900: Being Dismissed

Being Dismissed

"You don't have to worry about this matter. Your son still doesn't have a job yet, right? He should quickly find a job. Otherwise, no nice girl will be willing to marry him and he'll have to stay single for the rest of his life!" Tan Juan said.1

The neighbor slammed the door out of exasperation and went home. Tan Juan hummed a tune and slowly closed the door.

Today was another day of victory for her.

The next day, after Tan Juan arrived at the factory, she called for a meeting with all the team leaders of the workshops. Everyone went to the factory director's office with feelings of trepidation.

It was almost the end of the year. During this period in the factory, it was the time to review the performance of the various workshops. Workshops with good performances would receive a bonus. Everyone would get money based on the amount of work they did. Some people could even get an additional 15 dollars!

That was equivalent to one-third of their salary! This was what everyone worked so hard for.

The team leader of each workshop sat respectfully opposite Tan Juan. Each of them had a small notebook and they waited for Tan Juan to speak.

"I called all of you here today to discuss the future development of our factory. We're now at the end of the year and everyone has worked hard. Go back and take a look at the performance of every employee in your workshop and write a report for me. The sooner the better. Can you give it to me this afternoon at the latest?" Tan Jing asked with a smile.

The performance reports were checked every month and the team leader of each workshop would do a tally once a week. It was easy for them to prepare such a report.

"No problem." With that, everyone went back to make preparations.

It did not take long for everyone to finish up and hand the reports to Tan Juan. As Tan Juan had expected, Qiao Yu was the worst performer in her workshop. She did not even do half the amount of work done by the second last person!

If not for the fact that Qiao Yu was someone that she had introduced, Qiao Yu would have been asked to leave a long time ago.

Soon, Tan Juan issued an official notice and sent someone to put it up on the noticeboard in the factory. During the lunch break, everyone crowded around the area.

"Sister Li! Come over quickly! There's a notice! Come and see if your name is on it! Will you be the best performer again this year!" Sister Wang shouted towards Sister Li.

"How can that be! If it's me every year, the factory would already have promoted me," Sister Li said humbly.

Everyone thought that it was the announcement of the year-end bonus, but when they looked at it, they realized that it was clearly a list of layoffs!

Qiao Yu's name was clearly written at the first position. Sister Li hurriedly rubbed her eyes, thinking that her eyes were playing tricks on her.

"Help me take a look! Is that Qiao Yu's name? Am I seeing things? Why do I see Qiao Yu on the list?" Sister Li asked as she grabbed hold of Sister Wang.

Sister Wang leaned forward with all her might and said in shock, "It's really her! Doesn't she have a backer!"

"Hmph, I guess it's not that useful after all. I heard that this list was tabulated by the factory director. Wasn't she originally brought in by the factory director?" Sister Li said mockingly.

Everyone gathered at the noticeboard and discussed among themselves. Qiao Yu had also heard the news and came over to take a look. As soon as she reached the area, there was an uproar. Sister Li stood in front of Qiao Yu and said, "Isn't this Qiao Yu! Come and look at the notice too. I'm getting old and can't see clearly. Is your name the first one on the list?"

Qiao Yu thought that she had been nominated for a reward and squeezed into the crowd excitedly. When she stood in front of the noticeboard, she realized that it was actually a list of layoffs!

Tan Juan was not that ruthless given that the place was a state-owned factory. The number of employees each workshop could have was approved by the higher-ups. It was not possible to have one more or one less person. The number of positions could not be changed at will.

She could not fire someone for no reason, but she could make people resign on their own accord!

Tan Juan transferred the last placed performer in each workshop to the most tiring workshop. This way, they could not slack off and they all had to finish their work before they could knock off.

As for Qiao Yu, she was not an official employee and everyone knew very well how she got in. Tan Juan used this as a reason to dismiss her. She was the only person who lost her job in the entire factory.

If not for Qiao Yu's matter, those other lazy people might not have been discovered!

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