Flash Tech in the Export Processing Zone has recently become the focus of discussion among employees of other companies in the park.
This company's business is truly excellent.
With the arrival of the peak sales season, they have once again started encouraging employees to work without rest, with Sunday overtime paying 1.5 times the regular wage.
Additionally, they have started hiring temporary workers.
Even for temporary positions, the competition is extremely fierce.
Their company's benefits are absolutely among the best in the Export Processing Zone, with long queues forming at the entrance every day, waiting to be selected.
"Those at the back don't need to queue anymore. Today's positions are all filled. It's not easy for everyone to come here on such a hot day, so please each take a bottle of iced drink from the cooler box next to you."
"Holy crap! What's going on, it's full already? It's only 9 o'clock, isn't it just getting started?"
"Here's the thing, we only need 50 people today, and some of them are prioritized for hire from referrals by our workshop employees, so that's all for today."
"Damn, the work today must be easy. This company really favors its own employees when good things come up, it's so biased."
"Oh well, it's not bad. Got a bottle of water, didn't come for nothing."
"Go tell your boss, ask him to hurry up the construction team for your new factory. Business is so good, wouldn't completing it a day earlier mean earning an extra day's worth of money?"
"Alright, alright, thank you for your suggestion. I will convey it to our boss. Everyone, please don't queue here anymore. The weather is hot, and crowding together can easily lead to heatstroke. That's it for today."
At this moment, a middle-aged man walked out from indoors and waved at the crowd:
"Alright, everyone disperse. Next time we need temporary workers, we will put up a notice at the entrance. If you're still interested, you can come and check."
Someone in the crowd recognized him as Chen Jinwen, Flash Tech's HR Manager, and immediately shouted at him:
"Manager Chen, when will you start hiring for the new factory? Didn't you say there would be training first?"
Chen Jinwen smiled and said:
"That will have to wait until the second half of the year, it won't be that fast. Everyone can follow our company's official website then; it will be updated in a timely manner."
"Don't do internal employee referrals again. I've heard that your internal employees even take benefits from those they recommend."
"Yeah, yeah, please consider us experienced workers more. We can get started faster."
"Alright, I've heard all your feedback and will convey it to our boss. Also, thank you all for your support of Flash Tech. We are packing up. If you have another interview, please go quickly. If not, please go back home early to rest. The weather is too hot."
Since no more people were being hired, even with disappointment, they could only leave.
So, everyone went to the cooler boxes, picked a drink they liked, and left in disappointment.
No one took extra.
Although these temporary workers tended to be lazy and liked to take small advantages, there were Flash Tech HR department employees watching where the drinks were placed.
Even if someone took extra, they wouldn't say anything, but they would remember your face, and you wouldn't be able to work at Flash Tech again in the future.
With temporary worker wages at 120 yuan a day, the benefits were quite good.
There was no need for agencies, no deductions, and payment every 10 days, which was very straightforward!
After the crowd dispersed, the new HR clerk said to Chen Jinwen:
"Manager Chen, the boss is too kind! He even prepared iced water for the applicants. Which company would do something like that?"
Chen Jinwen smiled without speaking.
You don't know that the boss originally planned to give out travel allowances.
He stopped it because giving out money directly could easily be exploited.
Although it wouldn't be much, having people queue up every day to collect money would be quite annoying.
With water, no one would be so bored.
However, when recruiting formal employees, providing travel allowances to those who come for interviews is acceptable.
This move can win the favor of many applicants.
The boss probably worked in HR before, didn't he? Otherwise, how would he know so much?
Employees who recommend new employees can receive a 200 yuan referral fee if the new employee works for more than three months, and 500 yuan if they work for more than six months.
However, this money isn't just given out freely.
If the recommended employee commits illegal or disciplinary actions, the referrer will also have their money deducted.
There are also some strange recruitment regulations that he had never heard of, making him feel like the boss knew more than he did.
However, Chen Jinwen had to admit that in all his years in HR, recruiting grassroots employees had always been the biggest headache for major factories and for HR managers, which is why many factories had to cooperate with agencies.
Flash Tech, on the other hand, was the easiest factory to recruit for in his career.
Employee retention was extremely high.
