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Former female employee sues restaurant chain, alleges she was forced to strip down to underwear
Washington Post reported that in her lawsuit the woman employee has claimed that she was forced to strip down to her underwear .
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Updated: Mar 14, 2021, 10:09 AM IST
In a shocking incident, a former employee of US-based fast food restaurant chain Panda Express has alleged that she was asked by her employers to attend a “bizarre” self-improvement seminar that “quickly devolved into psychological abuse .
Washington Post reported that in her lawsuit the woman employee has claimed that she was forced to strip down to her underwear while attending Alive Seminars and Coaching Academy s self-improvement programs. The woman added that this happned in front of strangers as well as co-workers.
BY BRIAN HEWS • March 9, 2021
This week it was reported that an employee seminar company hired by the popular fast food company Panda Express – Pico Rivera-based Alive Seminar and Coaching Academy (Alive) – was named in a lawsuit alleging physical and psychological abuse at Panda seminars the company conducted.
The complaint alleged the Panda Express seminar was “strange and quickly devolved into psychological abuse.”
Participants, who paid for the seminar out of their own pocket, were prohibited from using their cellphones, the windows were covered with cloth and there was no clock in the room.
According to the complaint, as the seminar progressed, the event became more like a cult ritual with coaches asking participants to strip down to their underwear and hug each other.
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A former Panda Express employee has filed a lawsuit alleging she was forced by higher-ups to strip down to her underwear in front of both colleagues and complete strangers during what was supposed to be a “trust-building” exercise
Jennifer Spargifiore worked at the Santa Clarita Panda Express from August 2016 till July 2019 when she was enlisted to take part in a “trust-building” activity. It was hosted by Panda Express in partnership with self-improvement consulting company, Alive Seminars, and Coaching Academy.
(Credit: Panda Express)
According to the civil complaint, the 23-year-old was informed by her manager that the Alive seminars were often “a prerequisite to promotion,” and attendees were even required to provide their work ID numbers so seminar fees “could be debited directly from their Panda Express employee accounts.”