It is understandable for some companies to feel worried that their employees would steal from their premises, but to what extent would they go to in order to prevent that from happening?
One Russian company, Wildberries, which is considered a knock off of Amazon, is now under fire for forcing their employees to participate in strip searches before and after work.took to his Twitter account to showcase shocking footage from a journalist who went undercover in the company to obtain evidence of the humiliating strip searches.
He wrote, “Russia. Wildberries warehouse workers, a Russian copy of Amazon, undergo strip searches before starting and ending their shifts to mitigate theft.” In the video, female staff members could be seen stripping down to their undergarments while a female inspector searches them.Employees are searched in before their shift as they are not allowed to bring in their mobile phones and watches, while the searches conducting after their shifts is to prevent employees from snatching the merchandise.“He worked there for only 3 days, but he had enough impressions to last a lifetime.
Though, since the controversy of the strip searches were made public, it is said that her empire has taken quite a hit.