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0106 Taobao sells annual reports/done
China's E-commerce giant Taobao is once again showing its creativity in selling unlikely products—this time, it is workers' annual performance report.
As the traditional Chinese New Year approaches, most employees are being required by their bosses to review their work performance in the past year and write annual reports.
In response to people's demand for a neat report, Taobao is offering custom made reports written by ghostwriters at the price of 80 to 100 yuan per thousand words.
Normally, an annual report includes 3000 words.
(John Artman) "Dance with the Wolf" on 66ruian.com says:
Taobao's idea should be hailed. I'm not saying annual reports are not important, but it is indeed a waste of time spending hours on cluttering up a report with trivial details about what you have done in the past year.
(Qinduo) Deng Weiwei says on Ibenxi.com:
I don't think asking someone from Taobao to write the annual report is a smart decision. What if my other colleagues also do that? Then we will probably end up submitting reports with the same template to say the very least, and that would be humiliating!
(Liu Kun) "Sapling in Ruian"says on weibo.com:
Even the sharpest writer on Taobao couldn't write me a satisfying report, because I am the one who knows my work performance the best. What's more, writing the annual report by myself would be a good way to prove that I am a responsible employee.
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Notes:
1. The most successful seller on Taobao sold 1844 reports in December, 2014.
2. The buyer and the seller would first negotiate on the price. After reaching an agreement, the buyer would pay half of the price to the seller. When the report is done, the buyer will then pay the rest.
3. If the buyer is not happy with the quality of the report, he/she could ask the writer to revise the report for several times.
4. The buyer has to provide his/her name, position in the company, name of the company, and the work review of his/hers in the past year.
5. Usually, a report will be done in two days, but if it is urgently needed, it can be finished faster with a more expensive price.
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(Qinduo) Lawyer Wang Jiang says on news.enorth.com.cn:
If you want someone on Taobao to write you an annual report, you will have to provide your name, your work position and certain information about the business of your company. That risks giving away the company secrets, so it is not an act legally suggested.
(Liu Kun) Mr. Yang, a company manager says on news.sohu.com:
I understand that some employees might turn to ghostwriters under great work pressure, but they are missing the point here. The only reason I ask them to write an annual report is for them to look back at the year and find out where they did well and where they could improve themselves. By buying a report on Taobao, they would simply lose the opportunity to conduct a proper self-evaluation.
(John Artman) Sha Huizhang (莎会长) on weibo.com says:
The only thing that Taobao sold before which is on par with this ridiculous annual report is the ticket to Noah's Arc.
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