Chapter 1482 It's Hard to Fool Today's Workers

Wu Bin looked at these comments, a "just as I expected" expression on his face.

However, the last comment particularly caught his attention.

Because this comment's angle was different from the other negative comments, and the discussion was quite heated!

The story of "Zigong Redeeming People" had a bit of a kill-you-while-crushing-your-heart vibe.

Wu Bin immediately clicked to view the details.

"Giving employees benefits and taking care of employment opportunities for disadvantaged groups is certainly a good thing, but many things must be viewed from two perspectives. There are many cases where good intentions lead to bad results!"

"On the one hand, too many benefits can easily breed laziness. It is certain that these three types of people are basically going for the high benefits. Can they still have a spirit of striving? Employee benefits are also part of the company's costs. If the company doesn't control costs and keeps giving out benefits every day, the employees will be happy, but how long can the company survive? Once the company goes bankrupt, these employees will lose their jobs and won't even have a basic salary. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

"Of course, I'm not saying that Tengda will go bankrupt because of this kind of welfare, after all, Tengda is already a giant company. But what about other small companies?"

"Everyone knows the story of Zigong Redeeming People. Tengda's behavior will objectively create a kind of moral kidnapping. Everyone will use this standard to demand other companies, as if other companies that don't do this are evil sweatshops."

"But not every company has the same conditions as Tengda! Many small companies are constantly teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, and there are many cases of people leaving after milking the maternity leave. If these small companies are forced to increase welfare under huge public pressure, leading to a sharp increase in costs and the company goes bankrupt, wouldn't the employees of the company ultimately suffer?"

"Tengda's benefits are certainly good, but many people can't even get into Tengda and can only work in some small companies. If these small companies close down, they may lose their jobs. Who will consider their livelihood issues then?"

"So I think Tengda's behavior is inappropriate. It has created a persona for itself, earned a reputation, but has completely disregarded the lives of other small companies and ignored their survival conditions. On the contrary, it may trigger even greater harm!"

"I still hope that everyone can look at this matter rationally and don't engage in moral kidnapping. Give small companies and ordinary workers a way out!"

Wu Bin couldn't help but feel a little worried.

It had to be said that these remarks were quite deceptive.

The companies nowadays aren't stupid. They can't openly say that they won't give employees benefits, otherwise they would be cursed to death.

But seeing the popularity of Tengda's special recruitment exam, they couldn't remain indifferent. Because the higher the popularity of this matter, the greater the impact they would receive. In the future, whether it's new employees or old employees, it would be increasingly difficult to fool them!

Their best strategy at this time was to "play the victim."

Talk more about how difficult the company and the boss are, the boss is exploited by inky employees, the boss is a vulnerable group, having to bear the cost of feeding the entire company, working diligently and painstakingly every day, if the company collapses everyone will lose their jobs, so I hope everyone can be considerate, tolerate some dissatisfaction, and even voluntarily reduce their salaries to share the difficulties with the company...

It had to be said that for many inexperienced people, this kind of argument was indeed somewhat deceptive.

Wu Bin was very worried that this cliché would really affect the direction of public opinion.

However, Wu Bin continued reading and realized that he was wrong.

The reason this post was popular wasn't because many people agreed with it, but because it was being slammed!

Obviously, netizens were becoming increasingly clever and were not so easily fooled.

These negative comments targeting Tengda's special recruitment exam came quickly, but the smackdowns against them came even faster!

"It's simply nonsense! Welfare is not directly linked to the spirit of striving! Some people think that welfare will磨灭 (mómiè, extinguish) people's fighting spirit, while others say that welfare will stimulate people's fighting spirit. So, does it extinguish or stimulate? I think the key lies in how you view human nature. If you think that most people's nature is lazy, welfare will磨灭 (mómiè, extinguish) their fighting spirit; if you think that people's nature is to strive for progress, welfare will stimulate their fighting spirit."

"In this world, other places are hard to say, but in our country, after all, there are more people who work hard and more people who know how to be grateful, this is beyond doubt!"

"To those who say that welfare will磨灭 (mómiè, extinguish) their fighting spirit, would you mind giving me your house and savings? The comfortable living conditions have磨灭 (mómiè, extinguished) your fighting spirit, give them all to me, this will definitely stimulate your fighting spirit and you'll reach the peak of your life in minutes!"

"Tengda is creating a persona? Don't just grab a word and use it randomly, okay? If doing good deeds is called creating a persona, then I hope that this kind of persona creation will be more and more beneficial. Even if some people publicize their charity work, it's still better than not doing charity at all, right? Persona collapses only happen when words and actions are inconsistent, but when has Tengda ever been inconsistent in its words and actions?"

"You don't need to worry about Tengda and President Pei. If President Pei only had your IQ and EQ, Tengda would have collapsed long ago."

