Chapter 46: The Unexpected
Yu Qi didn't expect that Steve's secretary Anna would call her and ask her to come to Steve's office at 3 p.m. for a 10-minute meeting.
What does the director say when he talks to her? Yu Qi quietly inquired about Anna. Anna only said one sentence: it should be a good thing, let her put her heart in her stomach. Don't worry about it.
Yu Qi set her phone's alarm to 2:55, worried that she would forget the meeting arranged by the director because she was busy with work. The director talked to such a small intern as her, and specially arranged for the secretary to notify her in advance, which really valued her so much. She was really impressed.
Unexpectedly, after 5 minutes, a 3 o'clock talk invitation popped up in the computer's Outlook system, and the location was Steve's office. It turned out that Anna was worried that the two of them would forget about it, so she sent them an invitation to the meeting at the same time.
Yu Qi gave Anna a thumbs up in her heart: professional! Reliable!
Without a meeting guide, Yu Qi based on experience, Yu Qi thought through the table of her internship in the marketing department in the past few months: she guessed that the director might want to recognize her contributions to the company merger in recent months. Because interns are unlikely to be motivated by promotions or raises, a verbal commendation should be the most solemn recognition a director can give.
At 14:50, a meeting reminder popped up on the computer screen. Yu Qi closed the PPT he was working on after pressing a save button. She locked the keys of the computer, and the screensaver of the company's unified "Kut blue logo" popped up on the computer.
She used those last 10 minutes to go to the bathroom and put on a simple makeup look in front of the mirror. Then he returned to his seat and took a sip of water. I looked at my watch, and it was 14:59.
With a smile on her face, she walked up to Anna's seat and asked if she could enter the director's office. Anna looked up at Steve, who was facing the computer in the glass wall opposite, and smiled and asked her to knock on the door herself.
Yu Qi took a deep breath in front of the walnut door, raised her hand, and knocked lightly on the door.
"Please come in." Steve's hearty voice came from the room.
Steve looked at Yu Qi as he entered the door with a smile on his face, and warmly invited her to sit in the leather chair in front of his desk.
Yu Qi sat down a little stiffly, waiting anxiously for the boss's conversation. Although she had experienced hundreds of leadership conversations in her previous life, she was still a little nervous every time she met the leader.
"Yu Qi, please come over this time, there is no work arrangement. The main thing is to express my recognition and gratitude to you for your excellent performance in the past few months. At this point, Steve paused deliberately. He hoped that this pause would give Yu Qi enough time to digest this information, and free his brain to accept the key information below.
"Thank you boss for giving me this platform to be able to do the work I love to do." After Yu Qi was praised, her face turned slightly red.
"I've been in the workforce for 20 years. You are the best intern I have ever met in my job. I think this is not only the result of your learning in Jack's team last year, but also driven by your extraordinary understanding and sense of responsibility. What's even more commendable is that you have your own ideas and can implement them more perfectly. I appreciate you! It can be said that your excellence is incomparable to some people who have worked for several years after graduation. So, I want to give you a promise now, a verbal offer - after graduation next year, I will formally offer you a position in our department, and we will discuss the specific position before you graduate, according to your interests and the needs of the department. ”
The few spotlights embedded in the ceiling of the office are very bright, making the girl in front of her look very energetic, and Yu Qi has the hard work and momentum of many successful professionals in her thirties. Steve was familiar with this feeling, as he had worked so hard before. So he said this sincerely, hoping that this girl he values will be able to work in the company with peace of mind in the next year. Spend all your energy on Kut's job instead of looking for outside work.
Yu Qi was a little surprised when she heard this. Not to mention that there is no headcount (establishment) in the department now, even if the headquarters approves a new headcount next year, will the company agree to use this headcount to recruit her, a fledgling student?
The director must have understood this, so why did he give her this assurance now? Isn't this making trouble for himself and planting mines?
Although she was puzzled, she still smiled calmly: "Thank you Steve, for your affirmation." I'll work harder here! ”
Yu Qi's concerns, Steve also had before he decided to say this. However, seeing her calm and confident worksheet, he decided to be Yu Qi's Bole of Maxima. As the saying goes: Maxima is often available, but Bole is hard to find. Because he knows that the reason why Yu Qi can complete the work so well must be because of his enthusiasm for market development. The fact that the academic qualifications of a prestigious school and the rapid growth in the past few months in the past few months show that Yu Qi has a strong learning ability.
His criteria for selecting talents have always been: interest + attitude. Because each position is scientifically segmented into multinational companies, the skills and abilities of each position can be quickly cultivated. And the employee's interest in a position and attitude towards work cannot be cultivated by the company, because this person has been slowly formed in the past 20 years of growth.
In the contemporary era of more and more strict product homogenization, the competition between major enterprises, in the final analysis, is the competition of talents. Those who win talents win the world! He believes in his vision: if a third-year student can do this job, her future must be limitless.
From the company's point of view, recruiting her in the early stage of her job search can not only make her a complete "Kut", but also have a low cost of capital and time invested in her.
There are rewards and punishments, and rewards and punishments are timely. This is a basic practice for good managers. Yu Qi, with several years of management experience in his previous life, admired the elegant and resourceful director in front of him: what an excellent manager he is: even a humble intern in the department has a place in his daily mind.
Yu Qi looked at the boss opposite with gratitude and excitement, and told him with her eyes: She will do a good job!
When Steve saw that the ten-minute conversation had achieved his expected goal, he bowed his head slightly and said, "Then that's all for today's conversation, if you have any ideas in the future, you can come to me at any time." ”
Yu Qi happily responded. She listened to this sentence as if she had been given a "pass" to the competition - the boss told her to find any questions at any time, instead of going to the manager. You must know that in large companies, all problems must be reported at each level, and it is a capital offense to report at a higher level. Not only does the manager hate it, but the boss also doesn't like this kind of unruly and watchful subordinates.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Steve added a sentence when Yu Qi opened the door: "Today's conversation, don't sue others." Steve knows about her relationship with Meng Tianci and likes the two of them as smart and energetic young people, but young people don't handle all aspects of the relationship well, which will make them make a lot of mistakes. He had to be precautionary.