Chinese IT Companies Hiring “Programming Cheerleaders” to Motivate Staff – IOTW Report

Chinese IT Companies Hiring “Programming Cheerleaders” to Motivate Staff

OddityCentral- In a controversial move, tech companies in China are now hiring young and pretty ‘programming cheerleaders’ to help motivate their male staff. The idea, apparently, is to create a ‘fun work environment’ for programmers around the country.

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According to social media website ‘Trending in China’, the job involves buying programmers breakfast, indulging in small talk, and playing ping-pong with them. ‘Talented’ young women are specially trained for the job by a senior employee.  more

15 Comments on Chinese IT Companies Hiring “Programming Cheerleaders” to Motivate Staff

  1. Japanese are funny. Straight guys are going to be thinking about the pretty woman instead of the programming code.
    I think the best code is written at about 2:00 in the morning in dead silence.

    Now if they used the woman as a reward after a program was successfully finished …

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