Chapter 166
On this morning, the meeting of all employees of the home textile factory to reduce staff and increase efficiency was chaired by Vice President Lin, and the main related work was mobilized and deployed.
What is extraordinary from previous conferences is that the company's boss, Mr. Zhou, rarely attended the conference and made an important speech. He said that now is a special period for the company's development, and increasing revenue and reducing expenditure will be a long-term and urgent task for the company.
At the end, Mr. Zhou emphasized that in terms of saving money, the transformation of the company's production process and streamlining of job responsibilities are effective means to "reduce staff", and the improvement of leadership of middle-level and grassroots managers, and the stimulation of employee work enthusiasm are effective means to "enhance efficiency". Without increasing equipment investment and production costs, there is only one purpose, which is to improve the competitiveness of the company.
After the conference was held and after lunch, Luo Bin returned to his office. He usually used this relatively free time to check the letters sent by the guards that day and browse some newspapers and publications. The material procurement department had a lot of letters every day, so Luo Bin didn't care too much, so he opened the express box placed on the top.
He casually opened the envelope and took out the documents inside, but he was shocked and stood up from the chair. This was the letter of exposure that reported Luo Bin's corruption.
Looking at each word, Luo Bin was stunned. Although it was early spring and the weather was warm and cold, fine and dense beads of sweat began to seep out from his forehead. The words on the white paper, especially the bright red seals on it, were infinitely enlarged in his eyes, as if they looked extremely ferocious as bloody.
His first reaction was to call the supplier Boss Zhang immediately. After talking about the situation of the letter of exposure on the phone, Boss Zhang strongly denied it and sweared that their company did not have this salesperson at all, and that there was no number in all the business chapters of the company.
Luo Bin faxed the letter of exposure to Boss Zhang again. When Boss Zhang saw the fax, he said with certainty, Manager Luo, I can be 100% sure that this is a false accusation. Haha, don’t take it seriously. This kind of thing has not been done before, and it is always safe every time?
Luo Bin asked again on the phone, Lao Zhang, what I said was asking you to make a proof, how is the progress? Can the price be reported?
The proofing was very fast. Lao Zhang said with a haha, but the price you mentioned is probably impossible to do -
Luo Bin interrupted Boss Zhang and said, Lao Zhang, I will tell you again that you must take out the samples this week.
Boss Zhang complained again on the phone, saying, "Brother Luo, you know, our factory does not have the production capacity of corrugated paper now, and we have to go to outsiders to find manufacturers, so there is no advantage in terms of time and price."
The boss said, no matter what method you use, the price can only be based on the price I give you. This time, you don’t think about adding a penny. If you don’t do it, there will naturally be manufacturers. Don’t say that I didn’t help you.
After hanging up the phone, Boss Zhang was also full of frustration. He said harshly, "Damn it, this old bastard, is it just now thinking about crossing the river and destroying the bridge? It's not that easy to kick me away."
He pulled open the drawer on the bottom floor of his desk, and another U disk and file bag inside. These were the financial evidence and recording materials that he had had with Luo Bin in recent years. He smiled upwards and closed the drawer again.
Who is it? Who is suing me behind my back this time? Luo Bin filtered the people who might have reported it one by one in his heart, and slowly focused the suspect on several people in the warehouse.
Luo Bin thought that if these packaging boxes were not salesmen of the manufacturer, they could only be the warehouse staff. Only they would know so detailedly. But he still had a question. Logically speaking, how could the warehouse people understand the company's auxiliary materials so clearly?
He wrote all the names of the four people in the warehouse on a note, and then compared them one by one in his mind, slowly crossed out the names of the other three people one by one, and in the end there was only one Zhu Weicheng and Lao Zhu's name.
It is probably this old Zhu who is causing trouble. Luo Bin thought to himself that, in theory, this old Zhu has been in the company for several years, because everyone is from Fengxian, and he doesn’t seem to have any big conflicts with him. But who else can there be except him?
By the way, I'd better go to Mr. Lin to check the situation first and see if he has received similar letters? Let's see Mr. Lin's attitude. After making up his mind, Luo Bin took the outline of the speech from the group meeting of the Material Procurement Department in the afternoon that had been prepared long ago, and walked towards Mr. Lin's office.
