Layoffs before the Spring Festival are cost-effective practices for the company, but they are also the least treatable for employees.
When I was on duty normally in the morning, I found that I couldn't even enter the company's gate
The access control was directly canceled, and my personal belongings were taken out by the HR department and placed on the lobby floor at random.
Working diligently and taking the company's affairs as their own business, this is what they will do.
I shivered in the cold wind, half angry and half humiliated.
I complained to my girlfriend, but she replied to me with a happy emoji.
You can finally start a business with me! 」
In retrospect, being laid off was the best thing that ever happened to me.
In a sense, a person's relationship with work is much like falling in love.
In the early stage, two-way selection was made based on incomplete information.
After a period of running-in, either a tacit understanding is slowly formed, or a simple breakup.
When I was first poached, the personnel were extremely sweet, and the pie was so big that it could cover the territory of China.
At that time, I was in a top foreign company in the industry, and as the backbone of the business, I was highly valued by the leadership.
I chose to leave a foreign company and enter Zhaoxing, of course, not because I listened to the promise of personnel extravagance.
The fundamental reason is that I want to go to a Chinese company.
Although foreign companies have done a good job in compliance in all aspects, they lack momentum.
The reporting chain is lengthy, and the responsibilities are clearly shared.
And as a Chinese employee, I can always faintly feel the invisible ceiling.
Just when I was hesitating to change jobs, Zhaoxing appeared at the right time.
The salary package is good, and the business direction is also very suitable.
At that time, Zhaoxing was just a little-known start-up, and I felt like I could make a big difference in it.
After I decided to go to Zhaoxing, I also received several offers from large Chinese companies, but I rejected them one by one.
Just like being in love, timing and feeling are just as important.
Looking back, I really feel like a big fool who has been deceived by a scumbag.
In six years, Zhaoxing has grown by leaps and bounds.
Such rapid development can only happen in China.
The first time I heard someone call Zhaoxing Dachang, I really felt like I was in a different world.
In that feeling, there is a faint hint of sweetness.
It's like accompanying your lover through the hardest times and seeing him finally get ahead.
The Rarity app I'm responsible for is one of the most important businesses for Mega Info.
For me, Rarity isn't just about work, it's about my work.
I'm working hard to make Rarity the best in the vertical field, and I want Zhaoxing to grow better and better.
When I was stupid to work, the company had already become several interest groups, competing with each other.
I didn't know how to stand in line, and I became cannon fodder before I could react.
Falling out of love is painful.
If the other party suddenly and unilaterally proposes to break up, it will be doubly painful.
Countless nights of overtime until late at night, in exchange for a cold email from the HR department, courtesy** thanked me for my years of dedication, and informed me of the process of resignation procedures.
Many people think that the company is like a large machine, and it can be turned around without anyone.
However, sometimes, some inconspicuous small screws actually hold the lifeblood of the machine, and if you have to pull it out and throw it away, it will be a big problem.
What the??? They won't even let you in?! 」
Tracy Shen's loud voice attracted frequent sideways glances from the next table, and I regretted talking to her about this topic in the restaurant.
It's not an honorable thing to be quiet. 」
What's this, it's not your fault. 」
Tracey expressed displeasure, but lowered her voice anyway.
Tracy Shen is a former colleague of mine who was born in the United States, so she has such a strange name.
When she was in elementary school, she returned to China with her family and chose Chinese nationality as an adult.
The Shen family has a big business, and she went to work in a foreign company just because she wanted to experience what it was like to go to work.
At that time, we were in the same group, and although Tracey was a rich second generation, she was worse at work than me.
Although it is the princess's life, there is no princess disease at all.
After a few projects, we became very good friends.
We've been in touch since we left the company.
In the second year of my visit to Zhaoxing, Tracy also left the foreign company and started her own start-up company.
Do it with me, you can do whatever you want. 」
Rarity had just launched, and I was so obsessed with the new product that I declined Tracey's offer.
Later, she asked me several more times, but I refused for various reasons.
Come with me, you won't have any excuse to turn me down this time. 」
Tracey gestured as she spoke, like a brave little girl. After so many years of hard work, it seems that her straightforwardness and sincerity have not worn away at all.
I was deeply moved.
Thank you, Tracy. 」
Stop, I don't want a good guy card. 」
I laugh, what do good people have to do, let's be rich together! 」
Tracey laughed happily, causing the other diners to look at her.
I apologized, for fear I would be kicked out later.
After eating, Tracy drove me home.
Before I get to work, I have to get my dues back. I whispered softly in the passenger seat.
