Beijing, Apr 17 The case of a lucky man who won a year of paid vacation in a sweepstakes for his company has gone viral on Chinese social media as the man has to decide whether to do a long break or accepting an extra year’s salary but continuing to go to work.
More than 200 million internet users in the Asian country followed on Weibo – the equivalent of Twitter, censored in China – the story of Lu, who a week ago won the top raffle prize at the annual dinner of his business in Guangzhou province, reports the South China Morning Post today.
Even Lu’s boss was surprised by the employee’s luck, considering that no one would spend the year of paid vacation because the chances of getting it were one in a thousand, another company employee told Daxiang News.
In a video posted by another of his colleagues, Lu is seen carrying a giant check that reads “365 days of paid vacation”, although the happy executive wonders who would be doing his job in his absence.
Shortly after, the winner himself explained in a video broadcast on the Douyin network that the company offered him the choice between a year of paid leave or to receive an additional year of salary but without taking away the twelve months of leave.
The dilemma has captured the interest of hundreds of thousands of people in this Asian country, where the work culture is deeply rooted.
Perhaps that’s why most of the comments are in favor of Lu accepting the money but not taking a vacation, as they fear he will end up losing his job and the company will hire someone. another in his place.
The protagonist of the story, for the time being, continues to ponder the question.
Lu said that in recent years he has found his work “tiring”, that the holidays would give him the opportunity to spend quality time with his family and that he did not fear retaliation from his company, which he doubted. that she would use her good fortune. .) as cause for dismissal. ECE
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