After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 15 Employees are divided into five levels

Personnel is a theoretical job, while business is a practical job.

The underlying logic of acquiring power is to strive for revenue generation and performance in the practical line, and to strive for favors and relationships in the ideal line.

Despite the numerous difficulties ahead, they are not a problem at all for Zhou Haoran, a workplace expert.

He has established a very good relationship with the human resources department.

His brand new outfit is not meant to please the business line.

Rather, it is to leave a good impression on those in the Human Resources Department who are engaged in interpersonal relationships all day long.

The effect is indeed outstanding.

Director Qin had a good impression of him.

Team leader He Jin even established private contact with him and developed a personal relationship with him.

This provides room for maneuver.

The second side is over.

Zhou Haoran wants to invite He Jin to lunch.

But she was not free.

He said he had to work overtime at noon and quickly summarize the work of the second interview and then transfer it to the sales department so that the business could be advanced in the afternoon.

Zhou Haoran said ten minutes would be enough.

He Jin then agreed and went to the coffee shop in the courtyard of the TV station, which was the British coffee shop chain Costa.

"Sister He, I have a favor to do you have to help me."

Zhou Haoran strengthened their relationship and changed her address from Team Leader He to Sister He.

He Jin expressed helplessness, saying, "Even the director can't do anything."

Zhou Haoran shook his head. "There is a way, but it's not convenient for me to tell her directly just now. It might be more appropriate for you to tell her."

"Oh?"

"I know that this recruitment is mainly for salespeople with sales experience. Once the sales department is reorganized, we'll start recruiting apprentices and interns again in a month or two."

"Yes." He Jin described the current situation. "Sales Director Lao Meng has seconded a number of salespeople from the urban channel. They will definitely be returned in a few months. So our channel sales department will not stop recruiting in the second half of the year."

Zhou Haoran said: "My biggest disadvantage is my lack of sales experience."

He Jin nodded. "Apart from this, your other qualifications are excellent. Age and education are nothing. The most important thing for a salesperson is to sign orders. Whoever can sign orders for the station is a hero."

Zhou Haoran said: "But if you are an apprentice, you don't need a sales resume."

"Ok?"

He Jin was slightly stunned.

Zhou Haoran showed a strong sense of ambition. "Sister He, what I want is the result of joining the company. Whether I join as a full-time salesperson, an apprentice, or an intern, it doesn't matter."

He Jin quickly objected: "That won't work. The meanings of a newcomer and an apprentice are different. Apprentices... other departments are better off, but the apprentices in the sales department are internally known as the 'five black categories.'"

"The five black categories?"

"that is……"

He Jin pointed to his chest.

Her employee badge was hanging there.

Blue background, black text.

He Jin explained, "Station employees are divided into five categories. The first category is the station-hired staff, whose badges are red with black text. The worst category is the channel's self-funded staff... these are temporary workers among temporary workers, the black fifth category, and their badges are black with white text."

Zhou Haoran didn't care and said firmly: "It's just an identity. I want to join the TV station, and no one can stop me. Not even my own dignity and honor!"

"It's not a matter of dignity." He Jin sighed, "It's about personal gain."

"is it?"

"Employees in the 'five black categories' receive no basic salary and no employee benefits. They don't even have access cards and need to register and report daily before entering the office."

"No income?"

Zhou Haoran raised his eyebrows slightly.

He Jin said, "If a sales apprentice wants to earn an income, there's only one way, and that's to work alongside a senior salesperson. If you sign a deal, you can get a proper bonus or even commission." Zhou Haoran smiled, "As for the sales department, it's still based on revenue generation."

He Jin lowered his voice and said, "The sales department was almost wiped out because of a corruption case. Do you know how this was discovered?"

"I heard that someone reported it."

"Yes, it was reported by one of the 'black five categories' in the sales department."

"why?"

Zhou Haoran was very curious.

He Jin said, "Because he'd been a member of the 'Five Black Categories' for two full years and still hadn't been able to get a regular job, he assisted his master in signing many contracts, but not only did he earn little, he was also ridiculed for his status. So I investigated some of his contract signings and reported him."

Zhou Haoran didn't back down. "So it's so difficult to become a full-time employee from an apprentice?"

"It's hard!"

“No hard and fast standards?”

"Yes, that is, they have the ability to sign contracts independently without their mentors." He Jin proposed a solution that she thought was difficult to achieve. "Being able to sign contracts independently means that they have the ability to work independently. They can switch from self-financing to outsourcing and become third-tier Taiwan-hired contract workers."

Zhou Haoran didn't hesitate. "Sister He, that's settled. I want a job, whether it's as a regular employee, an apprentice, or an intern. It doesn't matter what your status is!"

He Jin sighed, "Even if you are willing, you don't meet the requirements for this recruitment. This recruitment is not for apprentices."

Zhou Haoran asked her for help, "Can't you make an exception? I got 100 points on both my first and second interviews!"

He Jin looked at him deeply, "Are you so determined?"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "If I'm not accepted and I go somewhere else, it will be a huge loss to the station, right?"

He Jin was a bit embarrassed. "I'll go talk to the director. She needs to discuss this with the general manager. It's not very feasible. The general manager was also punished by the station for the sales department's corruption case. He's been very irritable lately and he attaches great importance to this sales recruitment. Whether he can be flexible... depends on his mood."

"Sister He, don't worry too much." Zhou Haoran encouraged her, "It's okay. If the director really won't be flexible, that's fine too. I'll go find him and talk to him privately!"

……

He Jin didn't have time for lunch and hurried back to work.

Zhou Haoran saw Qiao Suiqing hiding at the door of the coffee shop.

"Sister Suiqing, why didn't you go over there just now?"

"I'm not familiar with her."

"She's He Jin from the Human Resources Department!"

"I know, it's just..." Qiao Suiqing murmured, "I'm just not familiar with him. I don't know what to say when I get there."

Zhou Haoran looked at her intently, "Sister Suiqing, are you socially anxious?"

"Social phobia?" Qiao Suiqing had never heard of this term. "What social phobia?"

Zhou Haoran sighed, then stared at her bulging chest.

Her employee ID card has black letters on a green background.

"Sister Suiqing, what rank is your employee badge?"

"Third gear."

“Just now He Jin, she was black text on a blue background.”

Zhou Haoran was not aware of the class stratification in the TV station.

Qiao Suiqing nodded slightly. "Well, she's a leader, so she's in the second tier. But there's not much difference between the second and third tiers. Without a position, neither can get welfare housing."

Zhou Haoran asked: "What is the fourth gear?"

Qiao Suiqing said, "The fourth category is the gray market. The station sarcastically calls them 'those involved in the gray market.' These are the cleaners, security guards, doormen, canteen chefs, and the like. They sign contracts with third parties."

Zhou Haoran felt ridiculous.

I feel like the organizational structure here is too chaotic.

Let’s not talk about dividing people into different classes.

The logic of the key division is also missing. The sales department is a revenue-generating department, but the apprentices in the sales department are of the lowest status, lower than cleaners and doormen.

Times are still changing, and under the market economy, it will take time for the reforms in Taiwan to be gradually implemented.

(End of this chapter)