The story of a cook

Chapter 359 Spring Festival Work Arrangements
The Chinese New Year is coming soon after the Innovative Cuisine Competition.

Time flies, and it is another year in a blink of an eye.This year I can't go home for the New Year, the employees can go home for the New Year, but I can't go back to celebrate the New Year as the head chef.

There are a lot of reservations for the Spring Festival. All the private rooms are fully booked from the [-]th of the new year to the eighth day of the first month. At the same time, the private seats on the second floor are also booked. It seems that the Spring Festival will be very busy these days.

Make an appointment with Zhang Li, all the dishes that are scheduled to be ordered before the 23rd lunar new year, so that it is convenient for the kitchen to prepare ingredients.

Regarding the work during the Spring Festival, Mr. Huo called everyone together for a meeting, mainly discussing how to arrange employees to go home for the New Year.Because the restaurant is open normally during the Spring Festival, and it is busier than usual, the staff must be tense, but we have to ask everyone to go home during the Chinese New Year, so do some research.

In previous years, during Chinese New Year, one-third of the employees were sent home to celebrate the New Year, and after the employees who went home for the New Year came back, a new batch of employees went back.At the same time, the three days of Lunar New Year's Eve, the first day of junior high school, and the second day of junior high school are statutory holidays, and employees who work on these three days are paid three days a day.This policy is very good. There is no such policy in other restaurants. Other restaurants only pay two days of wages for working in the [-]th, first and second days of junior high school.

They are all private bosses. Although the state stipulates that they will be paid three times the wages for a day of work on statutory holidays, there is nothing the boss can do if they don't pay.Linjiangxuan is a well-known private enterprise in the provincial capital. The boss is also a representative of the district people's congress. He has done a good job in this aspect and implemented everything in accordance with national policies.

"There are not enough people for Chinese New Year every year. I think there are more people ordering meals this year than every year, and it is estimated that there will be even less people this year." Wang Chun said.

"Our old store has ordered more this year than last year, and there will be not enough people at that time." The head chef of the old store said.

"This year we stipulate that there will be no holidays, so as to save the bad arrangements for going home for the New Year. You will be unhappy if we arrange for you, and he will be unhappy if you are arranged for him, and he will be very angry." The manager of the old store said.

"It's the same in other places. Everyone wants to go home for the New Year, and no one will be happy if they don't go home." Zhang Li said.

"Our family also has people who don't want to go home, like those older married people who don't go home to celebrate the New Year. They want to work overtime to earn more money. Who doesn't want to earn more if they are paid three days a day." Wang Chun said.

Mr. Huo took a puff of cigarette and said: "During the Chinese New Year, I looked at making money, but in fact I didn't make much money. I had to pay three times the wages for overtime work. In addition, during the Chinese New Year, the prices of raw materials increased, especially vegetables, which were two or three times the usual amount. , during the Chinese New Year last year, coriander rose to 20 yuan a catty, right?"

"Yes, [-] pieces of coriander, [-] pieces of hot pepper, and [-] pieces of spinach. It's too scary." Wang Chun said.

"That doesn't count. We are not allowed to give red envelopes during the 50 nights of overtime work here? In the first two years, a red envelope of 50 yuan is fine, but now [-] yuan can be used?" Mr. Huo said.

"Fifty is not worth it, and ordinary employees also have to pay one hundred." Zhang Li said.

"That's right, our two stores together have a lot of people." Mr. Huo said.

"That can't be closed, and I can make more money than usual." The manager of the old store said.

Hotels earn money when they open during the Spring Festival, and they earn more than usual.If the usual daily turnover is [-], then during the Spring Festival, the daily turnover will be [-] to [-], which is more than twice the usual amount. No restaurants are open.

We discussed for a while, but did not come up with a good solution.

Mr. Huo asked me: "Master Tan has not spoken, what do you think?"

I asked: "I have no idea, I just want to ask how many employees are there in our family?"

"What do you mean, Master Tan?" Wang Chunlai asked.

"I just want to know how many people can take the initiative to stay and work overtime during the Spring Festival?" I said.

"It's about one-third of it." Wang Chun said.

I asked, "The rest want to go home?"

Wang Chunlai nodded.

