Chinese companies are notorious for coming up with unusually cruel punishments for under-performing employees.
A company in Shandong province, China, has come under fire for forcing six of its employees to crawl through the streets on their hands and feet as punishment for not meeting sales targets.
The humiliating procession reportedly took place in the city of Zaozhuang on January 14 and was recorded by shocked passers-by.
Six people can be seen crawling on all fours through traffic behind a man carrying a red flag emblazoned with their company’s name.
Fortunately for the exhausted employees, police eventually arrived on the scene, probably alerted by shocked onlookers, and put an end to their cruel punishment.
Chinese media reported that the company responsible for the shocking procession had its operations temporarily suspended and is currently under investigation.
Last year, we wrote about a company in Zunyi, China, that forced employees to eat cockroaches for not reaching sales targets, and two years earlier we reported on another company that forced staff to eat chilly for the same reason.