zaterdag 13 november 2010

What to do with suicidal employees?

Indeed, the relationship between employers and employees has had enormous changes and it can clearly lead to all sorts of strange things. The title of an article in the trends of the 7-13 of October attracted my attention immediately. It says "bury your employees".

In Korea, the number of suicides was so high that some well-know companies help their employees organize their own false funerals, living will included. Being buried for 10 minutes in a coffin- chosen by the employee in question of course- is clearly enough to make the employee see that life is valuable. Remarkable detail, the employee becomes more productive!I think that this is a kind of bizarre manner to help your employees. First the company demands too much of them, so they become depressive and then they "help" their suicidal employees with this "well-dying".
In the end, it seems that the situation is to the advantage of the employer!

Ann-Sophie Buyse

http://trends.rnews.be/nl/economie/weekblad/magazines/07-10-2010/