Chapter 30 29. Singapore-style dismount

Huang Guodong is an unusually hardworking person. Moreover, he is a person who ignores overtime work. He gets up early and goes to bed late every day, works hard, and is not picky about eating and drinking.In view of this, the legend about his Chinese ancestry is basically confirmed. On this day, Huang Guodong set off from Hong Kong early in the morning, and it was not yet 11 o'clock when he entered the office.Chen Li happened to meet him at the front desk, and hurriedly led him to Lala's office first.Lala was talking with Shen Qiaozhi, and when he heard the sound, he rushed to the door in three steps at a time. Huang Guodong stood at the door with full airs, and when Lala rushed over, he held Lala's hand and shook it gently twice Then let go.I don't know if it's because he was tired from getting up early, but his voice was a little bit of strength, and the smile on his face was not very enthusiastic, but it was hard to conclude that it was indifference. This smile seemed to be unable to be absorbed by his body, because the Being able to blend in with him, it's like a woman with poor skin has applied too much powder and floated on the surface.Huang Guodong said hello to Lala softly, while his eyes wandered over Lala and looked into the distance.Lala's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't figure out whether Huang Guodong's body language represented contempt, reticence, or just a habit of his own.

Lala has always been familiar with the boss's style, which is to shake everyone's hands enthusiastically and firmly and laugh heartily from time to time. Even Hu Afa, although not professional enough, at least his attitude is clear.Lala was blinded by Huang Guodong's unclear body language, caught off guard, she tried to strike up a conversation, but couldn't find a decent greeting for a while. Huang Guodong saw that Lala didn't have any good words to say, so he asked in a drawn out voice, "Is Li Weidong here?" To Lala's surprise, Huang Guodong spoke Cantonese.Lala was taken aback for a moment. She had stayed in DB China for eight or nine years. The official languages ​​were Mandarin and English, and her Cantonese level was mediocre. As she advances and retreats, her Cantonese level is getting worse and worse. Although it is good enough for communication, she is always ridiculed by Helen as "neither salty nor bland".But now that she has chosen Cantonese as the language of communication, Lala can only reply in Cantonese to show politeness.She didn't know where Li Weidong went, Huang Guodong said "oh" lightly, and didn't open a new topic.

At this time, Chen Li had asked Li Weidong to come and greeted him loudly: "Hi! Weidong! How is it? How do you feel in SH? Where is your office?" Lala is not stupid, she clearly felt that Huang Guodong's attitude towards herself was quite different from that towards Li Weidong.She couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, feeling that she was a bit like a concubine here in Huang Guodong's place, half shorter than Li Weidong.Although she was uncomfortable, she didn't dare to show anything on her face, she still stood aside with a smile, only Huang Guodong patted Li Weidong's shoulder vigorously while laughing loudly.

Of course, Li Weidong was very happy to see Huang Guodong, and hurriedly led Huang Guodong to visit his office.He wasn't there at first, so he didn't see Huang Guodong's attitude towards Lala, and he didn't expect Huang Guodong to have such an attitude towards Lala.According to Li Weidong's idea, the boss had just come from Hong Kong, and he was going to give the two of them induction training soon. Naturally, Lala wanted to serve with Li Weidong all the way. Originally, Li Weidong's thinking was quite normal, but Lala knew that Huang Guodong's attitude towards her was not very good. Huang Guodong didn't ask Lala to go with him, so Lala was a little worried that following them would look uninteresting. Who knows if they will take her with them? play?She didn't want to go with them, and she was afraid that Li Weidong would find it strange. She instinctively didn't want Li Weidong to find out that the boss didn't want to see her.When Lala was in a difficult situation, Marley came, and everyone gathered together to chat and laugh, and the scene suddenly became more lively, and Lala was secretly relieved.

