Foreigner boss has an elegant Chinese name: Deng Feike. He was the one who recruited me into the company. I was very happy to hear that he was going to transfer.
Deng Feike took over our branch at the end of the first month, I completed the salary book and sent it to him for signature. Before I returned to my seat, the phone rang, and Deng Feike asked me to go to his office again.
“Please tell me why the employee’s salary is deducted?”
“Sir, according to the regulations of the branch, the employee is fined for being late for work…”
his usual smile accident It disappeared and said seriously that there was no provision for late fines in the employee handbook, nor in the employee’s contract.
“Not all regulations are in the employee handbook.” I explained helplessly, “This is our own time and attendance management system, this temporary system is more common.”
Deng Feike’s face became ugly He raised his voice and raised his voice: “Is the headquarters authorized branch making rules and regulations? I have been in the company for more than ten years, and no branch has received such authorization.”
Such regulations require headquarters authorization? Isn’t this for Managing the company effectively? I asked helplessly: “Well, what do you think should be done? This was approved by the previous manager.”
“Abolish it immediately, and clean up other similar systems at the same time.” Deng Fei Ke demanded seriously.
is really a big deal, unreasonable. I grabbed the payroll and turned around.
I am changing the payroll, the phone rang again, or him: “Employees who are late are not allowed, we have to stop this from happening. Give me some time and I will come up with a solution.”
Don’t you not allow fines, this foreigner? Do you have any tactics?
I didn’t hear Deng Feike’s voice all afternoon. I snickered. I wonder if his head wants to break.
When was about to leave work, his plan came from the mailbox:
The employee was late for the first time, and the department supervisor talked to him to understand the reason for being late;
The employee was late again, and the deputy general in charge of the department talked to him ;
The employee is late for the third time, and the personnel manager talks with him, pointing out that his behavior has been breached, and giving oral warning;
The employee is late for the fourth time, and the branch general manager talks to him and gives the last correction Opportunity;
The employee was late for the fifth time, indicating that he was hopeless and went directly to the personnel department to terminate the labor contract.
This plan made me almost fainted. Just crying and laughing, Deng Feike’s second email came one after another:
Dear Lida:
As a personnel manager, you should understand that the company’s promised wages to employees are protected by law. You don’t have the right to punish employees’ labor remuneration, and you can’t exercise your power wrongly on behalf of the company. This may cause the company’s legal risks.
There are two possibilities for employees to be late: First, they are unexpectedly late due to objective reasons,This is understandable, and their wages should not be deducted. We are a reasonable company, and the company’s values respect employees. Second, employees are deliberately late. This means that the employee failed to perform his duties and violated the contract promise.
If the employee is late for deduction of wages, it means that he can use money to buy back his working hours, which he agreed to be controlled by the company and paid him compensation. So, does the contract stipulate that both parties can promise to use money to make transactions? The agreed things cannot be changed. This is the principle. If you can’t understand and work exactly the way the company wants, then you are negligent.
After reading this email, I was in deep thought. My colleagues also read it, and no one spoke again. Perhaps this is just a small conflict between Chinese and Western culture; perhaps this is a huge difference in our contractual spirit.