Like those who enjoyed doing part-time work, they all wanted to join the factory, and a large group of people were already waiting even before the new factory was built.
This feeling was truly amazing.
Indeed, having money makes things easier.
The reason for the expansion was naturally the arrival of the peak sales season.
Besides simple tasks that temporary workers could handle, Flash Tech once again called on employees to voluntarily work overtime on Sundays, provided their health allowed.
Overtime pay was 1.5 times the regular rate.
Additionally, each month, as long as no leave was taken and there were two or more Sundays worked overtime, the perfect attendance bonus would double from 150 yuan to 300 yuan, and there would be an additional subsidy for working the entire month without rest.
In short, building upon existing benefits, during the peak season, the longer you worked, the more your benefits would increase.
Some employees calculated that during the three-month peak season, if they worked 30 days a month, with stacked benefits, their monthly salary could reach around 6,000 yuan, similar to what they earned during Chinese New Year.
That's 18,000 yuan in three months, enough to buy four square meters of land in a good location in Beicang.
Why rest? There's nothing to do outside on such a hot day, and the workshop is cooler.
As long as they didn't die from it, they would work themselves to death.
Chen Jinwen oversaw the recruitment downstairs, while Tan Jincheng met with Wang Guoxin, the head of the production department, in his office.
"Have the production schedules in the workshop been arranged? Recruitment has caught up, so production efficiency must be raised. We can't have any screw-ups."
Wang Guoxin replied somewhat cautiously:
"Everything is arranged, boss. Don't worry, I'm monitoring it every day."
As the head of the production department, he was under some pressure recently.
Flash Tech's current maximum monthly production capacity was 45,000 units.
The boss required that during the peak season, 45,000 qualified electric vehicles must be released to the market.
45,000 was the most basic target.
Beyond that, it was his responsibility as the head of the production department to optimize production while ensuring quality, to produce more vehicles in a more reasonable manner.
Flash Tech was currently rapidly expanding.
As one of the earliest people to follow the boss, although he wasn't a close confidant, the fact that the production department was entrusted to him meant the boss at least trusted him.
Since he was always in the workshop, he didn't have many opportunities to interact with the boss.
Whether he could meet the production targets set by the boss became the most crucial test of his ability.
If he did well, he would rise through the ranks like trusted aides such as Sun Yuming and Zhang Xuhui.
If he didn't, he would be out.
For personnel, the boss had the HR department recruit.
For benefits, the boss increased peak season welfare and treatment almost like throwing money around, causing nearby Taiwanese-funded enterprises to complain bitterly.
Some employees even deliberately resigned to apply for temporary work.
As the saying goes, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
The boss was also under considerable pressure from above.
If production failed to meet standards, then his own future would truly be bleak.
"Alright, the production task is quite heavy, there's no way around it. However, while working overtime, also pay attention to employee morale. And now that the weather is hot, heatstroke prevention must be done well; we can't have any incidents."
"Understood."
"How are things going with the employee daycare?"
Grassroots employees were the most numerous, and over 80% of them were from other areas.
Many wanted to bring their children over for the summer holidays, so this matter was handed over to Wang Guoxin to handle.
Without educational accreditation, it was just a place for children to play, not for profit.
Calling it a 'daycare' seemed more appropriate.
"It's already been tallied. There are 37 eligible children. Additionally, some employees have older children who asked if they could come over to help look after the younger ones and earn some pocket money at the same time."
"Only 37? I thought there would be many more. I was just wondering where to find a venue,"
Tan Jincheng asked, somewhat surprised.
Wang Guoxin smiled and said:
"Many grassroots employees are single. Some who have someone to look after their children at home don't bother to bring them. Others have older children who need tutoring and so on. 37 is actually quite a lot, and the required space is not small either."
Tan Jincheng nodded.
He had never been a 'left-behind child,' only heard of such a group, but he didn't fully understand the specific situation:
"Do you have any ideas for the venue?"
No, wait, he did know a little.
His own cousins should also be considered left-behind children, shouldn't they?
"Putting them in the workshop area, having someone care for them all day, is feasible, but there are always safety hazards. I'm not sure if putting them in the office building would work?"