Support you! I'll introduce you to a reliable lawyer, and let's teach them a good lesson. 」
Tracey's eyes were on fire, and she was angrier than I was.
It's too much! How can you throw people and things out? This is simply bandits, bullies! 」
Tracey sometimes has some very interesting Chinese in her mouth, which makes me laugh.
A reliable lawyer was in place the next day.
Mr. Zhou is an expert in labor disputes and has handled many difficult cases.
I sorted out the information at hand and briefly explained the basic situation to Mr. Zhou.
Because I was caught off guard, I couldn't bring out a lot of information.
But fortunately, I have a habit of taking work notes and backing up data, so I still have a lot of evidence at hand.
After getting ready, I made an appointment with Zhaoxing for personnel negotiations.
Zhao Jing of the personnel department is responsible for the layoffs. She spoke softly and calmly, like a confidant big sister.
But I understood that it was just an illusion that she had let the other person let her guard down.
How can the company recruit people from other large factories to be responsible for layoffs?
Miss Liu, please don't think that this layoff is aimed at you. 」
It's not for Miss Liu, so can you reveal the layoff ratio? 」
Lawyer Zhou raised the pen in his hand and smiled softly and harmlessly.
Sorry, it's inconvenient to disclose. 」
Zhao Jing looked at me.
What I can reveal is that this layoff is based on a performance appraisal of the past year.
It is an indisputable fact that Ms. Liu's performance appraisal results are not satisfactory. 」
Zhao Jing took out the assessment form and put it in front of me and Lawyer Zhou.
I was stunned. The personnel reform, which began a year ago, turned out to be in preparation for this day.
Since Zhao Jing entered the company a year ago, the personnel appraisal system has undergone several rounds of complex revisions.
In general, it is more and more tossed and takes up more and more time.
I understand and agree with the logic of goal setting, alignment, and post-mortem assessment.
But the personnel department played the appraisal process with a trick.
There are more and more documents to write, and the process is getting more and more complex.
As a core technician, I am already very busy with work every day, and it is simply an impossible task for me to write detailed weekly reports and even ** after working overtime.
The assessment has also been changed from once a quarter to once a month.
Mr. Wei, if this continues, there will be no work to do. 」
I went to Wei Jiachen, the leader of the technical department, to complain.
Wei Jiachen comforted me, It doesn't matter, this is just some process exploration, and it will not affect the evaluation of wages and bonuses for the time being. 」
After knowing that it would not affect the salary and bonus, I completely let it go.
Although the work was completed a lot and well, because of the slackness of the documents and ** required by the personnel department, after a set of processes, my rating was always the last grade.
I was still very strange before, why do you want to engage in this kind of formalism that is useless and tossed people, it turns out that everything is for today.
I am angry in my heart, it seems that Wei Jiachen is not a good thing.
After several rounds of confrontation, Zhao Jing looked like she was on the winning side.
Although both parties were recording, Mr. Zhou still wrote down a lot of things in his notebook.
After obtaining Zhao Jing's consent, he took pictures and recorded all the information given by the other party, and asked for a copy of it.
No problem. Zhao Jing still smiled softly.
The N+1 plan given by the company is already very conscientious, and now the situation is not good, many companies lay off employees without any compensation, and labor arbitration is queuing up until two years later. 」
Zhao Jing looked at me, her eyes full of sincerity.
Lawyer Zhou hit back at Zhao Jing with the same sincere eyes.
Before last year's personnel reform, how was Miss Liu's performance appraisal? 」
Zhao Jing smiled slightly.
Liu Xia's previous performance was excellent, and it does not prove that she did not slack off last year. If you stay in the company for a long time, you may think that your position is stable and you don't need to work hard. 」
Okay, then please give me a copy of Miss Liu's previous excellent performance documents. 」
Zhao Jing finally darkened her face.
Lawyer Zhou's face remained unchanged.
I add. I have a large number of overtime records from Ms. Liu, and in addition to the previous claim for compensation, your company also needs to make up the overtime pay. 」
Zhao Jing sneered, Our company has always been a flexible work system and never clocks in, how can Miss Liu record overtime? And the workload assigned by the company is matched with the salary grade, does Miss Liu want to say that her ability is not worthy of this job? 」
I was so angry that I wanted to stand up, but I was pressed back into the chair by Mr. Zhou.
Seeing this, Zhao Jing became even more proud.
If you really have evidence in hand, you can file a lawsuit, and we will definitely accompany you. 」
Lawyer Zhou pushed his glasses, Oh? 」
He snapped his notebook shut.
Ms. Liu started the Rarity app from scratch at your company, and it is only natural that if such a feat were put into other companies, it would be fair to get some options.