Mr. Lin's reaction was as usual. After listening to Manager Luo's work report, he smiled and said, "Little Luo, I still say the same thing about your department, and I will not doubt the employment of people. How to cooperate with the company's unified deployment and how to operate it in detail. I still believe in you. As long as it is not a big deal that concerns the company, you can do it without any doubt.
Luo Bin felt a little relieved at this time and thought secretly that judging from Mr. Lin’s attitude, the company’s leadership should not know about this. Perhaps he was too concerned. If this was the case, he would have room for maneuver. After the meeting, he would have to go to Mr. Zhang tonight, remind him of the key points, and then check the progress of the proofing.
The department meeting in the afternoon was held as usual. The difference was that the company boss attended the small meeting, but he had the first words and just came down to understand the situation today, so he only brought his ears and did not express any opinions. How should the department meeting be held or how to hold it.
Manager Luo said that this department meeting was passionate and effective. The center meant to resolutely implement the spirit of the company's morning meeting and firmly support the company's authority and decision-making arrangements.
It just talks about how to implement it. In the end, what is related to Lao Zhu is actually one. The warehouse department where he is located has to lay off another employee.
Manager Luo still had one trick, but did not announce the layoff list on the spot, saying that he would wait until one more time to talk tomorrow before making the final decision. Luo Bin’s real thoughts, haha, I just want to see who was targeting me in this report and expose letter, and I will definitely let him jump out by himself.
After Manager Luo announced his decision, the small conference room was silent. Because it was related to everyone's own tangible interests, no one was willing to be the first to stand up and speak actively.
In order to adjust the atmosphere, Vice President Lin touched his nose and said with a smile, "What do you think about Manager Luo's decision? Or do you have any thoughts in your heart?" Everyone can discuss it together. The boss happened to be there today, and everyone can say what they think.
Still no one spoke. At this time, Vice President Lin couldn't stay there anymore and said, since no one took the initiative to say it, I'll just call it. If anyone clicks, I'll tell you what you really think. Manager Luo, right?
Manager Luo nodded and smiled awkwardly, that's natural, of course we welcome everyone to have an equal conversation.
Vice President Lin pointed at Zhu Weicheng and said, "Old Zhu, you have a relatively long service life. You are an old employee, so you can take the lead and talk first."
Lao Zhu looked at the boss, then looked at Mr. Lin and Manager Luo, smiled slightly, and said, "Then I'll say it?" It turns out that there are five employees in our warehouse. One of them was just cut before the Chinese New Year, and only four of us were left."
He continued, I think you all know the workload of our warehouse. If one person is missing, the four of us are busy enough now. Manager Luo just said that he would reduce another one more. I don’t know, what is the basis for Manager Luo’s layoffs?
Luo Bin's face suddenly seemed very unhappy, but it was not easy to have an attack on the spot, so he had to say yin, Zhu Weicheng, you are an old employee, you shouldn't speak like this, regardless of the overall situation. But since you asked this, I will answer you, it's very simple, according to the company's requirements, our department must achieve the cost target of reducing the cost of about 20%.
Manager Luo, since you said that, then I would like to ask, is there only one way to reduce staff for our warehouse? The company said in the morning that there is no such method as increasing efficiency, such as procurement costs, etc.? Lao Zhu asked immediately.
Lao Zhu, you should be clear about this cost. We have already compressed all the costs that may be saved in the company's procurement so that we can't compress it anymore. We have to leave room for suppliers. We can't suppress it infinitely too harshly, otherwise we will go where to find suppliers.
Manager Luo said, so now we can only ask for benefits from the internal situation, and work hard on personnel adjustment and optimization combination. To be honest, I am also very sad when your warehouse lay off employees. But now the company is in such a situation, and I have to do it. Please forgive the company and me for your difficulties.
Lao Zhu said again, Manager Luo, are you saying that our company's raw materials and auxiliary materials have no room for purchase prices? Is this how you understand?
Chapter completed!