Chapter 15: Angela's Sudden Departure (Ask for Comments, Ask for Recommendations)
One morning, Linda came to Muzi and said, "Muzi, is it convenient for you to have a good time?" ”
Muzi nodded and said, "Okay." ”
Linda said: "Let's go directly to Terry's office, originally the newcomer should arrange a communication with him after joining the company, but he is also busy enough during this time, let's just communicate together today." ”
Muzi chuckled in her heart, and quickly responded, and followed Linda to Terry's office.
Entering the door and seeing Terry, Muzi's hand holding the notebook couldn't help but clench subconsciously, a little inexplicably cramped and nervous.
This is the second time I have seen Terry since the last interview, and on April day, Terry is wearing a well-tailored Burberry shirt, and his smile is still so warm.
"Sit down" Terry was as humble and gentle as he had been in the last interview.
After sitting down, Terry asked Muzi, "How is it, are you still comfortable with the new working environment?"
Muzi nodded and said, "Thank you Terry, it's good." The company has a very sound training system, and I have participated in a lot of training and learned a lot of content. In addition, I have already started to work on some media resource acquisition projects with Jimmy. “
Terry nodded and said, "Okay, EB is big, there are many opportunities in all aspects, and if you want, there are many possibilities." ”
Linda opened her mouth and explained: "Muzi, you can see that you have entered the role very quickly during this time. Today, we mainly want to communicate with you about one thing. ”
"Okay, what's the matter, you say. "Muzi is a little uneasy, can't it be that I did something wrong?
"Yes, it happened suddenly, Angela just proposed to leave two days ago, because of the impact of last year's economic crisis, this position headquarters will not add new headcounts. “
"Huh, what then?" Muzi blurted out that Linda meant for a moment.
Linda replied, "You know, this role is more independent of other businesses, and I've always been in charge of it, and it's a very important position. ”
"Although the company does not replenish the headcount, the department still needs to tilt manpower. ”
"After all considerations, I recommended you to Terry, and I felt that although you are a newcomer, you have shown a strong learning ability after joining the company, and you are the right person to succeed Angela. “
"This is a more workable position than a pure business position, and I hope you will accept this challenge. Linda finished unhurriedly.
Here's what Terry also said: "When Linda recommended you to me, I also expressed my support, believing that you have the potential to do so. “
Muzi was stunned for a moment, feeling a little sudden, Angela is the process management specialist of the department, when Muzi was newly hired, he was involved in the training of the process and system, so he had some contact with Angela and had a certain understanding of this position.
However, when Muzi joined the department, she interviewed for a business procurement position, and in terms of personal interests and development planning, she was still more inclined to a business position, and she had recently begun to contact some specific procurement projects.
Regarding the process work, Muzi has no experience at all, I feel that I am still rigorous and professional, and I also require strong coordination and communication skills.
However, Muzi knows that judging from the current situation, today's so-called communication is just a polite notice, and he has no bargaining chips to change anything.
After a series of rich inner activities, Muzi quickly spoke: "Thank you Terry and linda for their recognition, I obey the work arrangement of the department, but I am a little worried that I have no relevant experience, and I don't know if I can be competent." ”
When Linda heard Muzi say this, she immediately gave Muzi a reassurance: "Don't worry, Angela is a senior employee of the department, and she still has a month to hand over her work."
During this time, your focus will be on on-the-job learning.
I would ask Angela to develop a detailed handover and training plan.
Trust in your abilities and don't worry about whether you can do it. ”
Linda emphasized the importance of this position: "This position has high personnel requirements, requires strong communication and coordination skills, and has certain management functions. I have faith in you. ”
At this time, Terry also added: "Although the position is in charge of the Linda team, some matters need to be reported directly to me. It's a new role for you, it's going to be challenging at the beginning, and you're looking forward to it. ”
Linda nodded: "Terry and I will be responsible for this position, and if you have any problems at work, we will communicate at any time." “
Hearing Terry and Linda say this, Muzi understands that there is no other choice but to accept it.
Since there is no other choice, then accept it happily.
After this month, Muzi knows that he is a novice in the marketing industry, and there are many things to learn and improve.
The process position is responsible for sorting out the procurement process of all categories of the department, standardizing the requirements of management, and coordinating department-level projects and affairs.
Being in charge of this position is a good choice to quickly understand the business of the department and the functions of each position.
Thinking of this, Muzi was relieved and said, "Okay, I'll do my best to do it well." ”
Linda said, "Okay, if you don't have a problem here, I'll talk to Angela as soon as possible."
After Angela finishes sorting out the handover plan, we will work together again, and in the follow-up work handover process, if you have any questions, you are welcome to come to me to communicate. “
Muzi replied, "Okay." ”
Soon, Angela put together a long handover plan, which seemed to be quite intimidating.
After Muzi communicated with Angela as a whole, he also carefully categorized and sorted out the work handover plan.
It is generally divided into 5 categories of work content:
1) Department process management and update,
2) Co-ordination of departmental management reports,
3) supplier performance evaluation,
4) Compliance and standardized management
5) Support for departmental comprehensive affairs
On the one hand, Muzi sincerely wants to help Angela see her off, and on the other hand, she also hopes that Angela can carefully hand over with her.
