Chapter 62 Building a Nest to Attract a Phoenix
Zhou Jianping got up and added some water to Zhao Xinmei's teacup, and after returning to his seat, he said: "Although carrying a lot of loans, the company now finally has a little appearance, but the expansion of production and sales, the increase of enterprise employees, all kinds of things followed, now I obviously feel that the enterprise management has not kept up, some time ago there were several problems with product quality, sales, the trend of arrears has also developed significantly." ”
"Your enterprise of more than 600 people is now running at full capacity in three shifts, and I estimate that the output is not much less than that of our unit, and we are a large enterprise with more than 3,000 people! There are three to four hundred managers in various departments of the organs alone. Of course, we belong to the bloated organization and the people are superfluous, but with such a large scale and only a few managers, even if the efficiency is high, there are times when we can't take care of it, and it is difficult to avoid negligence and mistakes. Zhao Xinmei said.
"Yes, I also clearly feel that there is a lack of management personnel and weak management links. This enterprise now gives me the impression of a computer, through the expansion of production and staff, the hardware configuration of the enterprise has gone up, but the management level of enterprise software has not been improved, it can be said that it is still at the level of two years ago, in the case of software and hardware mismatch, the operation of the enterprise will inevitably be affected. Zhou Jianping said.
"Your analogy is very interesting, it shows that you have a clear understanding of the problem, and the rest of the things are much easier, you just need to strengthen this aspect."
"Therefore, I want to buy the land of the new factory, as well as build a new office space, and improve the production and living conditions in the factory.
"Building a nest to attract phoenixes? What are you doing? Zhao Xinmei was very interested in this sentence.
"You think, the development of enterprises needs talents, if you want to attract talents, in addition to salary, working and living environment is also one of the main factors, Jiansheng Food Factory is originally an enterprise outside the system, if there is no superior conditions, no one can afford our enterprise."
"It seems that Director Zhou always plans carefully and foresees things. Do you think it's time to build a nest? What kind of phoenix are you going to attract? Zhao Xinmei quipped.
"Section Chief Zhao, please come to the factory today, I want to hear your opinions, just now you also went to the workshop and the factory to see, have a preliminary impression of our environment, please talk about the actual feelings, to seek truth from facts, tell the truth, deficiencies, I want to improve." Zhou Jianping said very sincerely.
"Director Zhou, every company has its own uniqueness, I have to talk about my feelings, I think this is already very good. You may want me to pick out the shortcomings, I can only say that the hardware improvement of the enterprise is endless, to attract talents, the hardware of the enterprise is only one aspect, on the other hand, it lies in the way of employing the leaders of the enterprise. No matter how good the hardware of the enterprise is, if there is no good employment environment and good business leaders, even if the hardware temporarily attracts talents, it may not be able to retain talents in the end. ”
Zhao Xinmei, who graduated from the financial management major, did not do financial management after graduation, but went to the business management department of Xiangyang Food Company, and is now a pure manager, she has a deeper understanding of the true meaning of enterprise management.
"Isn't nesting less important, according to you?"
"No, it is very important to create a good working and living environment for talents, after all, this is something that can be seen and touched, just like young people looking for a blind date, your external conditions are the first impression left on each other. What I mean is that enterprises should do what they can to improve their hardware conditions, as long as they do their best, the key is to let talents have a relaxed working environment and space to show themselves, even if the living conditions are slightly worse, the other party can understand. ”
"I understand what you mean, treating talents is nothing more than knowing people well, giving enough space, fully trusting, and doing these things, what else do you need?"
"Director Zhou, if you really want to do these things, it's already quite good. But I would like to give you a suggestion, before introducing talents, you have to seek truth from facts, according to the company's own situation, to figure out what kind of talent your company needs? How much do you need? We must not follow the old path of state-owned enterprises and bring a large number of people under our command, which sounds good, but in fact leads to the accumulation and waste of qualified personnel, and on the contrary, it is disrespectful to qualified personnel. ”
Zhou Jianping's previous understanding of Zhao Xinmei was limited to the surface, he believed that Zhao Xinmei was engaged in management in state-owned enterprises, and was only familiar with enterprise management.
"Section Chief Zhao, what do you think of the two kinds of enterprises in the system and outside the system?"
"Director Zhou, let me make a small request first, please don't call me Section Chief Zhao again, just call me Xiao Zhao, because in front of you, I, the deputy head of the Enterprise Management Department of Xiangyang Food Factory, is really not worth mentioning. In addition, regarding the two kinds of enterprises inside and outside the system, our generation is different from the previous generation, the concept has changed, the feelings within the system are not as deep as the previous generation, and in addition, we are in the system, and have a deeper understanding and understanding of its drawbacks, so we do not exclude things outside the system. It is undeniable that some units outside the system, for various reasons, do have many irregularities, but I think that is temporary, and as time goes by, the situation will force them to gradually standardize. ”
"Okay, accept your suggestion, then I won't call you Section Chief Zhao, but it seems a bit big to call you Xiao Zhao, if you call him by his name, do you think it's appropriate?"
