Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 366: Let's Continue!

Summer nights are the perfect time for beer, especially in Harbin, where you can see lively crowds at restaurants, barbecue shops, KTVs, and IUVs all along the way.

Of course, there are also all sorts of interesting drunken taverns.

"Brother Zhu, please take me."

"Screw you! Chang Hai, I treated you like a brother, and you disgust me like this! You've had too much to drink, go, go, go back to your room and talk to your older brother."

Zhai Da stepped aside from his kind-hearted friend, locked the car, and headed towards the restaurant.

Jufu Restaurant is a familiar place for "Yueda Catering". In addition to its large size and high cost performance, the owner is also very familiar with the business and is very cooperative. Booking the entire place is just a matter of a word.

Every six months, we get together for a meal to boost morale, which is essential for those in basic non-office jobs.

Today, Yueda has nearly 300 employees, divided into headquarters, four bases, and a craft brewery. Among them are four A-level employees, more than 200 B-level employees, and dozens of C-level employees who have not yet completed their probation period.

This number of people is already more than enough to meet the needs of Harbin, but the company is still expanding its recruitment.

Because in the second half of the year, they plan to expand into other cities.

Compared to the difficulty research institutes face in recruiting programmers, it is much easier for Harbin to recruit more qualified employees, especially since retired personnel make up a large portion of the workforce.

Tonight, aside from the unlucky few who had to stay at their posts, more than two hundred people came to Jufu Restaurant. They were all ordinary people, and quick-drying training clothes were the most common innerwear.

The moment Zhai Da entered, he felt an overwhelming sense of irritation.

The "Eight Sufferings" set worked its magic; upon entering, the entire room was filled with sun-colored light representing "gratitude." Normally, this light wouldn't be very noticeable when diffused, but today it looked like hundreds of LED light strips had been installed.

If someone were to see it from his perspective, they would think it was a room full of Super Saiyans!

Since the venue was basically booked out, as soon as Zhai Da entered, dozens of men nearby started shouting slogans. Zhai Da immediately raised his hand to interrupt the spellcasting: "Stop making noise, just do what you're supposed to do."

Walking to the front table, four A-level employees sat together waiting for the boss. In addition to Xu Xuejun, Song Wu, and Wang Xiaolong, a new A-level employee was promoted this year, Qin Yang, who was highly valued.

Among all the employees, Qin Yang joined the company the earliest, is the most capable, and is also the de facto leader of the retired employees. It is only natural that he was promoted to Grade A.

Once you reach Level A, you've already become a senior executive or partner, and with already excellent benefits in all aspects, this represents another significant leap forward.

To put it simply, he used to earn over 10,000 yuan a month, nearly 200,000 yuan a year, which was already a rare feat in Harbin.

If you put him on the matchmaking market, he can pick anyone from 18 to 22, and even if he's under the legal age, you can reserve him for later.

After being promoted to Grade A, his annual income increased tenfold.

The light emanating from them was similar.

"Brother Da! Are your eyes bothering you?"

Zhai Da adjusted the angle, thinking to himself, "Isn't it because you're too dazzling!"
Not long after, Wu Yue arrived on time. This guy now has a girlfriend, although it's a long-distance relationship for the time being, but his face still had a gentle look on it.

After sitting down, Zhai Da teased, "How come you still have dark circles under your eyes even though you're in a long-distance relationship?"

Wu Yue cleared his throat: "This is just a work exchange. We talked quite late."

It was basically just long phone conversations.

Every couple has their own way of getting along, so Zhai Da stopped teasing him. It's better for Wu Yue to have a high school classmate girlfriend than to be hunted by all sorts of people; at least he's more defensive.

As for whether they can achieve a happy ending, it's too early to think about that at just over 20.

About half an hour later, as everyone arrived, Yueda's mid-year summary officially began. Wu Yue and Zhai Da exchanged a glance and walked onto the stage.

He is the speaker today.

Wu Yue scanned the faces below.

A week ago, his good friend Zhai Da was on a bigger stage, facing more faces, but for him, the people in the audience were closer and more concrete.

Since that phone call with Zhai Da, the HR department has started planning the salary structure. This is not just about increasing the payslips, but about a completely new performance evaluation mechanism.

"Everyone, the company is developing smoothly. At present, our production and sales capacity has reached 10 liters per day, and we have basically captured most of the high-end beer market in Harbin."

The people below also felt proud. When the company's vigorous development and personal happiness can be combined, a sense of belonging arises naturally.

As typical ordinary laborers, they receive generous salaries, enjoy full social and commercial insurance, are paid for overtime, have full holidays, and receive annual bonuses. It would be difficult for them not to belong to the workforce.

Experience has shown that it's not the boss's profits that make employees feel uncomfortable; in fact, the more money the boss makes, the more unbalanced the employees feel. They should reflect on their own actions.

But those below are unaware that there are other experts out there.

Today is not for them to reminisce about the past, but to look forward to the future.

Wu Yue said loudly, "The company has made great strides in development, and its scale and turnover are different from the past. Therefore, it needs further reform, especially the salary structure, which is also the main topic of today's mid-year summary."

"Some people suggested that I hold small meetings for important matters, but I don't think it's necessary. Most of the employees are here today, and since it's something that concerns everyone, we should all know together. Accountant Wang, please distribute the materials."

The HR department, which had been waiting for a long time, distributed the documents one by one. Since it was a series of new rules, it was not clear just by talking, so they had to keep copies so that everyone could take them back and study them slowly.

Many people are speculating that the company has a series of expansion plans for the second half of the year, and will have to tighten its belt and live a tough life in other cities.
It's not unacceptable, really. If you don't stand by the company through tough times, who will you be when the company reaches the top?
On the table at the front, Peng Hao took the paper and immediately began to read it.

