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Usually, the story is "Hardworking and smart but uncreative Chinese copy original Western technology and methods to catch up.".

This has now changed. The Chinese have now even figured out how to make Human Resources useful.

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Cheerleaders for the office? Chinese tech companies hiring 'pretty' women to motivate male employees by chatting, playing ping pong and buying them breakfast

Chinese companies appear to be hiring women to motivate male workers

Photos show women chatting with programmers and playing ping-pong

They have been dubbed 'programming cheerleaders' by the companies

Their role is to create a 'fun work environment' for the men

HR managers say they help the males who are 'terrible at socialising'

They also say the girls have greatly improved their job efficiency and drive



Chinese tech companies have sparked controversy on social media after choosing to motivate their male employees by hiring 'programming cheerleaders'.'

The 'pretty, talented' girls are hired to 'create a fun work environment' for employees of internet companies across the country, according to social media website Trending in China.

'Their job includes buying programmers breakfast, chitchatting and playing ping-pong with them,' the post said.

An HR manager of one of the companies that apparently hired three of the 'cheerleaders' told the site that their programmers were 'mostly male and terrible at socialising.'

'The presence of these girls have greatly improved their job efficiency and motivation,' the HR manager said.

The response on social media to the pictures has been less positive.

'Or you know, hire some women who code. Oh wait, that would be too intimidating for there man-children, right?' One Facebook user wrote.

New Chinese HR methodology