You would hope employers know the difference between a training session and a cult initiation ritual, but you may be surprised. A Panda Express took trust building exercises and loyalty tests too far during a four-day “self-improvement” session that started with beratement and ended with employees in their underwear.
Panda Peer-Pressure
Training sessions are a common practice used to play out team-building exercises, improve employees’ performance, or expand employees’ skills. What isn’t common (or so I hope) is asking employees to strip down to their underwear.