And you, in such an insulting way, laid off her. 」
Zhao Jing avoided Lawyer Zhou's gaze.
On the day of Ms. Liu's dismissal, there were audio and video recordings of the conversation with the security guards, and the process of picking up personal belongings in the lobby.
As far as I know, your company has submitted a listing application, so you shouldn't want to make a layoff internet celebrity at this juncture, right? 」
Are you threatening us? 」
Don't dare, don't dare Lawyer Zhou deliberately approached the recorder, I just told the facts. Of course, if this recording is made public, it may also give some inspiration to people who have Ms. Liu's similar experience. 」
Seeing that Zhao Jing didn't speak, Lawyer Zhou took out another document.
This is a supplemental agreement, which stipulates that all non-compete agreements signed between Ms. Liu and your company are invalid. 」
That's impossible. Zhao Jing was categorical. Liu Xia is the core developer of the Rarity app, and has a lot of confidential data, and a non-compete agreement is necessary to protect the company's interests, and it is also a common practice in the industry. 」
What is the usual practice? Lawyer Zhou sighed. Your non-compete agreement is extremely overbearing and has many unreasonable provisions. If you want to fight a lawsuit, you probably won't be able to win. 」
He pushed down his glasses again and looked at Zhao Jing with a smile.
This kind of non-compete agreement text makes me very suspicious of the level of your in-house counsel. When it comes to important things, don't underestimate professionals. 」
He looked at me again, apparently pun intended, sarcastically for cutting professionals like me.
Zhao Jing was silent for a few seconds before speaking.
Okay, we received Miss Liu's request. We will give you a reply as soon as possible after our internal discussions. 」
I breathed a sigh of relief. Not because of the feeling that victory was in sight, but because the farce was finally over.
As it turned out, I still thought too well of my opponent.
Xiao Liu, the momentum is quite strong. 」
Lawyer Zhou and I were about to leave, but we ran into Wei Jiachen head-on.
The former leader was radiant, and he did not have the cautious and polite attitude towards me that he used to have.
Leave a line in everything, and see each other in the future. You have such a stalemate with your former company, who would dare to hire you? 」
I laughed. You kill donkeys like this, and you are ruthless, who will dare to work hard for you in the future? 」
Wei Jiachen took a sip of the coffee in his hand.
If you put this sharp tooth to work hard, it is estimated that you will not be laid off in the first batch. 」
The first batch? Layoffs in the future? Then Mr. Wei has to be careful, but don't follow in my footsteps. 」
Seeing that I had caught the loophole in my words, Wei Jiachen's face pulled down.
I didn't give him any chance to refute it.
My sharp teeth will never be used to slap horses. If you don't know how to make a fool of yourself and you're going to be laid off, then it's okay if such a company doesn't stay.
Why I was laid off, Mr. Wei probably knows best in his heart. You poached your own subordinates from your old club just to kick me out and replace me with your henchman, right?
A truly capable leader will not be afraid of his capable employees, let alone think of squeezing out the backbone of technical ability, just so that his cronies can smoothly ascend to the position. 」
I glanced at the technical department, everyone was eating melons with great interest, and when they saw my eyes sweeping, they immediately turned their heads and pretended to work seriously.
Wei Jiachen's face was full of smirks.
Xiao Liu, what you said is not interesting. Whether I am qualified as a leader or not is up to the top of the company to judge.
The company has a strict personnel appraisal mechanism, which will not let idlers fish and mess around, nor will it let capable people be buried. 」
When he said this, the colleagues who were watching nearby were not easy to react, and those who were farther away shrugged their shoulders and spread their hands.
I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Wei Jiachen continued to speak at length as if he hadn't seen anything.
As for your statement that I exclude dissidents, it is even more nonsense. Yang can succeed you as Rarity's leader, it's all because people are more capable, better communicators, and more responsible. 」
I finally couldn't help but laugh.
Mr. Wei, I never mentioned Xiao Yang from beginning to end, these words are all from you to me, and they have nothing to do with me. 」
I shook my head and pulled Lawyer Zhou to leave quickly, too lazy to entangle with a confused bastard like Wei Jiachen.
Wei Jiachen is not completely ignorant of technology, but his mind is on other things.
Everyone has what they are good at and what they are not good at, so human society needs to work together to have organizations like companies.
I'm very, very good at technology, that's a fact that everybody agrees.
I was very, very disliked socializing, and that's what everybody knows.
Therefore, there is a need for leaders like Wei Jiachen, and those PMs in the department who jump up and down.
