Now That Covid Is Over,

things are starting to get back to normal,

and for one company in Shenzen, China whose management wanted to ease the tension of its employees, held its first annual meeting in three years because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ms Chen, an administrative employee of the unnamed company, decided hold a fun raffle at the meeting, in which employees could win both prizes and fun penalties, for example, someone could be made to consume a ‘special homemade drink’ or ‘act as a waiter for their colleagues’ at the event, while prizes included one or two extra rest days, or a few more days of paid leave, but no one expected the big one!

 the big prize was won by a young manager who can be seen carrying it in the viral video, and what was ‘it’? 365 days of paid leave! What a great prize to be sure, as you can imagine comments, good and bad were soon flying, “Once you’re back from your vacation, the job won’t be yours anymore,” one person commented on Chinese video-sharing platform Douyin (TikTok), while someone warned that this way the boss will “find out that the company is the same with or without you”. Others said that the winner would also miss out on potential bonuses and should kiss his chances of promotion goodbye by accepting the prize, or worse still would come back to no job at all, “After a year, if I come back and feel that I can’t continue, I’ll change jobs,” someone wrote on Weibo, well who knows, but what a treat for the annual knees up!