For those employees who left the company when the company came into a difficult situation, it was pointless to ask them to stay, because they were not loyal. Horace believed firmly that loyalty was critical for his company.
It’s better to clear up the team as soon as possible. He did not want any inside jobs here anymore. Besides, this could also serve as a warning for some possible betrayals.
Thinking of this, Horace’s heart relaxed a lot. He summarized the meeting and then asked his team of management to act as soon as possible. The meeting was dismissed later.
Clara came out of the room with Neo only after everyone left his office.
“I’m so sorry.” Horace looked at Clara and apologized. The current situation of his company was not ideal. In order to deal with those troubles, it was better not to let his wife and kid get involved in his business to avoid small talks.
“It’s okay. We are family. I respect your decisions”
Clara came forward and helped him rub his temples.
The HR director knocked on his door at this moment to deliver the files of those who resigned. He happened to see Clara and Neo.
This woman and kid apparently were his family. However, he was also a man of a very tight mouth. He knew his position and he knew what to do.
After sending the personnel files, he quietly withdrew from the room and closed the door of Horace’s office.
“Have you found the key to the problem?” Clara rubbed Horace’s temples, looked at Horace, and asked.
“Not yet. The problem now is that we don’t even know what the problem is. That is even worse and trickier.”
Horace started to question his judgment this time. He was always good at finding problems but this time, it seemed that all of his ways were not working.
“Dad, don’t worry. In fact, sometimes even the boss doesn’t know what is going on.” Neo suddenly said as if he knew something.
“Why do you say so?” Horace felt that Neo had reminded him of something, but he was not sure what it was.
“This is the same as what we do in kindergarten. The teacher never really knows what we do, until we told her.”
Could this be the truth?
But why didn’t Horace think of it?
Horace suddenly thought of something. He instructed Isaac, “Tell all of our employees to write a report of where they feel unhappy or dissatisfied with the company. I want them in paper forms, and I want them now. ”
Horace was really proud of his son now because he helped him find a very practical method for an investigation.
Neo discovered this simple truth from his experience in kindergarten, but this also worked well in many other places.
“Isaac, by the way, tell them that whoever helps to find a loophole in the company, would get a promotion and a raise.”
When Isaac was going to go out and give orders, Neo stopped Isaac and added.
The staff of the company would not be too serious when writing reports like that, but if they were promised benefits, things got different.
“Well, since your son has already thought up an idea for you, I guess we should wait for what happens next.” Clara smiled.
“Yes.” Horace took Clara’s hand and sat down. Horace really felt sorry for his wife, because all of them were very tired at this time of the day, and he should not have troubled her with company affairs.
“Dad, can I have a look at the personnel files of those who resigned?” Neo suddenly become interested in those files.
“Yes, just go and get them. Be careful.” Horace looked at Neo and agreed.
The desk was taller than this little boy, so Horace asked him to be careful while fetching those files.
“OK, thank you, Dad, I will.”
Neo ran over and tiptoed to get the personnel file on the table. He then sat on the sofa, looking at that pile of documents in front of him.
“Dad, are these people who have resigned? All of them?”
“Well, yes.” Horace held Clara in his arms and closed his eyes to rest for a little while.
Hearing that Horace had answered him, Neo started reading. He already knew lots of characters and words by his age.
About forty minutes later, Horace heard a knock at the door.
Clara stood up when she heard the knocking sound. Neo seemed to have finished reading the files. He lay on the sofa and closed his eyes like his Dad. He didn’t open his eyes until he heard a knock on the door.
“These are all the comments about the company. The materials and documents are sorted out.” Before Isaac collected them, he also took a few glances at the comments.
Many people were being quite harsh, perhaps partly because they thought they could get a raise, and partly because they thought it would not matter anymore as the company was about to shut down.
They did not care about that anymore.
Neo ran over with Horace and Clara and looked at the document people wrote. Horace read the contents of the document for Neo.
They still felt a little bit uncomfortable reading negative comments about the company.
“Cant call friends at work.”
“Can’t get my UPS packages at work.”
“Can’t shop at eBay at work.”
“CEO being too charming, a distraction for female staff.”
“CEO got married. Too sad to work.”
“…”
As Horace was reading, he was rendered speechless. Some of those were really ridiculous.
Some of the rules were not stipulated by him, but by the managers of each department.
There were barely any informative comments here, but he kept reading.
As he finally decided to give up, he saw one report that actually meant something.