After all, he is a rookie, and he only found a bunch of problems when Angela finished leaving his job, and it is inconvenient for him to trouble Linda, of course, it is impossible to find Terry, people invite themselves to work, not to ask questions.
So Muzi took the initiative to invite Angela to a send-off meal.
Knowing that Angela is a Hunan girl, Muzi deliberately set the dining place in a Hunan restaurant called "Xiangjian" near the company, which focuses on creative Hunan cuisine, and the decoration and dish reputation are very good.
Angela is an outgoing girl, and she said to Muzi: "Muzi, you are too polite, and you specially invited me to dinner and saw me off." ”
Muzi said: "Yes, I have to trouble you a lot during this time, I don't have much work experience in this area." ”
Angela said, "Don't worry, it's my job to take over, and even if I have any problems after I leave, you can come to me." No matter how true or false this sentence is, Muzi is still very moved.
"Thank you, angela" Muzi sighed, "I haven't been here for a long time, but I think my colleagues in the department are very good, and suddenly, you said that you were leaving, and I felt quite reluctant." “
"It's true that EB is a pretty good company, but I hesitated for a long time for personal reasons, and finally decided to quit," Angela said. “
Muzi said, "I wish you good luck." I'm curious, can you tell us why you left your job?"
Angela replied: "That's right, my boyfriend has always been in foreign trade, and I hope I can quit my job to help him do it."
I also feel that I have more freedom to do something, and I have more time to do.
Also, I'm about to get married to my boyfriend, so think about it as a gamble. ”
It turned out that this was the case, Muzi said, "Congratulations, Angela, I wish you and your boyfriend a long life, and I wish you a successful career." ”
"Haha" Angela said happily, "I hope so, I hope so, in fact, you are quite lucky, Linda is a very good leader." ”
Muzi said, "Well, Linda is quite kind. Not long after I arrived, I felt that the people in our department were very nice. ”
Angela thought for a while, "Well, how to say it, you can't hurt people, you can't have the heart to defend people, you still have to observe more." Angela nodded and didn't continue.
Muzi thought about it for a while, and said a little hesitantly: Well, but I feel a little afraid of Allen, and I communicate with him a little... “
Angela smiled and said, "It's normal, you were recruited by Linda, and Linda and Terry have a good personal relationship.
But Allen is a veteran of the company, but for more than a year, Terry, Allen, and Linda were originally managers of the department's sub-teams.
Alex, the former director, was transferred back to the U.S. headquarters at the end of his term, and Terry and Allen were promoted to department director. “
"I see, thank you so much for telling me this. I just arrived, and I don't know a lot of things," Muzi said gratefully.
"It's okay, it's something everyone knows, it's not a secret. Angela said.
Indeed, in the workplace, and in a fast-growing company like EB, interpersonal relationships cannot be so simple.
In other words, where there are interests, there will be rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there will be struggles.
Muzi then asked, "Angela, is there anything else that the department needs to pay attention to?"
"Generally speaking, it's okay, if you want to say, after Terry was promoted to director, Joanna was promoted to manager of the department's marketing group 3, and it is rumored that Joanna has a relationship background with company executives, so she has been promoted twice in three years, but this is just a rumor, not confirmed. ”
"Mm-hmm, no wind, no waves. Muzi sighed,
"Not to mention that you have been struggling with your resignation from EB for a long time, I was also quite embarrassed when I resigned from my previous company.
My colleagues and leaders there were very kind to me, but I suddenly wanted to resign, and I didn't know how to say it.
However, a friend told me that it is better to get together and disperse, and goodbye is still a friend.
So, Angela, even though you're no longer at EB, we're still friends and keep in touch. “
Angela said, "Well, your friend is very good, you can always remember his words, and you feel that he is a very important person to you, right?"
Muzi was stunned for a moment, is it? someone who is very important to me?
Lu Zi hurriedly explained: "No, it's just a former classmate, but I think his words are quite reasonable." ”
"By the way, Angela, what day was your last day?" asked Muzi.
"It's May 15th. Angela replied.
"Wow, that's going to be fast, I'm going to come up. "Muzi counts the days, and there are less than three weeks left. ”
Muzi sighed and said: "Seriously, I feel really lucky to be able to join EB, when I was looking for a job, I wanted to enter EB, but I didn't expect my dream to come true, hehe." “
After all, Angela is a few years older than Muzi, and she has also been in EB for a few years, and she said to Muzi:
"EB is indeed a good company, and the norms are humane, but who knows, no company can continue to grow at such a high speed. “
Mu Zi asked puzzledly: "Why? I think the company's 18-year financial report released in March is quite good." “
Angela explains: "EB18 has maintained a 48% global growth rate, which is still good, but did you look at the data in China? the increase is less than 35%, which is a record low. ”
"Huh?" Muzi said a little embarrassedly: "I only looked at the data of the group company, was the situation in China bad last year?"
Angela said: "Last year's economic crisis, natural and man-made disasters, real estate collapsed, many people lost their jobs, and of course consumption power was affected.
And in the past two years, the growth momentum of Lexianghui is too strong, people have local genes, as the saying goes, a strong dragon can't overpower the head snake. ”
"Oh, it's true, before I came to EB, I used to buy things on Le Xiang Hui. Muzi stuck out his tongue in embarrassment.
Angela continued: "But with a company as big as EB, there's nothing wrong with it in the short term. “