One night in late August 2019, qin SAN, an old classmate, suddenly called: “Come and have a drink with me? Training base.” Then he sighs, as if depressed: “Our company is downsizing…”
The company that Qin SAN is in is the Shenzhen branch of giant of industry famous acting work, this is an American endowment enterprise, the benefit is good all along, although welfare is not said to be generous, but compare with domestic small business formal stability however much.
He graduated from junior college and worked in a small company for several years. He joined the company at the age of 23 and worked there for 14 years, from a technician to an engineer, from a young boy to a grizzled middle-aged uncle. Seeing my son just turned 6 years old and going to primary school soon, if he was laid off by the company at that time, the pressure can be imagined.
“Drink technology to train a base” it is qin SAN rents the house downstairs of a big platoon, I past when, he already by oneself drink up, “be like you so of elder brother class personage, how cut also wheel less than you!” I comforted him.
“I just worry that it won’t be my turn!” Qin SAN a dry cup, wiped wipe a mouth to say, “I have given me leadership to sign up, there is no news now.”
“What are you talking about?” I wonder if I heard you wrong. “Are you trying to get fired? “
“Hey, apart from the regular line workers, I think half of our staff are looking forward to getting laid off. It really matters!”
1
Qin SAN’s company employs more than 4, 000 people, 700 or 800 of whom are technicians and office workers, excluding assembly line workers. As the company is a OEM enterprise, the requirements for employees are not high. In addition to leadership positions, other positions basically “have hands and feet can do”. As long as the person is not too bad, early, high school students can be here safely “mix” go down — the man flatter good, or the woman breast is bigger, “straight up” is not impossible.
Over the years, the company has been relatively loose management, the ups and downs are muddling along, “very suitable for retirement”, more than 700 employees, 20 to 30 years of service in many. Like Qin SAN so did more than ten years, in the company also “dare not take the old employee in vain”.
Time grew, staff themselves also feel mixed into “useless person” — position, salary all have no room to rise, hold not to die also hungry not to die, year after year work down, in addition to the head more and more white hair, it seems that there is no harvest. Some people want to “return to their hometown”, some want to “start a small business”, and some “would rather move bricks than eat here and die”.
But, after all, here to do so many years, “youth are dedicated to the company,” so “for nothing” go really heart is not willing to, let alone go out is not necessarily mixed better than here. The expectation that the company will lay off workers, collect a handsome compensation package and “leave with a smile” is what keeps many people going.
In recent years, almost every year there has been talk of “big layoffs,” either with little or no rain at all, but this year it seems like “serious business.”
In March of this year, two hr executives were suddenly fired and the compensation package was said to be “2n+1” (n is the year of employment). This news excited the company’s members, who rushed to their leaders to “sign up”. But the leaders said, “I don’t know.” There were also candid leaders who refused: “With such a good thing, it’s your turn to return it? I want to go!”
In response to the US ban, the Zhuhai branch of X Group fell out with a well-known domestic enterprise, and the two sides suspended the cooperation.
A storm is brewing. Rumors began to circulate:
“The Zhuhai branch is going bankrupt. It is said that 20,000 employees will be laid off?”
“The Changsha branch is going to be closed, as if the whole industrial park has to be closed?”
“The group is getting cold, and our Company in Shenzhen is definitely going to lay people off.”
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Even those post-00s girls on the production line, who never cared about current affairs, began to ask Qin SAN about the fate of the company: “It is said that X Group is going to collapse? When is it? Can we afford to pay for it?”
By June, online rumours had been confirmed by state media, with staff in the Zhuhai branch reporting that they had been on holiday for half a month, in what was understood to be a prelude to lay-offs.
In qin a colleague of three group discussion quite intense, agreed that the company will have a “big”, some people say that have a nose has a mouth: “reliable sources, this time cut hundred people, three batches, the first is laid those who were sick for a long time can’t work, the second cut when immortal, administers the third batch of wheel got me…”
“No matter so much, let’s go and make a name for it first. Now is a rare opportunity!” A colleague named Wei ge is quite active, jumping up and down in the group and urging everyone to “sign up”.
