Sunday, April 30, 2006

Shanghai workers hire anger surrogates

Can't stand your boss, but can't afford to quit? Hire a stand-in to yell at instead.

A pair of Chinese entrepreneurs are offering themselves as targets for verbal and - within limits - physical abuse, letting frustrated office workers vent without killing their careers. Zhang Li and Chen Jun, the founders of Wantong Ltd., said their own workplace frustrations inspired them to quit their nine-to-fives and form the company in March.

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