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Chapter 2321 The advantage of a few

Although it is quite complicated, it is actually easy to understand for Zhou Buqi.

Normal enterprise management employs two strategies of "using relatives" and "using talents", each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Most of the time, the two strategies are used together to complement each other.

In the core business of Shoucheng, it is generally "using relatives".

The growth of this kind of business is sluggish, and there is no room for business explosion. It has changed from fighting the country to defending the country.And business is very important, it belongs to the basic market, and you can't mess around. Generally, you choose a relatively mediocre but trustworthy person, just keep it, and don't have too much ambition.

If it is an emerging business, or a field where the market competition is very fierce, or the business growth space is very large, it is generally necessary to "use talents", and those who are capable will be promoted to create more value.

However, in traditional culture, there is another way, that is, the model taught to emperors that is always described in "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", under the principles of "using relatives" and "using talents", one must abide The general direction is to maintain the balance of the various factions.

It feels similar to the political correctness here in the United States.

It is necessary to maintain a balanced relationship between several major ethnic groups, restrict those with a large number of people, and support those with a small number of people.

What Kurian did in the Ziweiyun business group is a bit out of date. The focus is on cultivating and promoting his fellow Indians...not to mention whether he has the intention of supporting cronies and forming cliques , This way of employing people broke the balance at once.

In other business groups, a proper balance between races is being done.

Kurian doesn't play political correctness.

This is very troublesome.

Regardless of whether it is nepotism or meritocracy, the performance effects brought about by these two employment strategies are often better than the politically correct and balanced employment effect.

Ziweiyun's astonishing achievements in the past few years are actually related to Kurian's employment philosophy.

This is a hidden danger.

If the company does not deal with it, then other business groups may learn from it, stop playing political correctness, and start to promote cronies internally and reuse talents. Then it will be difficult for those disadvantaged ethnic groups and even female employees. There is a bright future.

If it is in China, Japan and South Korea, it doesn't matter if you do it like this.

But the United States will not make it.

Especially at a time when African American ideology is rising and feminism is on the rise, no one can afford to offend these two groups.It is better to give them more preferential treatment than to conflict with them in terms of ideas.

If the proportion of black employees in any company is too low, and the proportion of female employees is too low, whether you discriminate or not, it must be real discrimination.

Xu Liangjie said: "In this regard, we still have some advantages. Whether they are Chinese or Indian, they are all ethnic minorities in the United States. Therefore, from the perspective of employing people, Ziwei Star International has more advantages than companies such as Apple, Google, and Amazon. greater advantage."

"Ah."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

Xu Liangjie said: "Caucasian executives only use white subordinates, then there will be very fierce conflicts, and it must be racial discrimination. Kurian is different, he is Indian, he only uses Indian subordinates, he will Cause some controversy, but not too serious. That in itself is an advantage for minorities."

Zhou Buqi glanced at him, a little surprised, "Do you think you can acquiesce to Kurian's actions?"

Xu Liangjie pondered for a long time, then said slowly: "I think it's okay."

Zhou Buqi remained silent, waiting for his explanation.

Xu Liangjie said: "There have been some controversies about this point of view, including Lu Qi and Tang Binchen, who disagreed and felt that Kurian should not be given too many privileges. However, there are also a few executives who feel that they can be tolerated for the time being and wait and see what happens. After all, Kurian is of Indian origin, and his skin is so dark, he is no different from a black man. Even if there is a dispute, it can only be limited to a small area, and public discussion is prohibited."

This is another characteristic of political correctness.

There are language barriers in front of minorities.

It cannot be said, it is discrimination, and reasonable discussion is not acceptable.

It's like you say to a black person very honestly: "I have a lot of black friends, I don't care that you are black..." That's over, that's discrimination.Even if you are sincere, the other party will be furious.

Just like a disabled person, you say to a cripple: "Although you have a handicap, I will still make friends with you." There is a certain irony in this statement itself.