“What’s the use of signing up now? “If there were to be layoffs, the list would have already been made, so let’s see what happens.” Qin SAN really can’t go on, in the group poured a ladle cold water.
Qin SAN says, Wei elder brother is a packaging worker on production line before, claim to be technical school graduate, connect “happy birthday” the word all can’t read come out, the only specialty is special can “lick”. Every time the boss of Qin SAN — the manager of engineering department old money arrives a workshop, he then gather together in the past “eldest brother is long, eldest brother is short” ground set up close, saddle front horse hind pats old money dizzy of dizzy, looked for an opportunity to lift him to do a technician later.
Just begin, viagra is right Qin SAN these “elder brother” still compare respect, mix later got familiar with, show the one side that gives him extraordinary.
When old Money was around, he worked hard. As soon as old Money left, he seemed to be a different man, with nothing to do and nothing to do. When it’s time to get off work or work overtime, I will take time out of my busy schedule to send an email detailing what important work I did today. I will write it as a matter of fact and write it as a matter of fact. Then, I will “copy” it to leaders at all levels. Although some of the leaders had nothing to do with what he said, the more emails they sent, the more familiar they became.
What’s more, sometimes when someone else is in charge of the work, he will take a few photos in the first time and send them to Old Money as an invitation: “Boss, we have solved this problem.” As soon as I see a flaw in someone’s work, I’ll take a picture of it on my cell phone and upload it to the group. Then I’ll pretend I’m not aware of it and say in a serious way: “Who did this thing? How dangerous!”
And most let Qin SAN “admire” is, “this bird person stabbed you knife still see blood”. Sometimes he’ll find someone who’s late or has left early, so he’ll give you an excuse to call and ask, “Are you still sleeping at home? Sorry to bother you, but where did I put the screwdriver? Good, good, you slowly sleep, you don’t worry, the company has my head!”
If it were not for the office clerk told Qin SAN, Viagra to call them are generally beside the old money, I am afraid they have always thought “Viagra is a good man”.
Although his colleagues do not like this kind of “lick the dog”, but in Lao Qian’s opinion, he is a “proactive, self-motivated, promising” plastic talent. Transferred to the engineering department less than 2 years, was promoted to senior technician, then old money fell ill in hospital, he went to the hospital to run for half a month, before long was promoted to assistant engineer.
“It took me three years to get to three levels, and it took me 14 years to get there!” Qin SAN not without feeling ground to say, “he is now the time that spring breeze is triumphant, he just loathe to leave! He wants to encourage us old timers to go away. He’ll be promoted to engineer better!”
2
Qin SAN also had his own xiao Jiu jiu.
He knew that, although he was an engineer in name, every day he did what a schoolboy could do — restart the computer, grease the machine, twist the screws, or write the same “operating instructions” from a sample — in a monotonous, unskilled way.
More than 10 years so muddle along, now already is the age close not to be confused, the old parents are in hometown nobody take care of, the son faces to go to primary school immediately again, the wife to take the child several years did not go to work. However, he worked overtime for a month and only got about 10,000 yuan, which made him very poor in The city of Shenzhen. “All the money he earned was given to the landlord.”
‘No more messing about here! Qin SAN frankly, in the factory was “captive” for more than 10 years, completely disjointed with the outside society, every day to play with the mobile phone, after work play with the mobile phone, “people have become fools”, he left the factory as if what also can not do.
As for changing jobs, I might as well stay here. In Shenzhen, people over the age of 35 are old, and finding a satisfactory job is not easy.
“Shenzhen is not suitable for low-income people like us.” Qin SAN’s plan is to go back to his hometown and open a small shop. He doesn’t expect to make a lot of money and can make a living. “At least the whole family can stay together and take care of their parents. Qin SAN says this when, the double eye of bewilderment is flickering faintly a ray of light.
The premise, of course, is that you have to be laid off and receive a substantial compensation package.
