 Chengdu-based start-up in pay-to-pair-up scheme.
A Chinese cloud computing company has taken a novel approach to improving staff morale, ignoring all workplace common sense by encouraging its employees to hook up with each other, and with those of rival firms, in return for a financial reward.
Chengdu Cloud Computing, based in the booming tech hub of Chengdu, in western China¡¯s Sichuan province, has decided to institute a ¡°love bonus¡± to improve the mood of its employees.
The start-up, based in the city¡¯s Tianfu Software Park, currently has around 30 employees, most of whom are 20-something singletons, according to People¡¯s Daily. They will now each receive a cash injection of 1,112 yuan (£112) if they manage to say goodbye to the single life with a co-worker.
The unusual bonus scheme was dreamed up to coincide with Singles Day, a Chinese version of Valentine¡¯s Day but held on 11 November (11/11) exclusively for lonely people, WorldCrunch reported. The 1,112 yuan refers to the four ¡®1¡¯s that comprise the date for Singles Day + 1.
Aside from creating a more ¡°harmonious¡± team by getting staff to couple off with each other, the firm¡¯s owners have also hit upon another topical idea ¨C get their staff to go out with employees from rival companies in the same Software Park.
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