"It's also quite ridiculous to worry about small companies. If a company doesn't understand innovation, doesn't understand technological revolution, doesn't understand chasing industry trends, and doesn't understand how to stimulate employee morale, but only relies on cutting employee benefits to reduce costs and maintain the company's survival, then I think this kind of company should just close down. What's the point of this kind of company's existence?"

"That's right, you're worried about the boss of a small company, but did they worry about you when they were living in villas and driving sports cars? No matter how small a company's boss is, the money they earn is unimaginable to you workers. You're worried about them? Are you worthy?"

"To be honest, if there really is a small company boss who shares weal and woe with his employees, the employees will naturally be willing to give up benefits and work hard with him, but how many such bosses are there? Most of them are just stupid and stingy. When employees leave, they don't look for the reason in themselves, they blame the employees for not being able to endure hardship? Pui!"

"A good boss who truly cares about his employees won't ask 'Why are employees so unreasonable?' On the contrary, those bosses who complain about their employees are mostly scum, and they don't even know it!"

"That's right, didn't Tengda also develop from a small company? When Tengda was a small company, the benefits were already very good, how come I didn't see the employees become a bunch of lazy people from eating benefits? Instead, they were all working their butts off and growing rapidly?"

"How is Tengda's behavior moral kidnapping? You even say that Tengda is standing on the moral high ground? Sorry, I think it's because other companies are all standing in the moral lowlands, so no matter how you look at it, Tengda is on the moral high ground!"

"Maybe this abnormal phenomenon is too common and too widespread, everyone has become accustomed to it. Tengda stood up and took the initiative to do good deeds, wanting to bring things back to the right track, but there are still people who are not used to it? It's really a long time coming!"

"Why do so many people think that companies have it hard? Let's not talk about anything else, ask the boss to take out half of his annual salary and distribute it to all the employees, the employees will definitely be willing to work their butts off for him, is the boss willing? Since he's not willing, then don't say it's not easy, the boss has it hard, is it easy for the workers?"

"When the economy was booming, many bosses were completely pigs in the wind, throwing bricks with brute force, and their performance could improve no matter how they messed up; later, when the economy declined slightly and the wind stopped, these people were exposed. The key is that they still feel good about themselves, 'Didn't our success back then depend on my good leadership? Why doesn't it work now? It must be that you employees aren't working hard! Reduce welfare, reduce costs, strengthen assessment, ideological education...' And then? Then the company went bankrupt! What caused the company to go bankrupt? Was it because of the employees? Obviously, it was because of the trash boss!"

"Indeed, I hope that both bosses and workers can be a little self-aware and don't kidnap each other! Workers, don't speak up for the boss, you should first figure out how to protect the rights that the law gives you!"

"That's right, unscrupulous bosses, don't bother trying to fool the workers, with this effort, you should think more about how to do something practical to run the company well. To put it bluntly, the real capitalists are going to develop overseas markets and earn money from other countries. What kind of capitalists are you who are constantly exploiting your own people? At best, you can only be considered bureaucrats and compradors of the old society!"

Those who posted similar remarks were scolded bloody by the onlookers!

These comments were still relatively civilized, some people directly started the simplest trash talk.

Wu Bin couldn't help but sigh, the eyes of the masses are sharp, it seems that the IQ of the onlookers has indeed improved as a whole, and they are becoming increasingly difficult to fool.

Many people might say that just moving your mouth online, what impact can it have on things?

But moving your mouth is often the first step in solving a problem.

If no one thinks there is a problem with this matter, then it will never be solved, and it may even get worse; if everyone thinks there is a problem with this matter, then even if it doesn't seem like there is any change in the short term, the solution will always be slowly promoted.

Looking back now, Wu Bin felt that his格局 (géjú, overall situation/perspective) was obviously too small.

Indeed, this recruitment may not attract particularly outstanding people in the short term, but in the long run, as the popularity of this special recruitment exam increases, there will naturally be more and more outstanding talents!

For Tengda, the final result of the two recruitments will not be much different.

The greatest significance of this special recruitment exam is not only to show everyone the Tengda spirit and attract more talents, but also to change the concept of the entire society, so that everyone can understand that pursuing better living conditions and benefits, and rejecting unreasonable overtime and so-called "striving spirit" brainwashing, is a matter of course!

奋斗 (fèndòu, striving) is of course the right thing to do, but 奋斗 (fèndòu, striving) should be directed towards the right object.

Striving for oneself is wise, striving for the boss is foolish.

Those garbage companies that squeeze employees without a bottom line will all go bankrupt, the market will not disappear, and the job opportunities will not be cleared. The demand is here, and naturally more companies that are willing to give employee benefits and can break through in harsh environments will appear to reoccupy this market and provide these job opportunities for employees.

If Tengda cooperates with other companies and constantly promotes Tengda's way of working, influencing these companies from the inside, then this special recruitment exam is to exert pressure on other companies from the outside by guiding all the workers!

Two different routes, facing different companies, with different degrees of closeness, but the final result is mostly the same.

Perhaps this process will be very long and the progress will be slow, but as long as you keep persisting, it will gradually improve.