Five Second Rule

According to recent reports, Netflix workers now have to worry about zoning out with their eyes open. Katherine Timpf reported that due to a recent ban, workers are no longer allowed to look at another person for more than five seconds. Along with the five second rule, workers are also banned from asking for another employee’s number “unless they have given permission for it to be distributed.” These new rules, along with others, are in place to make Netflix a “safe and respectful working environment”. The rules were part of an anti-harassment training that Netflix is “proud [to] offer.” Will these new rules do more good than bad? [1 image, 1 link, 3 quotations, 104 words]