Company branded 'disgusting' after offering female workers bonuses for wearing short skirts
An aluminium manufacturer has been branded as ‘disgusting and sexist’ after offering to pay female employees more money if they wore a dress or skirt to work.
Russian aluminium manufacturer Tatprof, launched the bizarre bonus scheme where women can earn £1 on top of their regular wage if they wear dresses or skirts to work. However, there are a few rules the women have to abide by in order to claim the cash - the skirt or dress must be "no longer than five centimetres from the knee" and they have to send photographic proof of themselves wearing it to the company.
Obviously people were pretty shocked by the company’s backwards and sexist incentive, with comments reading:
Wow... So Tatprof is running a femininity contest for its employees in Russia, basically it seems so the bosses can gawk over the pictures. Disgusting abuse of power and exploiting women.
A 100-rouble bonus for women who will come in short skirts to... brighten up the day of a male-dominated team. Indeed why do we need feminism when we can just please men for money?
I didn’t think it could get anymore shocking but then the company responded:
We wanted to brighten up our work days.
Our team is 70 percent male. These kinds of campaigns help us switch off, rest. This is a great way to unite the team.Many women automatically wear trousers to work, which is why we hope that our campaign will raise our ladies' awareness, allowing them to feel their femininity and charm when they make the choice of wearing a skirt or dress.
Wow! Bang out of order! Although what can we really expect from those pesky Russians!