Regarding Huang Guodong's attitude, Lala very much hoped that she was overthinking, but unfortunately, her feeling was completely correct. According to Huang Guodong's original intention, he didn't want someone who didn't do too much C&B to be his C&B manager. He was forced by the situation to accept Du Lala passively.As soon as we met this time, Du Lala's unsalty Cantonese immediately turned Huang Guodong off. At the time when Du Lala was interviewed, everyone used English because of the presence of Mai Dawei. Therefore, Huang Guodong had no chance to inspect Du Lala. As for Lala's Cantonese, he took it for granted that Du Lala was an aboriginal, but he never thought that this Du Lala was neither aboriginal nor her Cantonese level was not very good.The neither salty nor bland Cantonese restricted Du Lala's expression. In Huang Guodong's eyes, Du Lala became more and more lifeless, and Huang Guodong became a little contemptuous of her.

If Huang Guodong was only dissatisfied with Du Lala from the perspective of work at the beginning, at this time, he even personally disliked Du Lala.Some people in the world don't like other people in the world. There may not be any serious reasons, but they just can't get used to it, and there is nothing they can do about it. Huang Guodong was originally the HR director of SH Taiwan, and McDavid recently entrusted him with the HR in Hong Kong and mainland China. Although he did not explicitly say that he would be promoted to the HR director of the SH popular area, it is clear from another hand that this is McDavid. inspecting him.Huang Guodong has a difficult family background, and he has always been conscientious and hardworking in his work. Now, when he realizes that an opportunity is coming, he is excited and proud.Regarding the current situation in mainland China, Huang Guodong's knowledge is very limited, almost negligible, but if he doesn't understand why, he just has a vague sense of superiority.Under the expenditure of this unfounded sense of superiority, since he is not satisfied with Du Lala and does not like it, he indulges himself and makes no secret of his dislike for Du Lala. The fulfillment of the fate of others.

Another reason why Huang Guodong neglected Lala without any scruples was related to Asia-Pacific HRD McDavid.Just as Lala felt, the Asia-Pacific HR Director McDavid was not satisfied with her.During the interview, Lala mentioned that DB's turnover rate for the whole year was 22%. McDavid immediately pointed out that the turnover rate was too high. Lala was not convinced, and stupidly explained the industry situation of DB, saying that she thought 22% The attrition rate of % is acceptable in terms of China's national conditions. McDavid reluctantly finished what he said, and was very dissatisfied with Lala's knowledge and reaction. Immediately after the interview, he told Chen Jie that "Du Lala" "Slow heat", don't use Yun Yun.

Chen Jie naturally understood that the so-called "slow heat" is just a scientific name, and the common name is "stupid".But Chen Jie and Mai Dawei have the opposite views. He thinks that Du Lala has good learning ability, and they disagree with each other. Huang Guodong wholeheartedly agreed with McDavid's opinion, but at that time, McDavid only said that he was asked to help him as a consultant, and he just didn't say anything. At that time, the general manager Charlie He had already announced the change of the organizational structure soon, and McDavid would be the second-level supervisor of the C&B manager in the future.Since McDavid opposed it so strongly, He Charlie thought that it would be better to put this matter aside for a while, and he would come out to smooth things over, and then let "Cheetah" search again to see if he could find a better candidate.

Charlie He's statement was beyond Chen Jie's expectation. He seemed to realize something, so he shut his mouth and said nothing more.It happened that Lao Lie called to ask about the result, and McDavid answered the phone. After a few words of pleasantries, he said, Du Lala is not suitable, and he has no C&B experience. Lao Lie, you can continue to find someone.Only then did Xiaohun inform Lala of her FAIL. Just one week after this interview, SH suddenly announced the reorganization of the organizational structure, and the HR reporting line changed. Chen Jie used to report to Charlie He in a straight line, and David McDavid in a dotted line. The straight line reports to McDavid, the HR director of the Asia Pacific region, and the dotted line reports to He Charlie, the general manager of the Greater China region.

Almost as soon as the new organizational structure was announced, Chen Jie immediately handed in his resignation report. To say that Chen Jie dissatisfied with McDavid, it is not a matter of a day or two.McDavid knew in his heart that with such a change in the reporting line, Chen Jie was likely to change jobs, so he made two-handed preparations. When recruiting HR managers in China, he brought Huang Guodong with him, in order to let Huang Guodong have a better understanding of the personnel in China. With some understanding of the situation, if Chen Jie quits and cannot find a suitable new director from the outside, then Huang Guodong will not have black eyes, but at least he can step up.

