That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 830 This is going to cause trouble

"My uncle is a teacher at No. 13 Middle School. I can help to get the children from our first branch factory into No. 13 Middle School."

"The deputy director of the Beijing Bus Factory is my second uncle's relative. If you really want to replace the buses for us, I will ask them to come and talk to us tomorrow."

The first enlarged meeting of cadres in the first branch was very successful. All the employees present spoke actively and expressed their opinions for an hour or two.

This shocked several general factory managers who were "attending the meeting" nearby.

These people are responsible for managing the small auditorium. They have to attend countless meetings every year, but this is the first time they have seen such a lively meeting with workers participating so actively.

In the past, when various meetings were held, the people at the top would talk for an hour, then ask those below if there were any objections, and then the meeting would end successfully.

Because the employees below have no objections, anyone who has objections will be punished by the leaders above, and even if you are not afraid of being punished and express your objections clearly, in the end, it will be "studied" and nothing will happen.

What's the point of saying it? Boss, we agree with everything you say!
So over time, various conferences have become formalized, completely highlighting the requirements of a solemn and dignified atmosphere.

But if you look at the meeting held at the first branch today, Deputy Director Li only spoke for five or six minutes in total, and the rest of the time was basically taken up by the employees below.

Many of the workers said ridiculous things, but the two factory managers on the stage just smiled and nodded, and gave affirmation from time to time, just like the legendary good cadres who "serve the people."

However, the serious expression on the face of the union leader Lai Jiayi was somewhat out of place.

At the end of the meeting, a word from Lu Zhizhang, the director of the first branch, made the staff in the small auditorium extremely envious.

"We have discussed several issues today very well. I would like to add one more point.
If you take your work seriously, I guarantee that all employees' wages will increase by 5% this year. Note that this is 5% every year."

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The applause lasted for a long time. If someone outside who didn't know heard it, they would think that some important person had come and everyone was giving a routine welcome!

After the meeting, the four points of the meeting quickly spread throughout the entire branch and spread to the main factory. Almost all the employees at the branch were very happy, except for a few people who had objections.

After returning to the branch factory after the meeting, the union sister Lai Jiayi walked into the factory director's office with a serious face.

"Director Lu, Deputy Director Li, today's meeting was too aggressive. Some of the content was simply nonsense. If it gets to the main factory, the leaders will definitely have opinions."

"Any opinions?" Lu Zhizhang smiled in surprise, "What opinions? The workers' response is very good!"

Lai Jiayi said seriously: "The workers' response is definitely good, but have you ever thought about the subsequent impact on the workers at the main factory?
The wages of our branch factory are much higher than those of the main factory. You still want to guarantee a 5% increase in wages every year? Can we just say such things casually?

Director Lu, let's not talk about whether the workers in the first branch will jump up and down and curse if we fail to fulfill our promise.
Let's say that if the workers in the main factory knew about this, do you believe they would compete with each other and block the door of the leader's house to demand a pay raise?"

“They have asked for a wage increase.”

Li Ye casually closed his notebook, then looked up and asked Lai Jiayi: "But what does that have to do with us? Besides, isn't it what you, Sister Lai, have been asking for, to improve the welfare benefits of the employees?"

In Li Ye's opinion, the reason why the wages of the workers in the main factory could not be increased was because the leadership of the main factory was incompetent. What did it have to do with his branch factory?

Is a 5% annual salary increase high? The inflation rate in 1986 was close to 20%, and in 1987 it was close to 40%. The 5% agreed upon by Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang was just a "conservative statement" and might be raised in due course. "Deputy Director Li, you can't say that," Lai Jiayi said unhappily, "In an enterprise, the salary determination of workers is a very particular matter and cannot be done so casually. I can't shoulder such a big responsibility alone."

"I will bear this responsibility,"

Lu Zhizhang said seriously: "Our first branch was originally established to respond to the call of the department and to get rid of the constraints of the old system. It was a production unit established in the form of trial management reform.

The situation we are facing is brand new and unconstrained. As long as we can liberate productivity and improve production efficiency, all the old rules can be broken. "

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Lai Jiayi was stunned because she couldn't refute what Lu Zhizhang said.

The first branch was originally planned and built by the management reform team. Its purpose was to absorb advanced overseas production management experience and try to explore a new set of management methods.

The result of the trial was also gratifying. The first branch had just been established for less than half a year and it had already made huge profits. The wages of employees also increased significantly. Even the names of Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang were known to the leaders of the department, and they were all very satisfied.

So who do you think you are to jump out and oppose Lu Zhizhang and Li Ye?

Lai Jiayi had no choice but to hold on and said, "I want to remind you two that the average salary of our branch factory is now over 140 yuan, 40 yuan higher than that of the main factory. We are not worried about the lack of salary but the imbalance of salary. This will cause trouble."

"If trouble arises because of making life better for employees, then I will take the blame for it,"

Li Ye smiled faintly and said to Lai Jiayi: "And Sister Lai, you are wrong. After several months of experimental production, our factory is now on track. This month's output has increased by 30%, so everyone's average salary has exceeded 180 yuan."

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Lai Jiayi was stunned again, because her salary was just over 200 yuan, and her subordinates earned a little over 100 yuan. So whose salary was averaged out by the 180 yuan?

"This is going to cause trouble. It's definitely going to cause trouble."

Lai Jiayi muttered a few words subconsciously, then felt that it seemed inappropriate, so she had to smile awkwardly.

But before her smile faded, hurried footsteps were heard outside.

“Tuk-tuk-tuk~”

Xiao Zhu from the Technical Department knocked on the door and rushed in hurriedly.

"Director, please go to the Hydraulic Factory and have a look! The workers in Workshop 8 beat up the people in the Finance Department and the Computer Room because of a salary issue."

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Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang were both stunned. Is there something wrong with the salary increase?
Sister Lai was so excited that she subconsciously said something extremely inappropriate.

"See, I told you that raising the salary this much would cause trouble, right?"

(End of this chapter)