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Under-performing employees forced to eat bugs and drink 'urine'

Under-performing employees forced to eat bugs and drink 'urine'

Under-performing staff at a Chinese company have been forced to drink ‘urine’ and eat cockroaches by management as punishment for not meeting sales targets – The Telegraph reports.

These shocking penalties were filmed at the company's premises in Zunyi City which showed employees standing in the middle of a room being whipped and being forced to drink yellow liquid from a cup.

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