“\"HaiChuan Thanksgiving Season\" -- Friends Across Generations【Production Area 005】

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This post was last edited by yuchenchf on 2016-1-30 at 13:49. He is one of the founders of the group company; he has served as a leader in various branches and factories of the group, been involved in the production of multiple products, and later moved up to senior management positions where he was primarily responsible for internal audits. By then he had already been retained on a retired status, and my contact with him stemmed from a monthly report of the branch factory and an employee salary sheet. His responsibilities include reviewing the operations of various branches and factories, compiling statistics on finished products, tracking material and energy consumption as well as maintenance costs, and handling the calculation and disbursement of employees’ salaries. It can be said that these rights are extensive in scope and directly relate to the vital interests of every employee. However, he did not do so for that reason – instead, acting in the interest of the company, he balanced the salary levels across various departments by using detailed, feasible, and reasonable evaluation criteria. I only found out about these things later; he felt helpless, disappointed, and depressed, and sometimes felt guilty toward his employees. Since I had previously prepared monthly reports and pay sheets, it wasn’t difficult for me, and I made no mistakes; three months later, my reports became error-free. During a casual chat, they asked me: Why has there never been any error in your pay slip? My answer is simple: when preparing payrolls, one should do so from the perspective of a third party, without thinking or making decisions from the position of a factory manager or supervisor. Otherwise, biases will arise, as having the power to decide certain things introduces a degree of subjectivity, making it difficult to ensure fairness and impartiality. He said that this is why I feel helpless and stressed; it’s easy to achieve balance within a single unit, but it’s difficult to do so across all units under a company. Sometimes, it’s necessary to disappoint some employees, and on top of that, some of those subordinate units engage in fraud, making it not easy to get things straight. He often teaches me how to conduct statistics, prepare production reports, carry out monthly analyses of production and costs, as well as some basic knowledge of auditing – how to identify and resolve issues through reports. Gradually, we became friends despite the age difference between us; we often drank together and talked about everything. Your salary payment system has now been adopted throughout the group company, and the company strives to ensure fairness and equity in this regard ； You need to keep a good control on your material consumption. You should retire by now; you have nothing lacking, so why endure such hardship every day? ； You should drink less alcohol and so on. At his 70th birthday party, within the group company, apart from his relatives, I was the only employee of the company. Three years ago he retired completely, and I’m no longer working at that company either. Every time I pass by, I go to see him; we always drink and smoke when we meet. He just keeps company with me. He has given up smoking and drinking, and his health isn’t as good as it used to be.