The Panda Express Company says it is actively looking into the complaints of a bizarre employee training exercise that some employees were required to attend and pay for:
“We do not condone the kind of behavior described in the lawsuit, and it is deeply concerning to us. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all associates and stand behind our core values to treat each person with respect,” the statement said.
The lawsuit describes the team-building exercise this way, reports The Washington Post:
"On one day, seminar participants were told to pretend they were on a sinking ship and that only four of them would survive, the suit said. On the following day, leaders allegedly filmed them while instructing them to act as if a light from above was coming to suck away their “negative energy.”
And then, in front of dozens of other employees, the woman was told to remove her clothing and share her inner struggles, the lawsuit said. Ramirez said that, combined with the forced hug, this particular portion of the seminar constituted both sexual battery and a hostile work environment."
The allegations involve only a Panda Express location in California. The chain has twenty locations across Alabama, including two in Montgomery.
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