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Managing the Chinese workers (Part 3)
3. Employee treatment
Often foreign companies in China are not getting the same direct results from similar corporate policies and procedures. There are many reasons for this happening and I would like to share my insights on some of these reasons.
There is a common practice in many state and private owned companies to discipline errant workers. And that is to fine them for misbehavior, flouting company rules, insubordination, poor workmanship at work, etc. The fine could be ￥10 for being late at work for less than 30 minutes or for not following the assembly instruction correctly. I have come across a company where the managers and engineers were fined a month salary because of defects found at customer factory.