"There's nothing wrong with that. Find two rooms in the office building. There should still be some empty rooms. If absolutely necessary, you can clear out my lounge as well."
"Will it affect everyone's work? Especially the R&D department. I heard they need a relatively quiet environment."
"Forget it. Their R&D department is noisier than anywhere else; it won't affect them. Some playful children might even boost their inspiration. You go choose, try to pick the first floor for convenience."
"If the boss has no objections, then I'll choose boldly."
Wang Guoxin nodded.
Tan Jincheng smiled:
"What objections could I have? I suggested this. Since we've given everyone an idea, we must do it well. If not, just clear out the main conference room; its area is also sufficient."
"Okay then, I'll try to get it done in the next two days. Then, Manager Chen should hurry up with recruiting kindergarten teachers. Some children are probably coming next week."
Tan Jincheng smiled:
"Yes, put some thought into this. Their parents are working hard to earn money for me, allowing me to buy cars and houses. The company should help as much as it can."
Wang Guoxin also smiled.
Aside from his extremely high work demands, this boss was truly beyond reproach; he was full of human touch.
Which company would do such a thankless task?
Yet, having done such a good deed, he still put on a calculating facade, pretending it was for himself and the company's benefit, even asking employees not to publicize it if possible.
Department heads, especially, were strictly forbidden from disclosing it to outsiders.
In the era of information explosion, there are often self-media accounts that push short videos or articles like "Don't be too good to employees," and some bosses talk at length about topics such as "employee salaries being too high is detrimental to hard work."
In Tan Jincheng's view, this was pure nonsense.
Human desires are infinite; having money only makes people want more money.
Admittedly, some people are easily satisfied, as long as they have enough to spend, but more people are only "lying flat" because they don't have money to spend!
There's nothing wrong with treating employees well, especially in an era where information hasn't yet exploded and job opportunities aren't as abundant.
Employees still cherish a stable factory job with good benefits.
No matter the era, there is never a shortage of "people's entrepreneurs," nor is there a shortage of those who "point fingers at the country" (criticize or guide affairs).
Tan Jincheng didn't want to be a "people's entrepreneur" or claim to be a good person; he simply did his own thing according to his conscience.
As for what others below him thought, that was their own business.
"Alright, if there's nothing else, go prepare. It'll be a bit tough recently, but it'll be fine once these three months are over."
Flash Tech's Fengchi series electric vehicles were not difficult to sell.
What was truly being tested was production capacity.
Unfortunately, current technology was not yet sufficient to build the kind of smart factories of later generations, making it impossible to automate multiple processes.
He recalled that Yadi had a similar smart factory that could produce several million electric vehicles a year, and once fully completed, it could produce tens of millions of electric vehicles annually.
An annual production capacity of tens of millions of electric vehicles, with seemingly fewer than 2,000 employees?
That's the power of automated production.
Technological advancement was simply too important.
After Wang Guoxin left, Tan Jincheng stayed alone in his office for a while.
After some time, he called out to Zeng Jixiang in the outer office:
"Xiao Zeng, Xiao Zhao is in the purchasing department, right? Inform her and have her come over with Sun Yuming."
"Okay."
Zeng Jixiang scurried off to inform them.
His first assistant, Zhang Xuhui, was now in charge of management at Hangxin New Energy.
His second assistant, Zhao Xinyi, who had joined a little earlier than him, was already serving concurrently as the head of the purchasing department.
Currently, every company within Flash Tech Group, regardless of which one, was severely lacking in managerial talent.
Even Orange Tech, which was not part of the Flash Tech Group system, was quite short of such talent.
Graduates like Gu Yanning, who had almost no work experience to speak of, were now forced to take on managerial roles, replacing Gu Qingqing, who was preparing for exams.
Zeng Jixiang, deeply aware of this, was extremely eager to advance! There would be no other opportunity like this.
Tan Jincheng had also discovered this problem.
In fact, they had moved a bit too fast.
Although they had shed the "makeshift team" structure, as a group-type company, they were still not formal enough.
A true group boss should oversee the big picture and formulate the company's development plans, rather than worrying about specific matters like production and marketing.
Visiting relatives is quite busy, so there might only be one chapter today.
(End of chapter)