That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 829 Li Ye, Are You Stupid?

Wednesday, early morning, light rain.

Li Ye drove into a branch factory and walked to the office holding an umbrella. On the way, he happened to meet the union chairman Lai Jiayi.

"Ah, I really envy you, Deputy Director Li. You are so young and you can get a special car to and from get off work. Unlike me, who has been working for nearly 30 years and still gets soaked when it rains."

Li Ye glanced at Lai Jiayi and found that her trouser legs were indeed a little wet, but far from being "drenched in water".

She was just envious and jealous.

When the first branch factory was being planned and built, the main factory allocated a car to the factory director Lu Zhizhang. So even though Lai Jiayi was half a level higher than Li Ye in rank, she didn't have a car to ride in.

A few days ago, Li Ye heard from Lu Zhizhang that Lai Jiayi had suggested indirectly that since the first branch factory was doing well now, they should take money out of the profits to provide cars for the three key leaders, but Lu Zhizhang rejected the suggestion.

Li Ye has his own private car, so isn't this proposal to buy a car just to provide Lai Jiayi with personal service?

So Li Ye smiled and said, "Driving has its advantages, but you have to buy gas, insurance, and road maintenance fees. If you add depreciation, it will cost 10,000 to 20,000 yuan a year!"

"Ten or twenty thousand yuan, dear, how can you bear to part with it?"

Lai Jiayi shouted exaggeratedly, then laughed softly, "Isn't your car registered with Fenghua Clothing? Don't they pay for your road maintenance and insurance?"

[You probably think that these cars belong to Fenghua Clothing and I am just using their cars to show off my wealth, right? ]

People who spend all day thinking about how to find loopholes to get government reimbursement cannot understand why someone can enjoy the life of a car owner by spending 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year.

So Lai Jiayi didn't believe the 10,000 or 20,000 yuan that Li Ye mentioned from the bottom of her heart.

Seeing that Li Ye did not answer her question, Lai Jiayi suddenly said, "By the way, Deputy Director Li, let's have a meeting later to discuss employee welfare. You have been away these days, and we can't delay it any longer. If we delay it any longer, the workers will be dissatisfied."

It was time for work, and there were many workers around, so Lai Jiayi's words seemed to be spoken deliberately for everyone to hear.

I have been trying to obtain benefits for the employees. Why do you, Li Ye, always make excuses?
“It’s about employee benefits!”

Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "Since this is a matter concerning the employees, let's find more people to discuss it together. We can hold an enlarged meeting of cadres and include workers at the level of team leaders."

"This"

Lai Jiayi hesitated. Her original intention was to hold a small meeting with Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang to decide things, get the funds, and then preside over the union meeting herself to tell the workers' representatives the good news and build up her prestige among the employees.

Now Li Ye wants to hold an enlarged meeting. Are these benefits still what Lai Jiayi fought for everyone?
Favor comes from the top, and if Lu Zhizhang sits there, he will overshadow the second and third in command.

So Lai Jiayi said hesitantly: "The conference room of our branch is so small that not many people can sit in it!"

Li Ye said: "Let Director Lu handle this matter. Either we can borrow the main factory's conference room, or we can just wait for a sunny day and hold the meeting outdoors."

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Lai Jiayi couldn't veto it because the people around her had already heard what Li Ye said. Employee welfare must of course be discussed at the staff meeting.

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Lu Zhizhang is very capable in doing things. He communicated with the head office on the same day and decided to use the small auditorium of the head office to hold the meeting.

After the meeting, Lu Zhizhang didn't waste any time and asked Lai Jiayi to read out his proposals one by one. Although Lai Jiayi vaguely emphasized that these were the opinions of the trade union, all the employees felt that these were the proposals of the "factory" and had nothing to do with individuals.

"Did everyone understand? There are four topics for discussion today. The first is to build kindergartens and schools for employees' children. The second is to select outstanding employees. The third is to adjust employee wages. The fourth is shuttle buses and public vehicles."

After Lai Jiayi finished reading, Lu Zhizhang briefly summarized the content, then turned to ask Li Ye: "Deputy Director Li, do you have any opinions on these four points?"

Li Ye took out a few forms from his bag and said into the microphone: "Let me briefly explain! It's just my personal opinion for everyone to discuss."