Over the past few years, the company has laid off several groups of people at random, each reportedly offering compensation packages of “2n+1”. Those who were laid off “exited the company with hundreds of thousands of yuan in their arms,” making many people like Mr. Qin jealous.
Qin SAN calculated secretly, according to this standard, oneself can get the compensation of 300 thousand almost. For him, the temptation is not small: “300,000 yuan ah, I work here for another 10 years, probably can not save so much money.”
Of course, it is precisely because of this “temptation”, so that he did not like the job here for so many years.
He was ready to quit five or six years ago, but every time he made up his mind to leave, word got around that the company was laying off workers. He decided to wait for another year. “I always felt like I’d lost hundreds of thousands of dollars if I quit.” Qin SAN said this, with a little self-mockery, and is very helpless.
The previous lay-offs had been few and without warning. This time, however, the situation seems much clearer, and there will be many, if any, attacks.
Qin SAN secretly determined, be sure to seize this “ten years do not meet” good opportunity, therefore, when Viagra in the group to encourage everyone to “sign up”, he is really anxious, after all, more than enough people to sign up, he was “selected” the possibility will be greatly reduced.
On one side, Qin poured cold water on the group, while on the other side, he quietly sent an email to Lao Qian, in which he first reviewed the “great contribution” he had made to the company over the years. Then he said that he had been working tirelessly for a long time, and now he was sick with fatigue, and his body could not adapt to the high-intensity work of the company. Therefore, if the company has a plan to lay off employees, please give priority to his actual situation. Because there is a rumor that “the first to lay off the sick”, Qin SAN exaggerated his physical condition and said that he “felt at risk of sudden death” in order to gain more “bargaining power”.
After two days, old money neither reply Qin SAN’s mail, also did not come to talk with him, also do not know whether he has read the mail after all. Qin SAN in the mind anxious, while no one around, decided to go to the old money to talk face to face.
In the face of Qin SAN “is the company to lay off”, “our department has a vacancy” question, old Money did not say yes or no, just meaningful smile. Qin SAN dictated the content on the mail again and again, and repeatedly begged old money must give a chance, old money as always smiling, not when “HMMM oh oh” to nod, but the whole process almost did not speak. Until Qin SAN is faced when leaving, he just suddenly asked 1: “are you very late just know?”
What does that mean? Implying that the company does have layoff plans, while telling yourself you’re late? So do you have a chance? Qin SAN is a little confused, but he knows, old money as a middle management, in the above no formal notice before, certainly will not casually disclose any information to the people, after all, this is “disturb the morale of the army” big thing.
However, the morale of the army has long been in chaos.
During this period of time, no matter in the workshop, canteen or even in the toilet, the topic of meeting could not be separated from the word “layoff”. Some colleagues posted pictures of the dinner on their moments, and immediately people commented: “Did you have a farewell party?”
With the building about to collapse and panic spreading, no one knows whether their employee card will be able to swipe the office door the next minute.
Colleagues have no mind to go to work, some began to study assiduously “labor law”, without reason how to compensate for layoffs, how to compensate for the company relocation, how to compensate for the company bankruptcy…… A careful analysis, only hope to be able to “profit maximization”; Some are silently collecting their own payroll, clocking records, overtime records, “when the time comes don’t be pit by the company”; Others have become more cautious, no longer calling in, never coming late or leaving early, never letting the company catch hold of them. And qin SAN, who strongly hopes to be laid off, is looking around for news all day. What about the Zhuhai branch? Has the Changsha branch taken any action? Who and who is on the list?
A colleague is more impatient, in the workshop heaved a sigh: “Alas, I TM every day a get up hope the company shut down, this exactly should wait until what month?”
His colleagues laughed. “Don’t worry! Our company is doomed to die this time, everyone has the opportunity, just sooner or later, we have to wait patiently!”
3
The bell of redundancy has finally rung.
July 15 just go to work soon, Qin SAN and several colleagues are chatting in the workshop, suddenly “medicine jar” Liu Mang’s mobile phone rang, is old money called, the call is very brief: “go to the personnel department immediately!”
