Chapter 1041 Shocking
Talking about Si Te's past, the young man was very excited and talked a lot to Song Chaoyuan.
However, most of what he said was hearsay, and it would be good if 30% to 40% of it was true. The vast majority of it had been passed around so many times that it was completely distorted.
But Song Chaoyuan listened with great interest. It was the first time for him to feel the impression and opinions of Si Te's employees from the perspective of an ordinary person. Especially when the young people praised and admired him for founding Si Te and developing Si Te from a small factory to its current scale, Song Chaoyuan felt as happy as drinking a bottle of iced soda in the dog days of summer.
"Old Song and Fei Wen ran the company very well back then. Later, old man Zheng who took over did a good job too. Do you know old man Zheng? He's Zheng Guoyuan. I heard that he used to be the director of a collective factory. But this person is very capable. The reason he came to Si Te was that Old Song specially invited him." After the young man talked about Song Chaoyuan and Ruth, he talked about Zheng Guoyuan. However, what he said was only half true, and it was mixed with some of his "artistic processing". In his mouth, he described Song Chaoyuan's invitation of Zheng Guoyuan to Si Te as Liu Bei's three visits to his thatched cottage. The details were described in a very realistic way, which made Song Chaoyuan laugh and cry.
Song Chaoyuan himself didn't know that this was how he invited Zheng Guoyuan to Si Te. Especially when the young people said that Song Chaoyuan visited Zheng Guoyuan many times to invite him to Si Te, and even once sat at the door of Zheng Guoyuan's house waiting for a whole night. When Zheng Guoyuan came home late, he was very moved when he saw Song Chaoyuan and finally nodded in agreement, Song Chaoyuan had to sincerely admire someone who could imagine such a plot. He, the person involved, even doubted whether this incident really happened.
"I remember that Lao Zheng has retired, right?"
"Yes ! He retired, just two years ago." The young man nodded, then shook his head: "Old Zheng is old, it's normal for him to retire. But now that he's retired, the company is not as good as before."
"What do you mean?" Hearing this, Song Chaoyuan frowned and asked.
"What else can I say? There's no one to follow up!" The young man sighed and told Song Chaoyuan that it was okay when Zheng Guoyuan was there, but Zheng Guoyuan retired not long ago and the new general manager who replaced Zheng Guoyuan was really not that good.
It’s not that the general manager is incompetent. After all, he was promoted from the general manager of the business unit and has some management skills. But in the eyes of the young people, the new general manager is far inferior to Zheng Guoyuan. When Zheng Guoyuan was in office, he was good at enterprise management and everything was in order. But after the new general manager took office, it seemed that there was not much change on the surface, but the employees felt it clearly.
Let’s talk about the internal affairs of the company first. Since its establishment, Sit has always been a very practical company. However, the current Sit has gradually acquired the flavor of a state-owned enterprise and has deviated from its original practical model.
The most obvious thing is that a series of changes have taken place in the internal management of Sit. Various kinds of meetings have inexplicably increased, and some flashy . Instead of increasing efficiency, these have brought a lot of trouble to the grassroots frontline.
The original hard work has gradually taken on a flavor of formalism. Some people who talk big but are not good at doing actual work have been promoted, while those who have strong work ability but are not good at bragging and writing reports have gradually begun to be sidelined. This situation has become more and more serious in the past two years, especially the few middle-level managers who have been promoted are typical examples of laymen commanding professionals. They completely ignore the actual situation and give orders based on so-called digital analysis, management models and terms that ordinary people cannot understand at all, which has made the grassroots employees very dissatisfied.
In addition, the phenomenon of exaggeration is also very serious. During the period when Song Chaoyuan, Ruth and later Zheng Guoyuan were in charge, the company focused on reality and implemented various systems very well. However, now there are more and more systems, but the execution is very different, especially the implementation standards for ordinary employees and cadres have changed. The same problem is completely different for ordinary employees and cadres. The former are not punished too much, while the latter are often punished lightly, which also makes grassroots employees very dissatisfied.
To put it in one sentence, it is not the lack of wealth that is worrying, but the inequality of wealth. Grassroots employees are not stupid, so how can they accept such double standards? Especially in the past two years, such incidents have become more and more frequent, and the employees who have been punished have also become resentful, which has led to a series .
Apart from these, there are other problems. For example, in the past two years, the company has hired some people who have connections or backstage connections. These people are very incompetent, have no skills at all, and even their diplomas are not very good. However, as soon as these people entered the company, they occupied good positions in the company, and became management. They usually do nothing, just hang around in the company every day, and get higher salaries and bonuses than others.
