done. You always here China is so far advanced compared to the US, in this example a simple wooden stick got the job done. Makes us look like a bunch of soft chumps. We are better than that! USA USA!!
PS- I would have been so much more pissed off if this dude tried cutting my hair, that would be grounds to start a good old fashioned donnybrook. A simple spanking is like an aggressive pat on the butt, "Hey come on now, you got this Mark! Print those account statements out a little quicker next time, this spanking is just a learning experience."