Liu Mang a face meng, some puzzling: “Personnel department want to see me what matter?” They all seemed to understand at once, and all said in one voice: “Are you killed?”
Liu Mang went out doubtfully. As soon as he got to the door of the workshop, he had to stop all the time — the permission of access control of his work card had been canceled. Qin SAN rushed to open the door for him, but Liu Mang suddenly became a little sad: “I have been in this place for 15 years.
Qin SAN wanted to play a joke with him, listen to him so said, words to the mouth to swallow back. Qin SAN know, although Liu Mang all day in the call to be cut, in fact he is not willing to go, the reason for this “bravado”, perhaps he knew this “doomed”, ahead of time for their own pave a step just.
Liu Mang used to have a happy family. His wife was gentle and beautiful, and his children were clever and sensible. He had a monthly income of about 10,000 yuan in the company. Three years ago, he was suddenly diagnosed with a serious kidney disease. From then on, he never stopped taking medicine. Every two or three months, he had to go to hospital for ten days. To make matters worse, there is almost no cure for the disease, only endless “spending money to save one’s life”. This completely discouraged his wife and she left quietly one day two years ago, never to return and never to speak to her children.
Liu Mang was alone with his two children and his elderly parents. The company not only pays social security for its employees, but also buys a group commercial medical insurance, so that his monthly income can barely support his family. Now, if he were to be laid off, it would be the death blow.
Liu Mang never came back.
Next, the production department, quality inspection Department, SMT (surface Assembly technology Department), warehouse and other departments were successively informed to go to the personnel department. A co-worker who hung up and hastily switched on his or her computer to backup or delete some of his or her “confidential files” or sent a mass email to “say goodbye” was too late — those on the list had their computer accounts pre-logged and no longer had access to the company’s systems.
Throughout the morning, Qin SAN is in a trance, both excited, and nervous, sometimes think of if he really go, but also a little confused lost. Wait until fast 12 o ‘clock, the mobile phone finally rang, as expected is old money to call, Qin SAN is excited to get a little out of hand, “as if to see 300 thousand dollars waving to oneself”.
However, the old money is not to inform him to go to the personnel department, but serious geology asked him how the recent equipment failure so much, I hope he seriously deal with it, Qin SAN suddenly like a deflated gas ball.
at noon, Qin SAN had lunch from the canteen, found a large number of people outside the front desk around together, noisy, seven or eight security guards standing at the door, security manager also personally dressed battle, there are two captains separate about.
A careful look, this group of people are all the morning was notified to the personnel department, about thirty or forty, all scattered at the door, or standing or squatting, some eyebrow flying, some frown, some talk, some silence……
In the middle of the crowd, Plum Gan, a senior engineer in the quality control department, was making a passionate speech. He raised his right hand high and his face looked sad, angry and determined. “We have devoted decades to the company. Now we’re old and worthless, and we’re just thrown out the door… We will never agree, we will never compromise, we must unite!”
Qin SAN inquired about in the crowd for a while, and pulled Liu Mang out to chat, to roughly figure out the context of the matter.
Liu Mang was called to a small office of the personnel department, there are three people sitting in the office: the personnel director, their own department director, plus a “small minio”.
Estimation is to prevent being recorded, three people cherish words such as gold, the whole process almost did not speak, just silently three already prepared agreement put in front of you to choose, one is “request to change the position application”, one is “voluntary waiver of overtime statement”, one is “the termination of the labor contract compensation agreement”.
Liu Mang carefully read through the three agreements and found that the compensation standard for the termination of the labor contract was actually “N +1”. He had been on guard against this and pushed the three agreements to the past without haste: “I will not sign this. First of all, the company is doing very well, no loss, right? Secondly, Have I not seriously violated the company’s discipline and caused great loss to the company? What are your reasons for firing employees? Did you file it with the labor department? This is illegal lay-offs. According to labor law, should give 2n+1 compensation. Besides, I’m seriously ill and in medical treatment…”
“I beg your pardon.” Liu Mang took out the phone had already backed up the legal provisions, is talking to the leader “knowledge of the law”, the personnel director politely interrupted, “the company is not layoffs, is to negotiate with you to remove the labor contract, which is allowed by the labor law!”