"I want to stay a few more days when I go home. Three days is not enough. Even if I go back on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, it would be nice to come back on the fifth day of the lunar new year, right?" I asked.

"Yes, it's all like this." Wang Chun said.

"That's not right. Look, you said it well when you let him go. You said that you will come back when you are busy in the third day of junior high school. It will not be like that when the time comes. It is not bad to come back on the fifth day of the new year. Some people have to come back after the eighth day." The head chef of the old shop said.

The manager of the old store also nodded in agreement.

I said, "Everyone, see if this works." After I finished speaking, I looked at everyone, and everyone looked at me, waiting for me to continue.

"It would be unreasonable for us to strictly stipulate that there is no holiday for the Chinese New Year. During the Chinese New Year, everyone wants to go home, especially the newly born child, who is very homesick in the first year after coming out, so it is impossible not to let him go home for the New Year. Waiting to go home for the New Year is only a month away. It is also human nature to not want to come back when you get home, and want to stay at home for a few more days."

"Can we do this? Those who take the initiative to work overtime here will be counted as normal, and they will be paid three days a day. Isn't Chinese New Year's Eve, the first day of junior high school, and the second day of junior high school counted as overtime work? In other words, we have to pay six days more than usual. Come on. Employees who wait to go home for the New Year are guaranteed not to be able to get the six-day wages that came in vain.

"That's the thing."

"Deducting wages is also willing to stay at home."

"They all want to go home for the New Year."

I said: "Our main purpose is to ensure that there are enough staff during the normal business period of the Spring Festival, minimize mistakes, and satisfy customers. This is what we need to do most. We can now stipulate that from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to the first month of the first month. Ten During this period, no employees are allowed to ask for leave to rest, nor to handle anyone's resignation. The main purpose is to ensure that all staff are on duty during the busy period of the Spring Festival, so that the task of opening the Spring Festival can be successfully completed. "

"I think it's too bad not to let employees go home for the New Year - those who are older can accept it, and those who have a family and business like me are fine, waiting for those young people is too bad." Wang Chun said.

"I think it's enough." The old store manager said.

I said, "Don't we work overtime in our [-]s, first and second years of junior high school? We can change it a bit and change six days of overtime work into six days of rest."

"You mean—" Mr. Huo asked.

"What I mean is that we can stipulate that those who go home during the Spring Festival can go back before the Spring Festival or after the Spring Festival. If they all want to stay at home for a few more days, then we can turn the six days of overtime into six days of rest, plus There are two public holidays in each month, and the total is eight days. According to regulations, those who go home before the Spring Festival must return before the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, and those who go home after the Spring Festival can go home on the [-]th of the first month. One-time consecutive holidays Eight days, and they are all paid, do you think this is okay?"

After I finished speaking, everyone began to consider the suggestions I said.

"Then what if you don't want to rest and have to work overtime?" Wang Chunlai asked.

"Then work overtime, otherwise we also have overtime." I said.

Mr. Huo said: "What if we have to work overtime? That will make us a lot of money."

I laughed and said to Mr. Huo: "If the employees have to work overtime, then we don't need to hold this meeting to study it. It means that our employees will take the initiative to work overtime during the Chinese New Year."

Mr. Huo smiled, a little embarrassed.

"In this way, employees can take eight days off at once and still get paid?" asked the head chef of the old shop.

"Yes, even eight days off will be paid." I said.

"I think it works like this. Every year, I start to be busy on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. Before that, I was not very busy. After the new year, I will be busy until the tenth day of the new year. After the tenth day, I will not be too busy." Wang Chun said.

"What if the employee didn't come back home a year ago?" asked the old store manager.

"Let's do the math. It took eight days to go back years ago. Our rule is that he must come back on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month. That is to say, he has to go to work on the 22nd. From 22nd onwards, if he returns home on the 21th or [-]rd of the twelfth lunar month. Going back, on the [-]th and [-]rd of the twelfth lunar month, it’s almost time to stay at home until [-]. I’ve had enough of it. I don’t know if you guys feel it, but I feel it anyway. Every time I go home for the first three days, it’s okay, I think it’s pretty good , After waiting for three days, I don’t feel much. If I feel boring after staying at home for a week, it’s better to go back to work. I think the same is true for employees. I will go back on the [-]th or [-]rd of the twelfth lunar month and stay for seven or eight days. It’s enough to stay, if you don’t want to come back to celebrate the New Year at home, there are still eight or nine days to celebrate the New Year, and if you can’t stay longer, you can usually come back.” I analyzed.