Now it seems that Chen Jie has heard about the changes in the organizational structure, and is ready to change jobs. It is only because of a little luck that he has been doing his best to recruit Du Lala and Li Weidong until the end. As soon as Chen Jie resigned, McDavid felt pressured by the vacancy of HR manager.He went to ask Charlie He for advice, and Charlie He said: "You have been recruiting for this position for a long time. I am afraid that the HR managers in the entire Guangdong market have been searched by headhunters, right? Among the individuals we have selected , in my opinion, Du Lala is considered good, and now that Huang Guodong has just arrived, if the manager position under him is vacant, I am afraid it will be too much!" McDavid weighed it for a long time, and felt that what Charlie He said made sense, so he presented the important relationship to Huang Guodong. At that time, the only candidate with C&B experience was too weak in English, and it was difficult to communicate with McDavid during the interview. They couldn't ask for such an HR manager.Huang Guodong carefully studied the resumes of Li Weidong and several others, and it was true that none of them had C&B experience, so he didn't dare to be too persistent, so he reluctantly claimed Du Lala. McDavid then asked Chen Jie to sign Du Lala's employment notice.Old Lie was worried that Lala would not come to SH if he knew that the offer was reluctant, so he coaxed Lala that Xiao Lie made a mistake before the Spring Festival. Before Huang Guodong came to the mainland this time, McDavid raised his orders and focused on two things. McDavid first said earnestly and earnestly: "The person in the position of Charlie He is too important to the company! For the sake of organizational security, you should pay attention to the ability and performance of the directors under him to see if anyone is worthy of training. As the successor of He Charlie in the future? If there is no suitable successor in the company, you must pay attention to the external market." Huang Guodong nodded cautiously after hearing this, and did not dare to say anything more. McDavid said again: "Du Lala, the manager, I know you are not satisfied. You have to give her more guidance, and pay close attention to her performance in the first three months. If it doesn't work, prepare to change immediately." Huang Guodong The understanding will nod and agree: "GOT IT (got it)." Poor Lala, although I guessed that I would not be favored by McDavid and understood the dangers of the probationary period, I still didn't expect such a cold conversation. Huang Guodong plans to stay in Guangzhou for three days and complete two tasks: the first task is to divide the work responsibilities of the three HR managers; the second task is to provide induction training for Lala and Li Weidong. Huang Guodong first held a meeting with the three HR managers.He just announced that Li Weidong is in charge of training, Du Lala is in charge of C&B and administration, and Marais is in charge of organizational development.Then he assigned each department to three people, and asked them to be responsible for all-round HR support of the relevant department, including recruitment, employee relations, performance evaluation and succession planning - Lala was assigned to the sales and marketing department, and Marley was in charge R & D and supply chain, Li Weidong is responsible for various functional departments such as finance and IT. This division of labor plan was somewhat different from Chen Jie's original arrangement, but the main body was retained. After the three managers quickly weighed in their hearts, none of them expressed any objection to the division of labor. Li Weidong proposed, how to distribute the manpower?Lala also asked, what are the urgent tasks right now?What important projects are there during the year? Huang Guodong said: "Frankly speaking, Chen Jie and I only had a very rough handover before leaving. This year's HR work has three key points. Wait a while, and I will tell you one by one." Speaking of this, Huang Guodong spread his hands and said, "As for the abilities and personalities of these employees in the HR team, and what specific tasks the team has in operation, to be honest, I don't know what to do. Among us, only Ma Lai has an understanding of this. The team knows better." Li and Du couldn't help but looked at each other, and said in their hearts: Oh, you don't know anything about feelings, so don't we have to understand everything by ourselves?Neither of them believed in being able to rely on Marley. From the moment Marley showed up, Li Weidong and Du Lala looked at her face and secretly defined her as harmless to humans and animals.The two men saw it quite accurately, and Marley was just such a person. After hearing Huang Guodong's words, Ma Lai quickly smiled and said, "Boss, I only know a few people who were under my management." Huang Guodong