“Since it’s a negotiation, I don’t agree!” The leader repeated the “negotiation” several times, and Liu Mang flatly rejected the plan.
The negotiations broke down in acrimony.
Liu mang was taken by two security guards to an empty room on the eighth floor and told not to go back to work on the original project, “work here in the future” and was forbidden to enter any of the company’s production areas.
The “new office” is spacious enough to accommodate more than 100 people at a time. It has all the desks and chairs, but no office equipment.
When Liu Mang went in, there were already more than ten colleagues. After inquiring with each other, he knew that everyone’s negotiation process was much the same, but only an “accident” occurred in the production department (editor’s note: the production line was called “pull”, each “pull” was responsible for, responsible for “pull”).
Having worked for the company for more than 20 years, the old man longed for the opportunity to “return to his hometown”. So when the three agreements were presented to him, he did not hesitate to “negotiate the termination of the labor contract”. He signed and went out happily.
Downstairs, and then took out the agreement to look, suddenly found that the compensation standard is not “2n+1”, this just panicked, hurried back to the office to request the agreement invalid. However, when it was too late, the personnel director refused to argue with him and simply waved him off by two security guards.
It is said that the man sat in the smoking area downstairs for a whole hour, smoking one after another, not when mumbling: “200 thousand so gone?”
4
Liu Mang and Qin SAN are chatting, Lao Qian suddenly calls him to the office: “as a friend for many years, I want to talk with you.”
Old Qian sincerely advised Liu Mang, “At this moment, do not make trouble or do anything illegal.” Then, as a multinational, it “must have a legal basis” for doing so. At the same time, he said that the current international and domestic economic situation is not optimistic, and the company has its own difficulties. It has to pay so much tax every year and feed thousands of employees. “We should also consider from the perspective of the company, after all, the company is not a charity organization!”
Liu Mang secretly scolded Lao Qian for not talking with him, but he did not want to argue with him. He knew that he had nothing to talk about with Lao Qian now, so he was ready to leave after just a few words.
Liu Mang just got up, colleague Lao Shi suddenly pushed open the door and burst in. Before Lao Qian could speak, Lao Shi broke into his face and scolded him, “What a great cock you have done! You know, my son is now in junior three, and at the critical moment of his promotion next year, my wife is ill for a long time, and I don’t have a job, so the whole family points to me to support all by myself. Now that you’ve made me redundant, where am I going to get a job, fifty or so?”
Lao Shi pointed at Lao Qian’s nose and his hands trembled a little: “You take kickbacks and eat greasy, I’ll honestly earn some salary, you can’t even let me? I tell you, I know very well what you’ve been up to. It’s getting on my nerves, and it’s not going to be any good!”
The more Lao Shi spoke, the more excited he became. He slapped on the table, which made Liu Mang shiver. Liu Mang later said to Qin SAN: “I have worked together for more than ten years, and I have never seen Such a personality in Lao Shi.”
Lao Shi has always been an honest man. He joined the company as a technician in 1998 and was upright and practical. He was still one of the few undergraduate students in the company. But not for long. In 2007, the leadership resigned from the company, Lao Qian came to the engineering department as the manager, from then on, Lao Shi was “put into the cold Palace”, even later Viagra is going to be promoted to engineer, he is still an assistant engineer.
Lao Qian said of Lao Shi, “He’s a nice guy, but not very smart.” Shortly after taking office, the old stone procurement equipment accessories work gradually transferred to his henchmen, including the last to the Viagra have been “a piece of soup”. Lao Shi was soon put on the shelf and could only do some “clean water” work, such as filing. However, he had no complaints. “Just earn a dead salary honestly and feel at ease”, he said. Now, however, he can’t even keep his “death wage”.
