Chinanews client Beijing, August 24th, title: Chinanews review: new employees who refused to drink were slapped, workplace bullying should be cured, and malformed wine table culture should be abandoned!
Author Li Jinlei
The new employee was slapped when he refused to drink the leader's toast.
Recently, a new employee of the Zhongguancun branch of the Beijing branch of Xiamen International Bank broke the news that he was insulted, accused and slapped by a leader for not drinking wine toasts at the Pangu Seven-Star Hotel in Beijing. When he left, he was chased by some colleagues. Scolded to the elevator.
The employee broke the news screenshot.
The employee said: "Shock and disappointment, including but not limited to scenes where the floor is covered with blood, scenes where a new colleague drinks and spits on the table, and scenes where a glass of wine is dropped on the table (it is said that after I left, the police came to the hotel scene ), The act of drunk over the female colleagues. For me, a newcomer to the workplace, it overturned all my imaginations about the financial industry."
On August 24, Xiamen International Bank Beijing Branch issued a document confirming this matter and apologized. The bank stated that employee Yang reported that a leader of the Zhongguancun sub-branch’s business department and individual employees of the sub-branch’s private non-public banquets did indeed improper speech and behavior towards Yang due to drunkenness. I apologize for the influence and injury caused to him.
The bank stated that it gave the leader Dong a serious warning and deducted two quarters of performance wages; the branch manager Luo was given a warning and deducted one quarter of performance wages.
Screenshot of the description of Xiamen International Bank Beijing Branch.
The bank promptly released the results of the investigation and punished the relevant persons responsible, giving the parties an explanation and giving the society an explanation. As a newcomer in the workplace who has been subverted, this employee should be able to get some comfort.
On social media, many netizens said that forcible drinking is also workplace bullying, and they praised this young man who said "no"!
This newcomer in the workplace is indeed worthy of praise. He does not yield to the unspoken rules of the workplace, and responds politely and respectfully to workplace bullying and defends his rights. It is very rare and a manifestation of the independent spirit of young people.
Forcing to drink and slap in the face is naked workplace bullying. It lacks respect and awareness of equality. Whether or not to drink alcohol should respect personal wishes and should not be forced. When employees reported in advance that they could not drink, and they continued to apologize, the relevant leaders were forced to fail or even abused and slapped, which severely harmed the employees' body and mind and exposed the narrowness and ugliness of these people.
In addition, if Yang’s claim that someone “did off to a female colleague” is true, this is actually suspected of sexual harassment. This is not only a moral issue, but also a legal issue. The "Civil Code" that was just passed this year clearly stipulates that if, against the wishes of others, sexual harassment is carried out against others by means of words, text, images, physical behavior, etc., the victim has the right to request the perpetrator to bear civil liability in accordance with the law.
Through this incident, many people called for workplace bullying to be ruled out! The abnormal wine table culture should be abandoned!
As commented by netizens, this is really stinking. What some leaders persuade is not alcohol, but a obedience test that is difficult for others, and a spiritual satisfaction of power. After being rejected, I felt innocent, incompetent, humiliated others, and asked the other party to toast without eating or fined wine. The naked-mindedness, the colleagues are actually the same. There are too many people, but normal people are alternative. This kind of bad money drives out good money. The wine bureau and workplace culture are really suffocating.
Alcohol data map.
China is a society of human relations, stressing "no wine without wine". Drinking is indeed a catalyst for enlivening the atmosphere, bringing closer the distance, and promoting emotions. However, for a long time, the wine table culture has become morbid and distorted. The persuasion of wine prevails and the alienation of wine is a manifestation of power. The medium becomes a kind of compliance test, a kind of sincerity test.
Especially at work dinners and drinks, many people are regarded as not giving face to their leaders if they don't drink, they don't understand the rules, and they don't understand the world. Because they are afraid of encountering workplace isolation and bullying, which will affect their future, employees have no choice but to die. Taking turns toasting and drinking desperately, under the influence of the bad wine table culture, the news of the lives of people is also frequently reported in the newspapers.
A survey of 2005 respondents conducted by the China Youth Daily Social Research Center in 2018 showed that 92.3% of the respondents had the experience of being persuaded to drink, and 74.0% of the respondents accepted it when they were shunned. 70.7% of the interviewees believe that drinking should be based on the principle of voluntariness, not to be greedy or persuade.
With regard to workplace bullying and malformed wine table culture, employees should learn to reject and resist, and companies should also conduct self-examination and self-correction. If left alone, they may also endanger the long-term development of the company.
However, employees are in a disadvantaged position relative to the unit. Therefore, to resist workplace bullying and malformed drinking table culture, we should also rely on institutional arrangements and even legal constraints.
With these hard moves, more employees may be able to confidently say, "Don't bully me!" (End)