Meet Businessman Who Threatened Unmarried Employees To Marry Soon Or Get Fired, Here's What Happened

In recent years, we have seen many companies facing the heat on social media for their toxic work culture. While it is a major global problem, companies worldwide are not so keen to invest their time in improving their policies to provide good work-life balance to their employees. We have witnessed several cases of companies exploiting their employees to an unbearable extent. From YesMadam being accused of firing around 100 employees to EY India facing backlash for their employee's death allegedly due to the toxic work environment, there are hundreds of similar examples out there. 

Who is the Chinese businessman, Yue Qingqu? Here's why the chairman of Shuntian Chemical Group based on the internet

According to a report, India is ranked third on the list of countries with the most toxic work culture after China and South Korea. Amidst so many cases of extremely toxic office culture in India, there's a case from China that is proving why it leads the list of most toxic countries in terms of work-life balance. According to an Economic Times report, a China-based company named Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group has tasted global fame overnight.

Unfortunately, the company is trending all over social media due to an extremely negative allegation. Well, it is not what the company aimed for when they released a new employee policy. Shuntian Chemical Group's chairman, Yue Qingqu, is receiving a lot of backlash on the internet regarding its company's policies. Things have gone completely upside down for the businessman, and even the Chinese government have intervened in the situation.

For the unversed, Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group, a firm based in China's Shandong province, issued a directive warning for its employees regarding personal lives. The Shandong Shuntian group has warned over 1,200 employees who remain unmarried or divorced beyond September 2025 could be on the list of potential terminations. As per the company's notice, employees aged 28 to 58 who are still unmarried or divorced will be on top of the company's firing list. Not only this, employees who failed to find a partner and get married by March have been directed to submit a self-criticism letter by March 2025. 

Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group responded to its employee policies in a strong statement citing traditional Chinese values

As soon as the policies made their way on the internet, people couldn't believe it was real and started bashing Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group and its owner, Yue Qingqu. A few lines from the policy letter can be read as "If you cannot get married and establish a family by the third quarter, the company will terminate your labour contract." Amidst all the backlash and buzz around their employee policies, Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group have released a statement in response to it and revealed the primary reason behind such policies.

According to a report in the South China Morning Post, Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group explained in their official statement that they respect the Chinese government's call to improve the country's marriage rate. The company also added that people should listen to their parents and work on finding a partner and getting married. The company policy has been framed as a moral and ethical obligation rather than a workplace rule. As of now, reports are rife that the company was forced to make some changes in its policies. An excerpt from Shandong Shuntian's official statement could be read as:

"Not responding to the government's call to improve the marriage rate is disloyal. Not listening to your parents is not filial. Letting yourself be single is not benevolent. Failing your colleagues' expectations is unjust."

What are your thoughts on Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group's employee policies? Let us know.

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Cover and images courtesy: Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group

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