Lao Shi flew into a rage. Liu Mang stood up with a big smile on his face, supported Lao Shi and sat down, then said slowly, “Don’t worry, Lao Shi. I understand your situation and I understand your mood. However, it is not a decision for me to make. It is a decision that is negotiated and considered by the top management…” Old money gave old stone a glass of water in the past, then said: “Besides, the company has its own difficulties, now the international and domestic situation is quite complex…”
Upon hearing this, Liu Mang said something like this just now. Quickly quietly slipped out, and on the front and back feet, old Stone also left a “you this kind of people also nothing good end!” He slammed the door and left.
Old Stone a angry words, did not expect a few hours later on the “fulfilled”.
Throughout the afternoon, everyone chatted in the “new office,” and one by one, more people were “escorted” in. The line soon grew to more than 40. At the end of the day, the door was pushed open again and old Money came in, which was totally unexpected.
Old Qian arched his hands in front of them, went straight to Liu Mang and sat down beside him. “Brother,” he said with a smile, “we are together again!” Several colleagues quickly gathered around him and grasped Lao Qian’s hand tightly. “Welcome, welcome! Welcome to our organization!”
Someone wondered why the manager was going to be laid off, too.
Old money “not” 1: “fart of a manager, this company is not human, every year earn so much money, now unload the donkey, this is illegal at all. We must all unite, no 2n+1!”
People cut their heads in order to be laid off
Lao Shi just wanted to “kill” old money, but then suddenly relieved: “The manager or the ordinary employees, after all, are working, in the boss’s eyes, they are just a money-making machine, sooner or later will not escape the fate of scrap.
5
The first “list” of 50 people has finally come out.
Soon, the senior engineer plum for group manager, Lao qian as the “consultant” “rights group” was established, everyone in the group to express their views, give advice, the ultimate goal is to get 2n+1 compensation.
Everyone is confident about this goal, since it has been the standard of compensation for every layoff in recent years. As for “n+1”, it is the company’s usual trick, “can deceive one after another”, last year some colleagues have been “trick”.
At that time, the company prepared to terminate the labor contract with five colleagues, took out a “N +1” agreement, the attitude is very tough: “Do you sign it or not? I’ll take it back without signing it!” Four of them said no on the spot. Another is about to resign, which is “a lump of money from heaven” for him, afraid after the village will not have this shop, immediately happily signed.
In the afternoon, the remaining four colleagues were called to the personnel director’s office. The “negotiation” was quite simple. The director pointed to the number 2n+1 on the agreement and said quietly, “You want this number, don’t you? Give it to you.” The colleague that signed “n+1” in the morning hears this kind of circumstance, bowel all regret is green: “half a day time, cheated Lao Tze 100 thousand yuan!”
Therefore, the company’s “old trick”, everyone is not impressed, thinking that “a few days it will give in, after all, there is a second batch, third batch to deal with. However, this time the company was particularly calm, liu Mang and their “idle” in the 8th floor, do not ask, until the beginning of August, the company still did not have any movement, there is a tendency to let it “live and die”.
In this way, many people could not sit still. Lao Shi was the most worried one: “If we go on like this, we will be consumed by the company sooner or later. We have to find a way out.
After consultation, we decided to take the initiative.
First, they wrote a public letter of appeal to the company’s union. It was full of thousands of words, full of emotion and tears, but it was not heard back. Then they went to the labor department for help, and the staff sympathized with them and said, “The company is just playing on the edge,” and “it’s a dirty trick,” but there was nothing they could do about it. “They didn’t have to fire you, it’s not illegal!”
I went to consult a lawyer, but the lawyer didn’t seem interested in such a small case and quoted a high price. We carefully calculate, found that in addition to give him, he did not have a few money left, let alone do not know how much the case.
Finally, we put their hopes on the media, news of the phone call made all over, the other side registered information, said “we will pay attention to”, and then there is no follow-up.
