{"id":53643,"date":"2017-05-03T22:43:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T15:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-slap-in-the-face-with-a-wet-squid-the-weird-world-of-workplace-punishments\/"},"modified":"2017-05-03T22:49:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T15:49:06","slug":"a-slap-in-the-face-with-a-wet-squid-the-weird-world-of-workplace-punishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-slap-in-the-face-with-a-wet-squid-the-weird-world-of-workplace-punishments\/","title":{"rendered":"A slap in the face with a wet squid: the weird world of workplace punishments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nFrom the cabin staff shut in overhead lockers to the staff forced to peck one another like chickens, humiliating rituals are all in a day\u2019s work for someIt is described, perversely, as\u00a0a team-building exercise; it is reported that, as a forfeit for missing their weekly sales targets, staff at Central Claims Group \u2013 a call centre \u2013 in Bury are made to lie down on the floor while a good-sized squid is placed, or dropped, on their faces. It could be worse \u2013 it\u2019s not a live squid, so it can\u2019t sucker itself on to your mouth and nose, and it\u2019s raw, so at least you know it hasn\u2019t been overcooked. As an employment policy, it sits somewhere between a ritual humiliation and a stupid waste of everyone\u2019s time.Managers at Central Claims Group are at pains to point out that such forfeits are chosen by\u00a0staff with the highest sales figures, and that everybody has consented to the punishment beforehand, but it is certainly a\u00a0questionable workplace practice. Sadly, this is not an isolated exercise. Weird workplace punishments have a long and chequered history.Human cockfight. As part of a class action suit launched last year against the Australian fundraising company Appco, it was alleged that underperforming employees \u2013 in this case, chuggers \u2013 were obliged to square off on their knees at morning meetings, with their arms tied behind their backs, and peck one another into submission. This was one of a number of alleged regular rituals that ranged from \u201csluggie races\u201d (squirming across the office carpet on one\u2019s back, like a slug), to having a cigarette shoved up your bum. But hey, it\u2019s for charity. Appco are contesting this. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/shortcuts\/2017\/may\/03\/a-slap-in-the-face-with-a-wet-squid-the-weird-world-of-workplace-punishments\" target=\"_blank\">A slap in the face with a wet squid: the weird world of workplace punishments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; From the cabin staff shut in overhead lockers to the staff forced to peck one&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-dXd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":154444,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hotteok-korean-sweet-pancakes-recipe-winter-warmers\/","url_meta":{"origin":53643,"position":0},"title":"Hotteok (Korean sweet pancakes) recipe &#8211; winter warmers","date":"December 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Although South Korea isn\u2019t nearly as famous for its street food as Thailand or Vietnam, vendors there still offer a great variety of inexpensive and delicious food. 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