TOUGH TIMES: Chinese real estate staff dance to entertain their clients and get new business
What lengths would you go to in order to save your job?
When your company is about to foreclose due to bankruptcy, we are certain that you will do anything and everything to make sure you don't go down without a fight. Because at the end of the day, only you know everything it took to get to the top...
But as much as the pandemic has taught us a plethora of lessons, and it's still schooling us, one of the main lessons we have learned is that nothing is set in stone and things can change instantly.
A video that was recently shared on Chinese social media platform, Weibo, which can be described as the equivalent to Twitter, shows female staff members from the leading property developer company Evergrande dancing for their clients in a showroom.
If you are like us, then firstly you are thinking why would dancing be appropriate for property clientele and in the showroom of their offices, and then, secondly, you could be thinking, this insinuates the objectification of women dancing for clients...
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"The 30-second video posted to Weibo on October 4 shows three women clad in tight-fitting company uniforms and stiletto heels, standing in front of a display of the company's apartment buildings and property offerings. During the video, the women performed a choreographed dance to the beat." (Business Insider)
It has been said that as much as it is uncommon for staff members to dance to promote products, it isn't unheard of.
"It is not unheard of for Chinese sales staff to pull out all the stops to sell products. In other videos on Weibo, real estate agents in the Chinese provinces of Hangzhou and Luoyang are seen gyrating and swaying to disco music outside showrooms and recording videos of themselves dancing in a bid to attract buyers' attention. Staff at a Chinese car showroom were also seen in a separate video, dancing in front of vehicles in a short 10-second clip." (Business Insider)
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It seems that the company Evergrande is in debt, to be more specific, they are facing at least $300 billion in liabilities, which is said to be more than any other company in the world.
Reports have revealed that many staff members have not been paid and that many employees have been seen gathering outside their offices demanding their pay. As with many staff members, they have had to bear the brunt when it comes to receiving the anger from investors.
Whatever the fate of the company, we hope that the staff members aren't forgotten and that they get paid their dues. Sometimes the best thing to do as a corporation is to think about your community instead of losing sight of what your core values are.
WATCH the below news segment detailing the trouble that the property development company is facing...
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