So you think you have it bad?

Does your company have a pee policy?

This is what happens when you pay closer attention to policies than people. I’m sure this wasn’t a pleasant predicament for either the suffering staff or the managers held hostage.

Companies really need to understand the purpose of policies and think through their impact before implementing them.

BEIJING (AP) — Hundreds of Chinese factory workers angry about strictly timed bathroom breaks and fines for starting work late held their Japanese and Chinese managers hostage for a day and a half before police broke up the strike.

About 1,000 workers at Shanghai’s Shinmei Electric Company held the 10 Japanese nationals and eight Chinese managers inside the factory in Shanghai.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/chinese-workers-strike_n_2525171.html?utm_hp_ref=business