"It's the same thing." Zhang Li said.

"Anyway, let him go back, it's better to let him come back after a new year at home." The manager of the old store said.

I said: "If our family is not a dumpling restaurant, you can ask him to come back after celebrating the new year at home, but don't forget that our home is a dumpling restaurant."

The manager of the old store suddenly realized: "Yes, every year our family eats more dumplings on New Year's Day, much more than usual, and the sales amount is twice the usual amount."

The head chef of the old shop asked: "Then why do you take a break? This eight-day break is not short, can you get over it?"

I asked: "How do you arrange the employees who go home for the New Year every year?"

Wang Chunlai: "It's all arranged for those employees who really need to go home for the New Year."

"Is it the opinion of the boss who didn't arrange it?" I asked.

"Oh, that's my opinion—it's good if you don't scold you in person, and some dare to scold you in person." Wang Chunlai, it seems that he has been scolded before.

"I guess you are also cheating for personal gain." I said.

"It's not about favoritism. I come to you every time the Chinese New Year comes, and I want to go home to celebrate the New Year, especially if we are a little related. Don't let him go back, no. They are all from the same village in my hometown, bow your head Look up and see you, what are you going to do when I found you." Wang Chunlai said helplessly.

"Understood." I nodded.

"That's right, it's a bit difficult to arrange to take an eight-day break." The manager of the old store said.

I looked at everyone, and at Mr. Huo, Mr. Huo was still thinking about it.

"Let's not talk about the rest, it's not decided yet." I asked Mr. Huo: "Mr. Huo, what do you think? See if this works?"

Mr. Huo asked them: "Do you think the plan Master Tan said works?"

"Okay, I think it's okay." Wang Chun said: "I know how it feels when the kitchen is busy during the Chinese New Year. No one is working in the kitchen and can't serve the food. The front is pushing the food hard, and there are few people working in the back, so the food can't be served. Just return the food, and sometimes customers don’t pay when they get angry.”

"There are also times when there are few waiters in front of you, so you can't watch it at all. When a waiter has at most ten tables, you can be crazy busy. When you run into a fucking customer and run away without paying the bill, you can't find it at all." Old shop The manager looked bitter and bitter, and went on to say: "The other thing is that Chunlai said that the dishes can't be served. It's true that the dishes can't be served. Last year, it took almost an hour and a half for a table to serve four dishes. Dumplings It was poured very quickly, and the people ate all the dumplings and didn't bring up the dishes, and finally couldn't return all the leftovers, so the people were not happy and left cursing."

"I think this year is busier than last year. If you still let people go home for the New Year like last year, you will still have to go to the food, and your front desk will have to run orders." Wang Chun said.

"You mean to agree with Master Tan's suggestion?" Mr. Huo asked.

"I agree." Wang Chun said.

"I also agree." The head chef of the old shop said.

"Agree." Zhang Li said.

"Agree." The old store manager said.

"Since we all agree, let's follow what Master Tan said, no problem?" Mr. Huo asked.

"It's just that the eight-day continuous holiday is too long to arrange. You are not happy about arranging this and that, and you are not happy about arranging that and that."

I said: "This can be solved in this way. Take the kitchen as an example. For example, the cutting board is a post that rests. Our new store has a total of eight cutting boards. Two people can be assigned to rest at the same time. The chef does not decide who will rest. The boss of the chopping board will make arrangements. They decide who will take the rest and who will not. There are only two places. After the two leave the rest, the rest will be given after the first year and the next year. As long as the work is not delayed. They arrange it by themselves than we can. Well, several people in the family always work together, and the brothers can hold a small meeting to decide who will rest and who will not rest, and they have no opinions and will not complain about anyone."

"Tell everyone to try to give power to the bosses of various departments and ask them to arrange rest in their own departments. That's fine. And even if we really have to go home for the New Year, we have to let them go back, and we can't stick to dogma."

The rest during the Spring Festival is set in this way, and the rest is for various departments to arrange and implement.

(End of this chapter)