didn't expect much from Ma Lai at first, if she can be safe and stable without major problems, Huang Guodong has no extravagant hopes.He nodded at Marley and continued: "Of course, I will work with you to grasp the major projects and major work directions. But the specific details are up to you to understand." Lala put down the pen in her hand, and seriously suggested: "Then boss, how about this, let's talk to the team members one by one to find out what project tasks and daily tasks everyone has on hand this year-in this way, We will be able to clarify the priorities of the work goals within the year, so as to allocate resources reasonably and control the progress." Lala stuttered a little in Cantonese, but her focus on the goals gradually restored some confidence and enthusiasm in her eyes. Aura. Li Weidong agreed and said: "I think Lala's method is good. The people below know what specific things need to be done, so that we will not delay the daily operation. I would like to add that through this conversation, in addition to work tasks, we can also understand The development aspirations of the team members, where their strengths and experiences are – that informs our decisions about who to assign to which function.” Huang Guodong thought for a while, and felt that although this method was very conventional, it was also quite practical. He turned his face to Ma Lai and asked, "Ma Lai, what do you think?" Marley nodded repeatedly, and said sincerely, "Good way!" At this time, Huang Guodong vaguely felt that Li Weidong and Du Lala were indeed experienced managers. When they encountered problems, they responded quickly and could immediately come up with effective solutions, while Marley was obviously younger than these two.Huang Guodong vaguely thought that it seemed that Chen Jie recruited these two people as managers to set him free. Huang Guodong said: "There are three major tasks this year: Task 1, to complete the expansion of the China region, and expand SH China from 2,000 to 3,000 people-I asked Chen Jie, we barely made any moves in the first quarter, and time wasted. So we will take all the time later; Task 2, strengthen and accelerate the organization's talent training. Specifically, we need to select successors for all positions above the manager level, and at the same time, plan to eliminate existing management personnel who are not suitable for Change the organization; task three, comprehensively strengthen the training of existing personnel, build company culture, and focus on strengthening the participation of all employees in corporate affairs." When Huang Guodong said this, he raised his face and asked the three managers: "I don't need to say more about the first two tasks. The third task is to strengthen the participation of employees. How do you understand this?" Seeing Huang Guodong looking at her, Lala said: "It is through training that employees have a sense of ownership of the company." Huang Guodong said puzzledly: "Spirit of ownership? What do you mean?" Li Weidong said with a smile: "It means to let employees treat the company's affairs as their own affairs and the company's interests as their own interests. With this awareness, employees will take the initiative to work." Huang Guodong was quite studious, so he pushed his notebook in front of Li Weidong and said, "Write these words down for me, I'm afraid I won't be able to remember them." When Li Weidong finished writing it for him, he took it and looked at it carefully, and repeated the "ownership spirit" and "ownership spirit" several times with his tongue rolling.Marley and Li Weidong couldn't help laughing secretly when they heard his weird pronunciation.Huang Guodong raised his head, pointed his chin towards Lala, and asked, "Lala, tell me, how to increase the participation of employees?" Lala couldn't help but secretly thanked Qu Luoyi. At the beginning of the year, Qu Luoyi let her follow Zhu Qidong to do an employee satisfaction survey project, which made her at least understand the purpose and method of increasing employee participation. Lala couldn't speak Cantonese originally, but at this time she stuttered because she was a little nervous: "Uh, I think it's mainly through improving the company's culture and management to improve employee satisfaction, er, so as to increase employee participation, er, The more satisfied an employee is with the company, the more proud he will be of the company and the more willing he is to contribute to the company. Here, uh, there are two key points: the first point is to identify which things will involve employee satisfaction, and the second point is to There is a corresponding improvement plan. We need to know which places make employees dissatisfied, and then improve these places." Lala said, watching Huang Guodong's reaction a little nervously. Ma Lai listened very carefully. To her, these were new contents. She was afraid that it would be embarrassing for Huang