Toss about a circle, gradually some people discouraged: “we are not the company, so drag a year and a half, when the time comes even if you can get 2n+1, but the salary base is low, hand money may not have more than now, as soon as…”
Although the “war camp” led by Plum Gan earnestly laid out the facts and explained the reason, believing that “the company cannot delay so long, and the headquarters will surely solve the problem within a deadline”, it was still unable to prevent the “defection” of the “main surrender group”. By the middle of August, more than 20 people had already compromised with the company and signed away.
The morale of the “war party” was greatly affected, which made qin SAN these people who were waiting for the “second batch” also very anxious: “If they can’t get the 2N, then the people behind us must also have no hope.
“The company does not let you work, but still give you pay, keep you for nothing, this has what to worry about?” I am curious very much, raised the question in the heart to Qin SAN, “so consume go down, anxious shouldn’t be the company?”
“It’s not like you don’t know the salary system in the factory. We all earn overtime pay,” Qin told me. “Here, technicians, clerks, and extended base salaries are only 3 or 4 thousand yuan, while engineers, supervisors and the like are only 5 or 6 thousand yuan. I’ve been working for 14 years, and now I’m making $10,000 a month, and that’s almost $5,000 in overtime!”
Because of this, Mr. Qin said, the company forced Mr. Liu to give up overtime, effectively cutting his monthly salary by thousands of yuan. For those with a low base salary, it’s not much per month, and you have to deduct five social insurance and one housing fund, “how do you feed your family on that? How can they not be in a hurry?”
The only person not in a hurry is old money. As a manager, Lao Qian was paid a monthly salary and there was no overtime pay, so it didn’t affect him at all. On the contrary, he was more relaxed than before. He didn’t have to care about anything and did nothing, as long as he sat in the office on time every day.
So, apart from advising the prunes, Lao Qian never participates in their “activism”. I sit there quietly by myself, reading books, newspapers, researching stocks, and sometimes killing two games of chess on my phone. The days passed leisurely and carefree, and his monthly salary of 30,000 yuan would not be less than a penny, which made Liu Mang and his colleagues envious. “I would like to work here for the rest of my life like this!”
Of the remaining twenty or so, a few wavered inwardly and sat watching; There are a few home “not poor money”, mixed three or five years is indifferent to; Most of the others are older, less educated, or sick. If they leave the company, it will be difficult for them to find such a job. Therefore, they have to burn their Bridges and fight to the end.
6
After discussion, we decided to change the “strategy and tactics”, no longer expect to solve the problem through the normal way, but to take the edge, through “creating public opinion”, “disgusting boss” to pressure the company, hoping to force the company to restart the negotiation door.
A group of people on the Internet customized “cultural shirt”, “black factory, malicious forced resignation,” “we have to work, we have to work overtime,” such as large characters, wearing the body inside the company “swagger”; During office hours, they would sit in the front desk waiting for the company president to arrive, then escort him to the elevator to the office door.
Mr. Qin showed me a video of Mr. Plum and a few of his colleagues “escorting” the president in an elevator. The video shows the president and a guest standing against the wall as the elevator descends. Prunes and a colleague stood facing each other. Suddenly, prunes pointed to their “t-shirts” and asked, “Do you recognize these words?” Immediately someone replied in cadence: “Black heart factory, malicious forced words!”
The chief executive is from Hong Kong, and Mr Plum, perhaps worried that he would not understand, “translates” in Cantonese, in a comically funny voice, and the lift fills with jovial air.
The whole video was embarrassing for me as an onlooker. The CEO and the guest looked at each other blankly and, as soon as the elevator doors opened, fled in a panic.
In this way, they almost every day will accompany the “once majestic, saw all have to walk around” president in the elevator “to do crosstalk”, hope he one day “can not help” to do well. However, the CEO clearly saw through their tricks and didn’t know what to do with them. No matter how provocative they may be, they will not answer, speak or respond. Later, perhaps bored, he simply took a detour by himself.
