TheCoca-ColaCompany is, FYI, a massive international business conglomerate.

Founded 130 years ago in 1892, the company currently has nearly 80,000 employees, according toStatista.

What is a surprise is how unusual some rules Coca-Cola workers have to follow really are.

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According to a former Cokeemployee posting on Glassdoor: “They have a crazy strict attendance policy.

NO sick days without penalty if you don’t give them a 48-hr notice.

Who knows 48 [hours] in advance if you are going to have the flu?”

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Quite a “Big Brother is watching” policy for a soft drink manufacturer.

These are North Korea and Cuba, the only two countries in which company policy prohibits operations and sales.

Though plenty of counterfeit or black market Coke can be found in both.

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After almost 60 years, Coca-Cola returned to Burma in 2012 according toBBC.com.

“Coca-Cola is the nearest thing to capitalism in a bottle.”

A previous version of this article was originally published on May 13, 2022.

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