The hiring strategy of a company in China has gone viral after it explicitly banned candidates born in the Year of the Dog. Those behind the employment policy believed that applicants born under the canine Chinese zodiac sign would bring bad luck to the boss of the firm who is a dragon.
China has 12 zodiac signs, each assigned to a year in a repeating 12-year cycle.The belief is that two signs positioned opposite each other on the cycle are in conflict, such as the dragon and dog.
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The job posting by Sanxing Transportation, offering a monthly salary of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan (approximately US$420 - US$550), directly requested that candidates of the dog zodiac sign "not apply for the job." A company representative explained to Hubei Television that even less qualified candidates would be considered as long as they were not born in the Year of the Dog.
On August 2, a member of staff told Hubei Television that the reason the company banned those applicants was because their boss was a "dragon", and "dragons and dogs do not get along well". They said that less qualified applicants would be considered "as long as their zodiac sign is not the dog". Each zodiac sign corresponds to an "earthly branch", and is assigned to one of the "five phases", metal, wood, water, fire and earth. It is said that the dragon has a water element while the dog has a fire element. As a result, if a dragon works with a dog they will often disagree. The belief is also mixed with the feng shui theories, which suggest that if dog and dragon zodiac people are colleagues they could hang lucky charms in the workplace to bring harmony.n mainland social media, people denounced the company for being "too superstitious". "This is discrimination," one person wrote on Weibo. "I would not choose to work for a company like this," said another. A third said she had a similar experience: "My boss asked for my birthday and horoscope, and after learning that I'm a rooster zodiac person who was born early in the morning, they believed I would be a hard worker and hired me."
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