As a result, the plum dried up completely. Every day at work, people stay in the “office” sitting, lying on their stomach, lying down, chatting, playing with mobile phones, cracking melon seeds, sleeping, “do what you want to do”. If you’re bored, you can always go outside. As soon as possible outside the “security”, the door, elevator, ladder have security guard on duty, but “as long as you do not go up the roof, they will not interfere with your freedom”, just behind quietly followed.
Although this kind of day seems to be leisurely, but also decadent, and soon some people can not stand it. They took the initiative to extend an olive branch to the company, and lowered the compensation standard to “1.5N” and then to “1.2n”, which was a “sincere” price, almost their psychological bottom line. However, the company was not “grateful” and insisted on the “N +1” standard unswervingly.
This attitude angered the prunes too, and they said openly: “No more talking! Let the company give us retirement at the worst!” Have the determination of fish to die.
The door to “peace talks” is once again closed.
In the meantime, a lot of do not have like Qin SAN “be shortlisted” “mix clan” be in however active action, hope can get a piece as soon as possible “admission ticket”. Some people take the initiative to find their leaders to “recommend themselves” : “Since they don’t want to go, give me the place! N +1 I’ll sign and leave right away!”
A female security guard who has worked for the company for 30 years is the most pressing. As she reaches retirement age next year, she begs her boss for a chance, with even lower demands: “Just give me tens of thousands of yuan.”
The most “resolute” to count the department of a clerk, she went to the boss “sign up”, the boss shook his head and said there was no next batch, but she directly found the director of personnel, director checked the data, very surprised: “you have worked for more than 10 years, the basic salary is only more than 3,000? Why is it so low?”
The clerk said excitedly, “Yes! Say I’m good, and then pay me so little; Tell me I’m a bad performer, and you won’t fire me. What’s that for?”
The warden finally nodded his head, and said graciously, “You go back first, and we’ll see!”
Since the old money was “removed”, Qin SAN heart has been not practical, he did not know whether he still have the opportunity, he had to find their own department director, asked whether there is a “second batch”, director looked at him, asked: “have? Why didn’t I know?”
“Sooner or later!” Qin SAN ruthlessly scold 1, “be like me this kind of dawdle, whole body is negative energy, he just want to keep you; Isn’t it a disease for him to let someone go when he is as willing and steadfast as Lao Shi?”
“The leaders of your company are also sad,” I said with a smile. “Don’t you have a bad conscience when you want people to go bankrupt when you feed so many of you?”
“You are wrong,” Qin SAN retorted to me. “First of all, it is not the company that feeds us, but we feed the company; Secondly, if most people in an enterprise are looking forward to your closing down and leaving you, shouldn’t it be the company leaders who should reflect on themselves?”
That night, Qin SAN drunk, I sent him home, his mouth has been Shouting: “this company, insist on not long.”
Afterword.
In the middle of September, qin SAN sent me WeChat, said the labor department has intervened, repeatedly “advised” the company in the eve of National Day to properly handle the dispute, must not “do things”. Under the heavy pressure, the company finally gave in, successively raised the compensation standard to “n+1+1”, “N +1+2”, and several “exhausted” colleagues signed and left.
On October 18, I called qin SAN to inquire about the situation. He told me that old money had left before National Day and the compensation standard was “very satisfied”. Go that day, Qin SAN suggests in the group brothers give him “jian jian line”, the result does not respond unexpectedly, include his once henchmen Viagra, “the scene is very awkward”.
“Rumors of lay-offs have been fading away recently, so nothing seems to be happening.” Qin somewhat lost three voice, he said the company no longer “radical”, shi and Liu Mang has not gone, finally was allowed to return to the engineering department to work to earn overtime, first on the list of personnel only MeiGanDeng eight “stubborn”, the company seems to have “give up” to them, and they also ready to play “protracted war”, decorate in the “office” in the folding bed, rice cookers and other household items, pot soup during the day, and have a good night’s sleep. In the evening, some go back to run their own Internet cafes, shops, some go to do temporary work to support the family, “no 2N, has been so consumed!”
As for qin SAN, who has been thinking about the second batch of layoffs, he is pessimistic. “Just wait, maybe there will be good news after the year.”
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