Perfection of Rebirth

Chapter 780 Showing Loyalty

Pensions, that is, pensions, have many different sources in different countries.

In the United States, employers and employees each contribute 6.2% of wage income as taxes, forming a special "social security fund".Among them, 85% are used to pay pensions, and 15% are used to pay other social security funds such as disability pensions and pensions for survivors and orphans.

In France, the employer pays 8.2% of the basic pension, and the employee pays 6.55%. France’s subsidies for survivors and orphans come from the employer’s contribution of 5.4% of the employee’s income as a subsidy for families in need.

Sweden's pension is divided into two parts, one part is the basic pension income, and the other part is the "pension supplement", which is unique to Sweden. The "pension surcharge" depends on the income and tax status before retirement. The longer the service period and the higher the salary, the more the "pension surcharge" will be accumulated, and the more pension you can receive after retirement.

"This is a fact. In fact, no matter which country you are in, the burden related to pensions will become more and more serious," Jiang Hui said, taking a sip of coffee.

"Yes, now, Jaguar Land Rover's annual pension for corporate employees is as high as [-] million pounds, plus various benefits for employees and salaries that are higher than the average wage in society, half of Jaguar Land Rover's losses in recent years have come from This is caused by this aspect," Kenny gave his first answer.

"What about the other half?"

Regarding Kenny's first answer, Jiang Hui couldn't say whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied.When Ford sold Jaguar Land Rover in his previous life, he specifically proposed to inject [-] million US dollars into the pension plan. This shows that pension is indeed a very important negotiation item and a major issue.

"The other half is inside Jaguar Land Rover. The production efficiency is too low and the waste is too large. According to my calculation, BMW or Mercedes-Benz can produce two in the time we produce one Land Rover, which leads to our production cost being higher than others. In addition, our procurement system has always been relatively closed, and we have basically purchased parts from some fixed parts suppliers for so many years, with limited price competitiveness.”

"Of course, the most important thing is that the sales of models are not as good as we expected, especially the Jaguar brand, which has been declining for many years. The monthly global sales of each model are only one or two thousand units, which is not enough to support the growth of a brand. healthy growth".

No matter whether it is a car or a mobile phone, there is a break-even point, and there is no way to reach this balance point until a certain number of units is produced.

Some people say that it is difficult for an automobile factory to make a profit if its annual sales volume is less than [-] units.

Of course, if the car factory is a luxury car such as Ferrari or Lamborghini, this statement is definitely not applicable.

However, regardless of whether this statement makes sense or when it applies, at least Jaguar's annual sales are too low compared to Mercedes-Benz and BMW.

When various expenses such as factory depreciation, labor expenses, R&D amortization, mold amortization, and marketing expense amortization are placed on a small number of units, the cost will be very high.

The price of a model has an approximate benchmark, and it is impossible to increase the price without limit. Consumers are not stupid.

Then at this time, your sales have been unable to increase, and it will be difficult to make money.

"Jaguar Land Rover has 5 main manufacturing and R&D centers, all of which are located in the UK. All Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in the world go to the world from here. They are Gayton bases that opened in 2000 and are adjacent to Aston Martin. .This includes Jaguar and Land Rover's engineering technology and design centers, marketing, sales, service teams, finance, human resources departments, etc."

"In addition, located in Coventry, West Midlands, England, the Whitley factory that produced aircraft and missiles in the early days. During World War II, it was the Solihall factory that produced aircraft and tank engines as a British Royal Armament Factory. It is located in Moor, England. Halewood, Westside. And Bromwich, Vale, Birmingham, England."

"Two brands, with an annual sales volume of less than 20, have 5 factories, and the production efficiency can be imagined. The most important thing is that the production load of these factories is less than 50.00%, which has caused even greater waste. In my opinion, the most urgent task is to increase the sales volume of Jaguar Land Rover and reduce the shared cost of the model... ".

Through a ten-minute explanation, Kenny generally answered the question of why Jaguar Land Rover has been losing money.

"I don't know how the board of directors of Jaguar Land Rover considers the profit plan?" After talking so much, Jiang Hui finally started to introduce the topic to other directors.

"For some directors, it seems that they don't care much about the changes in sales with high salaries every year, because they will retire soon. There are too many old employees at the top of Jaguar Land Rover, which limits the young people below. Development directly affects everyone's enthusiasm for work."

"Then what do you suggest?".

"Mr. Jiang, there is a saying in China called self-recommendation. I hope you will support me to become Jaguar Land Rover, or at least the president of the Land Rover brand. I will fully follow your will to create the greatest value for shareholders," Kenny began to express to Jiang Hui. Faithful.

It is difficult for young people who have not experienced the baptism of the workplace to understand the importance of showing loyalty, and even disdain to do such things.

However, if you are a leader yourself, do you want to promote a subordinate who is average in ability but loyal, or do you want to promote a subordinate who is very capable but can't deal with you?
I think everyone will make the right choice, right?
Under such circumstances, everyone can naturally realize the importance of loyalty, and even Jiang Hui in his previous life suffered from this.

So when he heard Kenny expressing his loyalty to him, Jiang Hui didn't think there was anything to look down on him.

At this time, I most hope that the senior management of Jaguar Land Rover will come to show their loyalty. Even if the ability is average, I can use it temporarily.

It's better than using someone who doesn't follow orders, right?

Especially in the next period of time, Jaguar Land Rover will have to rearrange the personnel of Tianchao, and consider various things such as the joint venture with Guanghui Group.

If there is no one who can be trusted in a key position, it will be much more difficult to get these things done smoothly.

"How do I believe that you can do a good job as the president of Jaguar Land Rover?" Jiang Hui didn't answer Kenny's question directly, but wanted to hear what Kenny had to say.

"Mr. Jiang, I have been working in Land Rover for eight years. I have basically promoted all the middle-level personnel in the sales field, so I can completely control the sales and after-sales waiting. In addition, the people in charge of production The vice president is my good friend, and I have fully communicated with him before I came to see you." The things Kenny prepared in advance were finally used.

(End of this chapter)