That’s not all. Sometimes they would come and give blind orders, and then walk away when something goes wrong, putting all the blame on their subordinates, which makes everyone extremely dissatisfied.
"There is such a thing? Didn't the higher-ups take the actual situation into consideration when making adjustments? By the way, I remember that Si Te has an employee feedback system. As an ordinary employee, if you have any questions, you can directly report to the higher-ups through the system, or even talk directly to the general manager!" Song Chaoyuan couldn't help but ask.
"Feedback system? That's all old news from many years ago." The young man chuckled and shook his head. "If Old Zheng were still alive, it would be fine. But now this system has become a decoration for the deaf ears. In the past two years, I haven't even seen the factory director a few times, let alone the general manager above. Besides, if I go to give feedback? Wouldn't that give them a handle? Who can I go to? Even if I find someone, will they listen to me? Isn't that a joke?"
Hearing the young man's answer, Song Chaoyuan's face suddenly became gloomy. He didn't expect that he had not paid much attention to Si Te in recent years. Not long after Zheng Guoyuan retired, such a situation happened in Si Te.
"By the way, there is something else I want to tell you in secret. You must not tell anyone else." The young man leaned close to Song Chaoyuan and said in a low voice.
"What is it? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
The young man asked Song Chaoyuan, "Do you usually eat instant noodles? Si Te's instant noodles?"
"I eat a little sometimes, what's wrong?"
"Then you better be careful." The young man lowered his voice again: "Next month, the formula of Si Te's instant noodles will be changed. Then some things in it will be different. When you buy instant noodles, take a close look at the production date. Don't buy those that are later than X month X day. Do you understand?"
"Change the recipe? Why?"
"Why else? Of course it's because we want to reduce costs!" The young man said, "The ingredients used in Sit's instant noodles are all good, but the cost of these ingredients is not low. The company held a meeting to discuss this some time ago. They said they wanted to reduce costs and increase profits. This suggestion has been approved internally. Next, they will use some other ingredients to replace the original ingredients and change the formula. So this instant noodles will..."
Song Chaoyuan heard the following words and suddenly became furious. He had never heard of this matter, and the police had never reported it to the higher-ups. If he hadn't happened to meet this young man today, Song Yuanchao would still be in the dark.
For a time, Song Chaoyuan was furious. As a food company, product quality is the life and guarantee of the company. How did Nandu collapse? In addition to the rigidity of Nandu's system, another important problem was the neglect of product quality.
In the past, Nandu also changed its formula to increase profits. It was because of this measure that the quality of Nandu's products dropped sharply, which ruined its reputation and was abandoned by the market. How many years have passed? Who would have thought that Si Te would have to go through the same wrong path that Nandu had gone through? If this is the case, the consequences for Si Te's products will be very serious. If things go wrong, the market and good reputation that Si Te has cultivated for many years will collapse overnight, and Song Chaoyuan's years of hard work will also go to waste.
"Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you not feeling well?" Seeing that Song Chaoyuan looked very unhappy, the young man asked with concern.
"It's okay. Maybe I'm a little tired." Song Chaoyuan waved his hand and asked, "Is there no one who objects to this? Even if there are problems with the management now, will everyone agree?"
"Of course there are people who oppose it, but the problem is that the arm cannot prevail over the thigh! They have the final say!" The young man sighed, "You are an outsider and don't understand. The raw materials of food are very different. Let's take palm oil for example. This is one of the most widely used raw materials for our instant noodles. But palm oil also has good and bad, and it has different origins and grades. The difference between using inferior and good ones is huge. We use such a large amount of oil every day in production, you can imagine how many differences there are."
"The same goes for the ingredients in the seasoning packet. Take the best-selling braised beef noodles, for example. They contain butter, sesame oil, beef cubes, as well as chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, chili red, bean paste, onion, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, yeast extract, beef paste, chili salt, MSG... There are dozens of things. Some of these things can be replaced with edible chemicals. It sounds like there's no problem. People who eat it often can tell the difference in taste. Besides, can chemicals be the same as the real thing? Eating too much of these chemicals will definitely have an impact on people!"
"Is what you said true?"
"Of course it's true! I'm working on the front line, how could I not know? If I tell you a lie, you can twist my head off and kick it like a ball!" the young man said confidently. In fact, Song Chaoyuan was already certain about it without asking the question just now. After all, he and the young man didn't know each other at all, and what the other party said was easy to verify. If it was a lie, he wouldn't have reminded him specifically.