They can pull in business, and they can extract Party A's colorful imagination into clear and executable requirements.
I'm not the kind of tech guy who will give a cold face to PM and sales, I'm the kind of tech guy who works hard but communicates well.
Compared to my technical abilities, I have a gentle personality.
For my kind of 999% of i people just want to wear noise-canceling headphones with my beloved **, and don't bother to fight with other people.
Having a skill and being kind to others is the way I have been taught to live since I was a child.
No one has taught me, people sit at home, and the pot will come from heaven.
The reason why I offended Wei Jiachen is very funny to say.
Once, CEO Dong Liangchen didn't know whether it was to show that he was close to the people, or to find out the situation of each department, so he asked the personnel department to arrange a dinner with each department.
I hate this kind of social activity the most, but the people who were called this time were asked not to be absent.
At the table, I saw Wei Jiachen's methods up close for the first time.
Mr. Dong, it is really an honor for Wei to listen to your teachings up close! 」
Throughout the dinner, Wei Jiachen sat next to the CEO and patted his ass at full speed.
Oh, that can't be described as a sycophant, it's a 360-degree kneeling lick that puts dignity into the dust.
Taking this opportunity, I would like to make a reluctant request to Mr. Dong if I can put my office closest to Mr. Dong, so that if I have any problems at work, I can go over to ask for advice as soon as possible. If it's not convenient to arrange, it's okay to give me a desk next to Mr. Dong's office! 」
Mr. Dong, I feel very happy to be able to sit next to a top entrepreneur like you. Listen to you, even if you don't need a salary, it's worth it. 」
I'm just going to keep my head down and cooking.
If you change jobs, you can give me the salary you don't want. 」
When I looked up again, everyone looked at me.
Ah, I accidentally said the complaint in my heart.
Hmmm......I don't mean to be dissatisfied with the salary. 」
I tried my best, and that's the limit of my sleekness.
The colleague next to him toasted with a giggle, and the party soon passed.
But since then, Wei Jiachen has held a grudge against me.
When I told Tracy Shen about it, she almost burst out laughing.
Liu Xia, Liu Xia, sometimes I really feel that you don't have Asperger's syndrome. 」
I corrected her in all seriousness.
Many people think that people with Asperger's syndrome have intelligence that is different from the average person, but this is actually a misconception. Therefore, it is not a compliment to say that I am Asperger, and my superior intelligence is not necessarily related to whether I am Asperger. 」
After saying that, Tracey was already rolling on the couch with laughter.
Your leader is really iron, he doesn't understand technology, and he dares to fire you, a technical expert. 」
He poached his cronies and kicked me away. 」
Tracey shook her head. Things gather people in groups, and the cronies of straw bales are still straw bales.
Do you really think Wei Jianing hates you because of this incident? 」
I'm confused, or else? I don't have any contact with him at work. 」
No contact is the biggest problem!
If you don't report or ask for instructions, then what else do you want him to do? 」
Oh Mo, that's so confusing.
I did all the work, and he took the leader's salary for nothing, and he still hated me? 」
Tracy Shen told me about the world for a long time, and then gave up.
You're good, it's they who have no eyes. 」
I nodded in agreement.
I thought layoffs were their floor.
As it turns out, there are still masters.
Rarity suddenly has a ton of black posts about me.
Eating melons, a famous engineer of a large factory was violently laid off. 」
If she was right, it would be impossible for her personal belongings to be thrown directly in the lobby by the company. 」
* She put it out, Bo sympathy? 」
The company is mad. The full picture is unknown, no comment. 」
Someone released the ** who squatted in the company lobby to pack up my things on the day I was laid off.
It's better to strike first. Lawyer Zhou sighed.
The company chose to release ** first, and guided ** on its own social platform Rarity.
I was furious. They're using my Rarity to do such a dirty thing! Discredit me with an app I made from scratch!
The ** of the personnel department called at the right time.
If you don't agree to my terms, let's see you in court. 」
I hung up hard, rolled up my sleeves, and opened my laptop.
What are you going to do? Hello Kitty is going to transform? 」
Tracey teased beside her.
I turned to Mr. Chow and asked, "If I break Rarity, will I be held accountable?" 」
Of course. Seconds answer.
What if I can't find out that I did it? 」
Hahaha. Old fox.
I started Rarity's app with the goal of reducing information barriers in the workplace and allowing people from different companies, businesses, and levels to communicate freely.
You can discuss problems at work on Rarity, and you can also find out the confusion of seniors when they solve problems at work.
Job seekers can also find employees of their favorite companies to discuss with them, and for companies in question, they can do so.
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