Chapter 1017 Layoffs in progress
Lu Shaohua left and returned to the villa in Shenzhen, but when he arrived at the villa, Lu Shaohua was not idle, but opened the notebook and typed in the living room.
This time, Lu Shaohua came to Shenzhen mainly to hold a plenary meeting of the Phoenix production base, and Lu Shaohua will explain at the meeting why he is laying off employees or something, do all the reassurance work, and also make a final meeting with some employees.
Originally, Lu Shaohua was not used to using the speech script, but in order to make the speech at tomorrow's meeting more fluent, Lu Shaohua finally decided to use the speech script.
Think about it, a meeting of more than 100,000 people, it is not an ordinary meeting, in the face of that kind of scene, if Lu Shaohua suddenly can't answer the next sentence, then he doesn't have to mix, it's a shame.
Set a theme first, and then write around it.
Well, it sounds easy, but it's hard to write, to be sensational, to be moving, to be smooth, and so on, are all things that Lu Shaohua needs to pay attention to.
At this moment, Lu Shaohua finally realized why those officials had to be equipped with secretaries, it turned out that they had a headache for the speech.
Think about it, an official, every day the general assembly is continuous, if there is no secretary to write the speech, all by himself, it will not be tired of the old monster.
Lu Shaohua also has a secretary, but he didn't bring it with him, so he had to work his own speech.
It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that Lu Shaohua finally wrote out the long speech of thousands of words, reviewed it, and found that there were no problems.
The convening of the staff meeting, the time is set at eight o'clock in the morning, because the weather in the south is hot in summer and warm in winter, although it is now close to winter, but the temperature is still very high, if the meeting is held later, it is estimated that people will be killed by heat.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the meeting lasted a full hour and ended at nine o'clock.
This is Chu Lei's arrangement, and it was also agreed by Lu Shaohua.
It is precisely because the meeting is very early, so the next day, Lu Shaohua got up early, and got up before dawn, only at five o'clock in the morning.
Get up at five o'clock, get fit, take a shower, have some breakfast, the time is already six o'clock, set off for the Phoenix production base, the time is half past seven, rest for half an hour, the time for the meeting is up.
The venue was open-air, and due to the large number of participants, it was only possible to choose to hold it in the square in front of the main building of the base.
When Lu Shaohua stepped onto the rostrum, all the employees below applauded unanimously to show their respect for Lu Shaohua. Indeed, Lu Shaohua is worthy of respect, entering the Phoenix production base, the salary is higher than others, and the other treatment is also good, which is undoubtedly the most pleasant thing for every ordinary worker.
For those middle and senior management, their treatment is even better, and they have no reason not to respect the boss in front of them, even if this boss is not yet thirty years old this year, but it does not prevent them from respecting Lu Shaohua.
Lu Shaohua pressed his hand weakly, signaling the people below to stop, and then Lu Shaohua nodded at everyone, his expression was a little heavy, and he paused before he spoke. "The Phoenix production base has a history of more than 20 years now, and in these more than 20 years, there has never been a meeting on such a large scale as today. Today, I am very happy that all the employees of the Phoenix production base are here, and at the same time, I would like to say to you: hard work. ”
"If it weren't for you, the Phoenix production base would not have been brilliant today, and it was you who made it brilliant, thank you, thank you!" Lu Shaohua said very emotionally.
Applause again, very neat... It looked like it was about twenty seconds before the applause stopped, but Lu Shaohua didn't speak at this time, his eyes swept over everyone one by one, and he said after a long time. "However, not long ago, the subprime mortgage crisis broke out, and the subprime mortgage crisis affected the global economy, and we, as a group that relies mainly on exports, were also greatly affected. Before that, I got a statement from Phoenix Sales, in the past two months, all the products sold by Phoenix, the total range has dropped by as much as 10%, and it is still declining, and it is conservatively estimated that by the end of the year, the decline will be more than 25%. ”
The data that Lu Shaohua said was not fabricated out of thin air, but facts, and they were the results of Phoenix's sales statistics and predictions. Well, it's just 2007, and as for 2008, they hardly dare to predict it.
This time no one applauded, but chose to remain silent.
None of the people who can enter the Phoenix Group are fools, and they all know very well that if there is a problem with the sales of the Phoenix Group's products, then the Phoenix production base is bound to lay off employees to ensure that the group can operate normally.