My eyes widened at the first one.

The base salary will be increased by 100%-150%.

Peng Hao:? ? ?
The young man couldn't help but read it again. Was it a typo?

Shouldn't it be 10%-15%?
This isn't just an increase, it's a doubling, boss!

The simple-minded young man had the same question he had at last year's annual meeting: Wouldn't this affect the company?

The data also detailed the specific increases for different positions, with Peng Hao's delivery team's laborers showing an increase of 110%.

He's now a squad leader, in charge of two vehicles and seven or eight people, but he's still considered a laborer.

Peng Hao, who wasn't good at math, looked at his colleague beside him and asked, "How much is this?"

"How much did you take before?" "2400."

This is the base salary. If you include overtime pay and miscellaneous subsidies, the actual take-home pay is around 3000 yuan, not to mention that there is also full social security and housing provident fund.

You should know that even college graduates working in offices in Harbin might not earn this much. In a typical company, someone like him, a low-level worker, would be lucky to earn 1,400 or 1,500.

Continuing down, you can see that all positions have seen increases, with those that previously had relatively low salaries seeing larger increases. For example, the cleaning position saw a direct increase of 150%.

That colleague used to be a technician in the army and had good mental arithmetic skills: "After that, it was 5040, the basic salary."

Peng Hao clicked his tongue in astonishment: "Really?"

Wouldn't that be higher than being an official?

In fact, the "officials" he mentioned were just slightly higher-ranking civil servants. He had only heard it from others before; even the director of a street office only earned a little over four thousand yuan.

His colleague let out a sigh of relief: "When has Brother Yue ever lied?"

He also knew a bit about human resources. The employee received 5000 yuan, but the company's actual cost was higher. In addition, they also received bonuses, which they had been looking forward to.

Yes, it's probably better to cancel the bonus; it might even be more profitable overall.

We can't really bankrupt the company, can we? They'd have nowhere to turn if we did.

They wanted to work for Brother Yue and Brother Da for the rest of their lives.
Everyone knows that Brother Yue is generous and domineering, and Brother Da is domineering and generous.
However, the matter is not over yet; more details are to follow.

Zhai Da also picked it up and flipped through it with great interest. Although he had approved the content, he still found it very interesting to see the rows and columns of text.

If you have a nationally recognized vocational skills certificate, you will receive an additional 10% for each certificate, up to a maximum of 20%.

If you are successful in handling an emergency, your salary will increase by 15%.

From here on, it's still fairly common, but the further down you go, the more it starts to exceed the typical practices of businesses.

The Human Resources Department will provide additional skills training, such as computer skills, and those who pass the assessment will receive a 5% bonus.

Those with excellent annual physical examination results will receive a +5% bonus.

Those who propose innovative suggestions that are adopted (including management, technology, manufacturing, etc.) will receive a +10-15% bonus and a one-time reward.

Summarizing personal expertise, optimizing standardized manuals, and actively teaching others will earn +10%.
Acts of bravery and righteousness +30%.

If you do every single one of them, you could theoretically increase your investment by 100%.

This can be considered to have reached the level that Wu Yue mentioned before, with an overall increase of 200%.

The most interesting thing is that even cleaning ladies can get certified and learn to use computers, and they still get a raise.

Zhai Da will also promote this model in the research institute in the future. Although the details will definitely be different, since the institute is for pure technical personnel and researchers, the common goal is to continuously enhance competitiveness and personal well-being.

This requires that the relationship between companies and individuals go beyond simply paying a salary.

Instead, they are together, supporting each other.

Enterprises bear the responsibility for the personal happiness of their employees, and the personal happiness of their employees also carries the responsibility for the development of the enterprise.

Some might argue that many of these factors infringe upon individual freedom, and that corporate power is eroding individual rights.

But right is right, wrong is wrong, and good is good.

Yueda did not exchange "personal freedom" for basic benefits. Instead, it used "encouragement" to earn "effort" on top of high salaries, encouraging everyone to overcome laziness, be positive, and live a better life.

The same applies to personal health, professional certificates, and computer use.

No one talked about supporting a song and dance troupe, but now everyone's talking about supporting self-reliant employees.

Every employee is calculating this, but no matter how they calculate it, they all think it's outrageous.

Some loyal long-time employees stood up and said, "Brother Yue, we can't do this! Can the company withstand this?"

It had the feel of a veteran official earnestly advising: Your Majesty is ruining the country!
The money in the national treasury doesn't just fall from the sky!

Wu Yue rolled her eyes: "Don't overthink it, these are all plans that have been discussed seriously."

"Some employees were unable to come today. All supervisors and team leaders will definitely convey this message later. In addition, the company has decided to distribute a total of 1000 million yuan in bonuses to all B-level employees in the middle of the year. The HR department will complete the specific details within a month."

These words caused a slight commotion below.

"Next month, we will begin to establish ten branch bases in the three cities of Shengjing, Changsha, and Bincheng, and thoroughly expand our business to all major cities in the three northeastern provinces."

"In the more distant future, we will try to enter larger cities such as northern Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. There are great challenges, but also great opportunities."

"Many of you here will be forming teams and going to various cities to become seeds. New challenges await you in the new cities."

"If all goes well, the company is expected to continue to grow at a rate several times faster."

Wu Yue picked up a wine glass from the side, feeling a surge of heroic ambition.

"And I will not keep this glory to myself!"

Zhai Da: Pfft!

He quickly wiped his mouth, raised his glass, and said, "Ahem! Mr. Wu is right! Everyone, raise your glasses! Let's continue!"

Otherwise, people would think he and Wu Yue had a falling out.

Everyone stood up, and the two hundred people shouted in unison, "We guarantee to complete the mission!"

In Zhai Da's field of vision.

The sky was illuminated.

(End of this chapter)