"Yes, there's nothing inappropriate, Zhao Xinmei or Xinmei, just call it."
"That's rude. Last time, I heard Zhang Gong say that Xiangyang Food Factory sometimes does not pay wages in time, I don't understand how this situation can happen? Zhou Jianping said.
"I just mentioned that the current output of your Jiansheng Food Factory at full capacity is almost the same as that of our unit, we have more than 3,000 people in the whole factory, which is five times that of your factory, and there are three or four hundred management personnel in the organs alone, not to mention the same product, only the labor cost is much higher than your products, compared with you, our products have to lose in the market competition only from the price, not to mention the rigid system of state-owned enterprises, the lack of service awareness, and its market shrinkage is an inevitable trend." Zhao Xinmei analyzed.
"The reality is really like this, when our old product entered the wholesale market of M city, there was a local state-owned enterprise producing the same product, and the products of the two enterprises launched face-to-face direct competition in the local market, and our products were a full 10 percent lower than the price of the other party, and the company still had profits. Soon after, the local company withdrew from the market in M. The situation you talked about may be a common problem of state-owned enterprises, but as insiders, what do employees think or plan to think about this situation? Zhou Jianping actually wanted to find out what Zhao Xinmei thought.
Not to mention ordinary employees, just like Zhao Xinmei, there is more or less a staff member with a half-job, who can get by in the unit, when a monk hits the bell for a day, he can ring the bell, he is a good employee, how can they have any ideas! Having said that, if you are not in your position and do not seek your own politics, what can you do if you have ideas? Maybe the main leaders in the factory don't have a long-term plan, what the hell are you doing, everyone is on top of it when the sky falls.
"How about the company, it's not a question we should consider, just go to work every day and do your own job." Zhao Xinmei said.
"As the saying goes, if you don't have a long-term concern, you must have a near-term worry. I would like to say something inappropriate, if the wages of the unit are not paid on time, shouldn't we think about the future in such a situation? ”
Zhou Jianping is reluctant to go straight to any important things, he is afraid that some words will make the scene embarrassing, so he is used to taking it step by step and trying to do more foreshadowing, sometimes the other party can feel the purpose of his words from the previous conversation.
After more than an hour of conversation, Zhao Xinmei seemed to realize that Zhou Jianping's main purpose in inviting her to the factory today was not to make any comments on the hardware facilities of Jiansheng Food Factory, but to have other plans.
"Director Zhou, do you have something to tell me?" Zhao Xinmei's personality is obviously more straightforward.
This question made Zhou Jianping look a little passive, "I ...... it, I want to tell you something, but I'll forget it and see what happens in the future." ”
"What are you going to do later? Since I came to your factory today, it is best to take this opportunity to say something, if you don't say it, I will be concerned. ”
In fact, this matter was originally very simple, and Zhou Jianping had nothing difficult to say, but that time he brought it up with Zhang Gong, but he was politely rejected by the other party, and since then, whenever he thinks of this problem, Zhou Jianping is a little lacking in confidence.
Seeing that Zhao Xinmei's attitude was very open, Zhou Jianping plucked up his courage, "Section Chief Zhao, oh no, Xinmei, maybe you have seen that Jiansheng Food Factory is in great need of management talents, I mean, can you consider ......"
"Consider what?" Zhao Xinmei had already guessed what Zhou Jianping was going to say.
"Xinmei, can you consider transferring from your current unit and joining our management team?" After speaking, Zhou Jianping laughed at Zhao Xinmei's laughter.
However, the expected laughter did not appear, because she had already guessed that Zhou Jianping was going to say this, Zhao Xinmei not only did not be surprised, did not laugh, but had a calm expression, "Director Zhou Zhou, when did you start to have this idea?" It won't be today's whim, right? Zhao Xinmei did not answer Zhou Jianping's question.
"This idea has been around for a long time, do you remember the first time you came here to visit Zhang Gong? When we had lunch at lunch, did we have a conversation? ”
"Remember, at that time, you only said that you hoped that Zhang Gong could be transferred to your factory, and you didn't mention me! Do you think that I, a yellow-haired girl, are not worthy of the attention of Director Zhou? Zhao Xinmei teased.
Zhou Jianping has an introverted personality and talked for more than an hour, he and Zhao Xinmei sat on both sides of the coffee table, and the two of them sat in danger, especially Zhou Jianping, who was not smiling and serious, Zhao Xinmei wanted to make the atmosphere lively, and deliberately distorted Zhou Jianping's meaning.
"Xinmei, don't think so! At that time, I raised this matter with Zhang Gong, but he politely declined, which was a bit of a blow to my confidence, how dare I mention it to you again! Besides, you are a young man with high vision, the factory was expanding at that time, the environment was poor, and the office conditions were not good. Zhou Jianping blushed and hurriedly explained.
"I'll tell you a joke, what are you really doing? To be honest, if you had brought it up with me at the time, I would have rejected it because the timing was not right. ”
"What's the matter, you still complain that I didn't tell you at the time, but fortunately I didn't bring it up, otherwise I would really be ashamed. Do you think it's the right time to talk about this today? ”