Many normal people have not experienced the sensitive psychology of disabled people over the years. Saying something out of the habits of normal people may not be malicious to normal people, but it is easy to stimulate the sensitive nerves and scarred hearts of the other party.

The topic of ethnicity is like this in the United States.

Kurian was very dark and of Indian descent.

That's his advantage.

Most people are afraid to talk to him about "discrimination" topics, and they can't discuss it. Discussing it is discrimination against him.This gives Kurian a certain amount of room to "do whatever he wants".

Just like Silicon Valley and the west coast of Los Angeles became more and more left, political correctness became more and more excessive, and many technology giants really couldn't stand it... so they all used Indian CEOs.

First of all, the ability of Indians is strong enough, which is meritocracy.

Secondly, their skin color also has an advantage. They are ethnic minorities, and they can use magic to defeat magic. To criticize a dark Indian for discrimination is itself the biggest forbidden area of ​​language discrimination.

Therefore, Kurian's employment is controversial, but it has not expanded within the company, and it is only a small private discussion.But contradictions will accumulate, and over time they will accumulate deeper and deeper.

Zhou Buqi said: "It is a hidden danger after all."

Xu Liangjie said with a smile: "It will take a while. From the perspective of the company's interests, Kurian's approach is always a good thing. Now, cloud computing has become the biggest outlet in the IT industry, and all major technology giants are investing in cloud computing. The industry is very competitive.”

Zhou Buqi sighed and said: "One thing we all have to admit is that in the past few years, Kurian has led Ziweiyun to make achievements overseas, which are even greater than Helo, Ucgram and other products that are popular all over the world. "

Xu Liangjie said: "Yes, it is obvious to all. Helo and Ucgram are just individual applications. There are more than a dozen applications under Ziweiyun. Evernote has more than 1400 million overseas users, and more than 200 million paying members. The annual membership fee Each has US$1 million. In the first half of this year, the revenue of Ziwei Cloud business group exceeded US$35 billion, a year-on-year increase of 240%. From a long-term perspective, cloud computing is the core industry of Ziwei Star International. This Much more powerful than a simple social business."

"It's not just social networking, is it?" Zhou Buqi nodded, "If Amazon Cloud continues to develop like this, it will replace e-commerce and become Amazon's core business."

Xu Liangjie said: "So let me tell you, it's better for Zi Weiyun to keep the status quo, turn a blind eye, pretend that he doesn't know anything, and give Kurian certain privileges. His skin color, his ethnicity , itself has certain privileges."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Is this too irresponsible?"

Xu Liangjie said disapprovingly: "This is the choice that best suits the interests of the company. Besides, I don't want to let him do this completely. I will definitely keep an eye on this matter!"

"Oh?"

"The situation is still relatively light now. Many executives have complaints, but they just say a few words in private. When the other business groups employ people, they have done a good job of balancing. Kurian's negative effects have not yet come out. .”

"It's time to come out," Zhou Buqi frowned slightly, "Isn't it too late?"

Xu Liangjie is very calm. He is the chief human resources officer of Ziwei Star International. His main job is to manage people. He said confidently: "It's okay. If you really want to show it, just correct it in time. I discussed it with Kurian. He I also understand. Now is a critical period for the competition between Ziwei Cloud and Amazon Cloud, especially since Microsoft Cloud and Google Cloud have also invested heavily in the market, it is best to give him some time, so as not to have too much impact."

"That's the truth, I'm afraid..." Zhou Buqi didn't have [-]% trust in Kurian, "There is nothing to say about Kurian's level, but there is one shortcoming, he likes to brag and talk big. He patted his chest there Don’t believe all of his promises.”

Xu Liangjie saw that the big boss seemed to have an idea, "What do you want?"

Zhou Buqi said: "You have to send someone of your own there, don't let Kurian really make Ziweiyun look like a black box blind box, we don't know what's going on inside."

(End of this chapter)