Guodong to ask her to answer them.Marley didn't know, Huang Guodong didn't ask her because he knew she couldn't answer the question well; he didn't ask Li Weidong because he knew Li Weidong would be able to answer it well; I understand, can Du Lala answer it? Li Weidong saw that Lala was struggling to speak Cantonese, so he leaned over and whispered thoughtfully, "Why don't we speak English." I am Chinese, and Huang Guodong speaks Cantonese. How can I speak English? I am afraid that Lao Huang will feel that I am an outlier. After hearing Lala's answer, Huang Guodong thought to himself: It seems that you have learned a lot, and I will test you again to see how deep you have learned.What is the exam?Yes, aren't you the C&B manager? Let me test the part about your compensation and benefits.Huang Guodong said: "Lala. Just now you said that if the employees are not satisfied, we will come up with a plan to improve it. Let me ask you, are you in DB, are the employees satisfied with the salary? If the employees are not satisfied with the salary, is it the company? Just add it?" Lala explained: "In DB, salary and benefits are also low-satisfaction items. However, no matter what industry or country you are in, salary and benefits have always been the lowest-scoring items in satisfaction surveys. If you ask the employees, they will also say that they are dissatisfied. Usually people always hope that their treatment can be higher--then employees are not satisfied with the salary and benefits, do they want to improve? This needs to be analyzed in detail. For example, employees think that the salary is too low- -This is not necessarily a problem; but if the performance of the person is closely related to his job performance-this may be a problem, because good corporate management should distinguish performance and reward based on merit." Huang Guodong asked: "You said that the employees think that the wages are too low, so there may not be a problem-then is there a problem or not? How to judge?" Lala said: "It depends on the company's own salary strategy. If the company's mission is to be the boss of the industry, and it is impossible to be the boss without the best talents, then the salary must be competitive and reach The 75th percentile is enough. If the company confirms that its salary level has reached the 75th percentile through the salary survey, then even if the employees think that the salary is too low, the company does not need to raise the salary again, as long as it is clearly explained to the employees that the current salary has reached the 75th percentile. The level of the job is enough, because in many cases, employees may not understand that his salary is not low, so he is satisfied." Huang Guodong nodded, the questioning finally came to an end, Lala was slightly relieved, the clothes on her back were wet with sweat.Li Weidong felt a little strange when he found that Huang Guodong was always staring at Lala.Although Lala can't speak Cantonese well, the content of the answers is quite in place. Li Weidong didn't talk for a long time, so he was not sure whether he should rush to answer and show off, or observe from the side first. That night, Lala went home and told Wang Weiyi about her meeting with Huang Guodong. At the end, Lala sighed and said, "At first I wondered why he didn't even look at me when he was talking to me, just talking to him right in front of me. It’s not like I’m such a living person! At that time, I was really confused, and I couldn’t tell if his body language was purely a personal habit, or was he deliberately neglecting me? But when Li Weidong came, he immediately seemed to have changed. Personally, that’s called enthusiasm! It’s like steamed buns just out of the pan! I knew it, he was going to give me a blow!” As soon as Wang Wei heard it, he understood in his heart that Lala was angry at the company.Seeing that Lala's complexion was not good and her mood was low, Wang Wei couldn't help feeling distressed, but he didn't want to exaggerate the atmosphere of being bullied, and he couldn't stand up for Lala. After all, this was Lala's job. Wang Wei I had no choice but to interrupt: "He is uneducated, we don't have the same knowledge as him, and treat him as an endocrine disorder." Lala muttered, "I'm afraid your wife and I will soon have endocrine disorders repaired by him." Wang Wei smiled and said, "How can it be? You have such a strong personality, maybe he will be adjusted to normal endocrine soon by you." Lala smiled wryly, "It depends on the disorder, as long as I can assimilate with him. Either he assimilates me, or I assimilate him. If I am so similar to him, my life will not be easy." Wang Wei asked Lala carefully: "Why do you feel that you are a different kind?" Lala remembered that during the meeting during the day, Huang Guodong, Ma Lai, and Li Weidong were all chirping in Cantonese, but she felt like a fool and couldn't get in. She felt