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Chapter 59 "Overtime", "Efficiency" and "Resource Waste" in Private Enterprises

By enumerating the various "crimes" of "overtime work", I can tell you that the popular "overtime work theory" is ridiculous.It's an open secret that Chinese bosses, especially those in private companies, like to see employees "working overtime".Their reasons are also very good-since I "spend money" to hire employees, it is good for them to stay in the company for an extra minute, because it means that the money I spent "wasn't wasted".I used to work in a private lubricant company, and the boss of that company was even more funny. One of the important reasons he gave positive comments to the employees was to see who got off work later than him.As long as you get off work earlier than him, no matter how well you do, you don't want to hear half a word of praise from him, because he will think that "you are useless if you use it".The boss of another company did not give up.

He stipulates that all employees can only have three rest days a month, but he is afraid that employees will "rebound" too much, so he allows employees to wear "casual clothes" to work on the fourth statutory Sunday, even if you dress up beautifully. Listening to music in the office, eating melon seeds, playing poker, and turning on the computer to "Fight the Landlord" doesn't matter, anyway, "people" have to come to the company to stay.It seems that many of our bosses suffer from "obsessive-compulsive disorder", and the symptoms are not serious.In fact, think about it, this is not such a difficult thing to figure out!As long as "people" stay in the company, does it necessarily mean that "efficiency" is high?Not really?Take that lubricating oil company as an example. In order to "please" the boss, many employees deliberately slowed down the work progress, and the problems that could be solved within eight hours had to be postponed until after get off work.Over time, instead, each of the employees has developed a habit of "procrastinating" in doing things, and the whole company is permeated with a decadent atmosphere of "immortality" and "overstaffing".

The same is true for the company that has three days off in January. It seems that everyone comes to the company to "work", but they dress up in nondescript ways, and playing around in the company also brings down the corporate atmosphere.What's more serious is that many employees are dissatisfied with this arrangement of the company, and out of some kind of "revenge" mentality, they turn on the air conditioner and "talk to the phone" (including long-distance calls) as soon as they go to work, causing a shortage of corporate resources. A lot of waste.Therefore, as the owner of a private enterprise, never make a mistake—the ultimate purpose of your business is to "do things" and "make money", so any "formalistic" things are meaningless to you of.The boss who is "happy" because he sees all the employees staying in the company endlessly to "wear out" is undoubtedly the biggest waste snack and "taken advantage of".A really smart boss would never want employees to work overtime endlessly, and even wish they could "get off work" as early as possible, or even "off work" as much as possible, because doing so can firstly save energy, secondly, improve efficiency, and thirdly, It can save labor, four can improve employee satisfaction, and five can improve corporate reputation. Such a "beautiful thing", why not do it?
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