After Transmigrating, The Fat Wife Made A Comeback!

Chapter 2412: Retrenchment

“Sure, I have no objections,” Qiao Mei said nonchalantly. After all, such an event was only organized for the adults. Xia Yang was only one month old, so he would not even know what was going on.

Qian’e walked into the living room with a big bag filled with items. She said with a smile, “Oh, everyone’s here! Why is everyone here today! I have bought a lot of things meant for the children. In that case, divide them among yourselves so that I don’t have to make separate trips to send them to your homes.”

“Why did you buy so much? Did the baby goods store close down?” Xia He asked curiously.

“No! It’s just that I’ve been in a good mood recently, so I want to spend money!” Qian’e said smugly.

Xia He looked at Qiao Mei curiously. Qiao Mei waved her hands and said, “She has completely cut ties with the Qian family. Right now, she can’t wait to buy 10 more houses to celebrate the occasion.”

“No, no, no! Madam Qiao! You’re underestimating my potential! Am I the kind of person who likes to buy houses now? I like to open new factories now! I want to open another 20 factories!” Qian’e said excitedly.

Xia Wen held back his laughter and said, “Then you can come to me for approval directly. Just say that you’ve bought all the land in the capital and that you want to open many factories so that the capital can become the number one industrial city.”

“Hahahahahahaha…”

Everyone laughed cheerfully. Xia Zhe felt good as he looked at the scene in front of him. In the future, he wanted to see more and more days like this. It was so important that the family gathered together often.

After dinner, everyone went back to their own homes. Qian’e pulled Qiao Mei into the study and gave her a list of names.

“I have assessed all the staff’s performance and these are the staff members whom I feel do not meet our standard. I want to retrench them and hire new staff,” Qian’e said.

Qiao Mei looked at Qian’e in surprise. She had thought that Qian’e would be reluctant to lay off any employee. After all, these were the people who worked together with her day and night and they could also be considered to have accompanied the factory in its growth.

The good thing was that the economy was still doing alright now. The wave of layoffs would only happen in a few years’ time. At that time, many factories would close down one after another and many workers would lose their jobs. Families would get broken up because of this. The workers they retrenched now would still be able to find work somewhere else and their livelihoods would not be affected.

“So many?” Qiao Mei asked.

“That’s right. We have to retrench more than 70 people,” Qian’e said.

“Alright, let’s do as you say then. But don’t retrench all of them at once. The factory still needs to operate normally,” Qiao Mei said.

“Alright, I know what to do,” Qian’e said with a nod.

Apart from the list of layoffs, there was also a summary report on the recent orders and the factory’s output. Qiao Mei looked at it with some annoyance. The factory’s earnings in the recent quarter had decreased quite a bit.

“Do you know the reason for the decline?” Qiao Mei asked.

“It’s… it’s because of my family. But production has already increased this month and the sales volume has also returned to the previous level,” Qian’e said embarrassedly.

Qiao Mei sighed and said, “To show our sincerity, let’s deduct the losses for this quarter from our year-end bonuses. When the time comes, get someone to put up an announcement to inform all the staff.”

“Sure,” Qian’e said readily.

Qiao Mei raised her eyebrows and asked, “Aren’t you going to refute me? You are so happy for me to deduct your bonus?”

“It’s good enough that you haven’t fired me…” Qian’e said sheepishly.

“Make sure the new hires for the vacated positions go through a probation period. During the probation period, they will be paid as usual, but their status is different from that of regular employees. Let’s set the probation period to be two months. You have to remember to assess them and don’t let such a situation happen again. In addition, you have to arrange for the workshop manager to check everyone’s workload. Distribute the work properly and don’t take advantage of the employees, but make sure that there are no employees who get away with being idle,” Qiao Mei said.

“I know. I’ve already made the arrangements,” Qian’e said.

Qiao Mei put all the documents in the drawer. She looked at Qian’e and said, “I’ll be going to the south soon to take a look at the other businesses. I still need you to run the factory here. You will be representing me, so you have to set high expectations. Don’t be soft-hearted because you want to be nice. We’re business people, not philanthropists. We can help them when they have difficulties at home, but that’s a separate matter from work.”

For Qian’e, her only weakness was that she was too soft-hearted. Otherwise, she would not have been harassed by the Qian family for so many years.

“Sure! I’ll do what you say! You’re my backer!” Qian’e said confidently. She went back to the factory to continue making arrangements for the remaining work.

Qiao Mei thought that Qian’e would come to look for her a few days later. She did not expect Da Zhuang to be the one looking for her instead!

“Sister-in-law, are you free now?” Da Zhuang leaned against the door and asked tentatively.

“Yes. What’s wrong? Come in and talk,” Qiao Mei said.

Da Zhuang looked at Qiao Mei awkwardly and did not say anything. He was really too embarrassed to speak up.

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