uncomfortable again, and she told Wang Wei dejectedly: "The three of them Everyone can speak authentic Cantonese, but my Cantonese is neither salty nor bland, they speak in full swing, I can’t get in the mouth by the side, and I have to laugh with me, so stupid! I feel like an outsider.” Wang Wei was a little surprised when he heard this: "Lala, I think your Cantonese level is not bad, at least communication is not a problem." Lala moaned and said, "What do you know! My Cantonese level is enough to explain things clearly! If I really want to express my feelings, or show off my logic and wisdom, it's not enough! Originally, I was just worried that I would make a fool of myself because of my lack of C&B knowledge. Unexpectedly, I would make a big mistake in the language upload! Not to blame Huang Guodong, but to blame myself. I have lived in Guangzhou for so long, and I haven’t even learned a word of Cantonese! Everyone Li Weidong also He's not from Cantonese, he can speak Cantonese, and I can't tell that he's not a local." Thinking of Li Weidong's Cantonese proficiency, Lala envied and blamed herself. Wang Wei didn't quite agree with Lala's statement. He said: "It's true that you will suffer if you don't have enough language, but after all, your Cantonese is sufficient for general communication, so it shouldn't be such a big problem." Lala thought for a while and said: "It's nothing! As for the language barrier, shouldn't there be more problems between me and He Haode?! He is not very good at speaking Chinese, and I am not very good at speaking English, but we We can communicate well! I haven’t seen him frowning at me because of language. Liszt, Qu Luoyi, I communicate well, and none of them dislike foreign language skills.” Wang Wei said: "So! You don't have to blame yourself for your Cantonese level at all. It's still Huang Guodong's fault! As the boss, he has this attitude when he comes up, and his level is not good enough. Besides, he is coming to work in the mainland. If you can speak Mandarin, shouldn’t you learn it? He Haode is an older official than him, and He Haode has been learning to speak Mandarin! It’s so old, even Hong Kong’s subways are using Mandarin to announce station names. He Huang Guodong I still dream of conquering the world in Cantonese!" Lala said sternly: "Hey, don't tell me, Huang Guodong is very studious! Today I said 'ownership spirit' in the meeting. He didn't understand the word. Li Weidong explained it to him, and he immediately asked Li Weidong to explain this to him. A few words were written in his little book, and he was still chanting along with the words." Wang Wei said: "It seems that he is not stupid. That's right. He should work hard to learn Mandarin! You don't need to worry about not being able to speak Cantonese well. We can speak whatever we can, and we don't care if we can't speak well." What about losing money? You are here to be a C&B manager, not a Cantonese teacher. You should respect the boss, but we are not here to cut people’s face, it’s just work, so don’t worry about it.” Wang Wei insisted Cheers to Lara. Lala thought for a while and smiled: "The key is to do a good job in C&B. If I can do C&B well, I will switch to Mandarin in the future, and I think he can understand it. If I can't do C&B well, even if I can speak Cantonese. I have to keep slipping, and sooner or later I'm going to be the same. I'm just being so useless because I don't know what to do with my work. " Wang Wei kissed Lala: "Did Huang Guodong bully you in resource allocation?" Lala was depressed by Huang Guodong's indifferent attitude during the day, and she had to be careful to hide her depression in front of others, so she was depressed all day long, and she didn't care about Huang Guodong's fair and unfair resource allocation. As soon as Wang Wei asked, Lala came back to her senses. She thought about it seriously and said, "Oh, don't tell me, it's quite fair for him to divide the labor between us today. Although I have more work than others, but give me There are also a lot of people, and the quality of our three managers is relatively even, each with strong ability and weak ability. There is a recruiter, Emma, ​​who is very capable. Li Weidong and I have taken a fancy to her. Huang Guodong started He was hesitant, and then he asked Emma for her own opinion, and Emma was willing to come to my side, so Huang Guodong gave Emma to me, and Li Weidong seemed a little unhappy." Hearing what Lala said, Wang Wei felt relieved. He stroked Lala's hair and comforted him: "That's all right--in this case, Huang Guodong is not useless. After all, if a bowl of water is leveled, as long as the boss can do this, you will be able to do a good job and survive if you have the resources.” Lala let out a long sigh and said, "Yes! Anyway, the boss is not my husband, so if he doesn't like me, he doesn't care about me. As long as he is a good bowl of water at work, what else can I ask for!"