In fact, it is said that it is normal operation, but in fact, it is to minimize the loss, after all, it is impossible for the Phoenix Group to pay for people who don't have to do things all day, as long as some employees are laid off, those who remain can work normally and get wages, and the Phoenix Group can also rely on the meager sales of the market to support the wages of those workers.
It turned out that those people's guesses were correct, because Lu Shaohua spoke next. "Standing in my position, of course, I hope that the Phoenix Group can maintain a good momentum, but natural disasters, this is a natural disaster that human beings cannot overcome, and we can't resist it, so after some discussion at all the top levels, it was decided to lay off the base."
"I'm saddened by this, I don't want that to happen, but I have to make such a decision for the sake of the long-term interests of the group." Lu Shaohua's voice was very deep, and he paused after saying it before continuing. "I know that it is unfair for some employees to make such a decision at the top of the group, but please don't blame me, after all, I am thinking about the overall situation of the group and have to do it."
Yes, Lu Shaohua had to consider the overall situation and had to do it as a last resort.
As the boss of the Phoenix Group, Lu Shaohua has a lot of net worth, but after a man-made disaster, there was a subprime mortgage crisis, and then there was a financial storm that swept the world.
Applause... There was applause again, as for why there was applause entirely because of Lu Shaohua's words, at the end of Lu Shaohua's words, it was obvious that he was apologizing to others, although it was not too obvious, but it was there, Lu Shaohua was apologizing to the laid off employees.
A big boss with a net worth of trillions of dollars would apologize to some laid off employees, which is impossible, but now Lu Shaohua is doing it, isn't such a person, such a boss, worthy of applause?
In addition, if the layoffs are placed in other companies, it is estimated that it will only be a high-level appearance, announce the company's decision, and then post the list of layoffs, notify those laid off employees to go to the finance to receive salaries, and then it will be over.
But let's take a look at Lu Shaohua, the boss personally came forward, and held a base-wide meeting for this purpose, and explained the reasons for the layoffs, and apologized, such a person is really rare.
In modern society, some people may only care about their immediate interests, as long as their interests are violated, they will be unhappy, but it cannot be said that those people are like this in their hearts, and perhaps in their hearts, there is also a hidden side.
Just like now, after Lu Shaohua finished speaking, everyone applauded, this applause does not mean respect for Lu Shaohua, but more understanding and tolerance.
Maybe tomorrow, they will be included in the list of layoffs, but, at this moment, they have no regrets.
However, Lu Shaohua did not stop, but continued. "The group will pay subsidies to the laid-off employees in accordance with the labor contract, and the group will pay you a full month's salary before the end of the month, which can be regarded as the final compensation for you."
"At the same time, I am here to promise everyone that as long as the group gets through this crisis and returns to its original track, the employees who want to come back, I will welcome them, and they will give priority to recruitment, well, you can rest assured, even if you are laid off this time, but the files will be retained, if you come back, you are not afraid that the group will not admit it, saying that you have not worked in the group." Lu Shaohua didn't forget to make a little joke in the end.
The atmosphere at the scene was very serious, but Lu Shaohua's last little joke caused a lot of laughter, and more than 100,000 people laughed together.
But he just laughed for a while, and soon regained his calm, because everyone knew that Lu Shaohua's words had not been finished, at least at least, and Lu Shaohua almost announced the dissolution of the meeting.
And at this time, what Lu Shaohua wanted to say had already been finished, looked at the time, it passed quickly, more than half an hour had passed, and there was still half the time from the originally scheduled hour, but Lu Shaohua looked at the scorching sunshine, and decided not to let Chu Lei come up to speak, and directly announced the dismissal.
As the person in charge of the Phoenix production base, Chu Lei has already come to the stage to say a few words on this occasion, which is why Lu Shaohua agreed to hold the meeting for an hour, but looking at the situation, if it goes on for another half an hour, it is estimated that some people will not be able to stand it, so it is understandable that Lu Shaohua announced the dissolution of the meeting.
The meeting was dispersed, Lu Shaohua had done everything he had to do, and he didn't stay at the moment, and handed over the follow-up things to Chu Lei to do, such as posting the list of layoffs, and the coordination of salary and so on, all of which were handed over to Chu Lei to arrange, and Lu Shaohua himself boarded his special plane and returned to Hong Kong directly.
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(To be continued)