"I asked someone to investigate the admission rates of several junior high schools and high schools near us. Among them, No. 13 Middle School has the lowest admission rate this year, with 33% of junior high school students going to high school and 7.9% of high school students going to college."

"But what about the children's school of our main factory? Less than 20% of them make it to high school, and less than 5% of them get into college after reaching high school."

"So in general, kindergartens must be built because we need to take care of employees' families and work, but whether we need to build primary and junior high schools ourselves is up for discussion."

"Om~"

The team leaders, workshop directors, and worker representatives in the audience all started buzzing like flies.

If the unit builds its own school and students can go to school for free, saving time and effort, that would of course be great. However, if the admission rate drops by even one percentage point, that would be absolutely unacceptable.

"Puff puff~"

Li Ye patted the microphone and said, "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. I will speak my mind first, and then we can discuss it together." "The second thing is to select outstanding employees and give them rewards. This is a good proposal, which corresponds to the national directive of more work, more pay,"

"But for the sake of fairness, my personal opinion is to select outstanding employees according to a certain percentage, and not to mix managers and front-line workers."

"The third thing is the issue of salary adjustment. My personal opinion is to keep the basic salary unchanged and increase the job subsidy scientifically based on quality, output and efficiency."

"The fourth thing is that our unit does not have enough shuttle buses. I think if funds permit, we can purchase high-standard buses. After all, they represent the external image of our unit."

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"Report, Deputy Director Li, I request the floor."

As soon as Li Ye finished his four points, several people suddenly raised their hands to ask questions.

Li Ye took a look and pointed at Master Miao, who had the most seniority.

"Master Miao, is there anything you don't understand? Feel free to ask."

Master Miao asked directly: "Deputy Director Li, I can understand everything else, but what does it mean that the outstanding employees should not be mixed with management staff and front-line workers?"

"Oh, that's easy," Li Ye said with a smile, "Workers should be evaluated against workers, and managers against managers. Otherwise, Master Miao would have to compete with the typists in the computer room. Isn't that bullying?"

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Master Miao looked at Li Ye deeply, nodded slightly and said: "I agree with this proposal, I support it."

"I agree, I agree too!"

"Me too!"

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The workers in the audience responded loudly and echoed Lao Miao's opinion.

Only Lai Jiayi's face looked a little dark.

In state-owned enterprises, various excellent and advanced selections have always been an important means for leaders to consolidate their power.

Take Lai Jiayi for example. If past practice is followed, at least half of the union secretaries under her will be rated as excellent, and then they can be rotated in the second half of the year so that everyone can benefit.

Of course, Pan Dachuan and Ding Jiuchang under Li Ye will definitely be selected.

But according to Li Ye’s current proposal, what’s the point of the selection?

How many managers are there in the union? How many people are there in the front-line workshops?
If the proportion of excellent students is not high, the union staff may have to compete with other departments for a quota!

On the contrary, the front-line workers, who had always suffered losses in the past, have bucked the trend and made a comeback this time.

What does the workers' benefit have to do with Lai Jiayi? Are employee benefits really for the workers?

Oh my god, Li Ye, are you stupid?

Li Ye is not stupid at all.

In his previous life, Li Ye saw through these disgusting tricks.

It’s okay to be selected as excellent, but it’s the bad habits to be eliminated at the bottom!
That thing is a double-edged sword. If used properly, it will be like Huawei, which can energize a group of people, squeeze out every bit of their potential, and make the company far ahead.

But if that thing is used up, it will just be handing a knife to those power-seeking villains.

For example, why don’t state-owned enterprises implement the last-in-first-out system?
Because we all have a stable job, if you try to make things difficult for me I will just give up. Anyway, in that kind of environment, it is not the majority to be critical of the matter rather than the person, and the efficiency won't improve no matter how hard you try, so I don't think it is immoral.

But what if the last-in-first-out system is implemented?
That would be fun!

Not to mention giving up, it’s just that those who follow me will prosper and those who go against me will perish.

If you don't believe me, look at those units. They haven't even implemented the last-place elimination yet! The top leaders are ruthless in dealing with the minnows of each other's factions. If you give them a knife, won't they kill each other like a river of blood?

Therefore, the more bureaucratic the place is, the more cautious this seemingly "efficient" method should be.

Li Ye is going to re-arrange these basic rules to let all employees know that he, Li Ye, is the one who truly distributes benefits to everyone.

Unite the majority?
I know how to use it better than you.

(End of this chapter)