公司一位專責公司客戶的同事B先生於七月時被公司解僱，理由是表現不理想，事情來得很突然，我們都感到十萬個驚訝，B先生更感到很氣憤。作出這個決定的是總公司的部門總監，香港的新經理｢車里子｣沒有參與，這是他上場後第一宗被解僱事件。
The
company fired one of our colleagues Mr. B in July, who is responsible for the
corporate business. The reason is the unsatisfied performance. It happened
without any sign and we all felt shock about that. Mr B even felt angry. The head of corporate business
department from headquarter is the decision maker. It had nothing to do with
the new manager Cherry in Hong Kong. It was the first termination
after he was on-board.
According
to the hidden agenda of the company, the staff who got fired would immediately leave
the company. However, the company chose to have a one month notice for Mr B.
His last day will be the second week of August. I really don’t understand why
you decided to keep someone whom you are not satisfied with the performance for
a month more. Do you care the feeling of the staff? Do you think the staff would still have
incentive to bring more new business to the company if he/she is leaving soon?
What is the logic behind? Anyways, Mr B still acts professional and having the
right working attitude even he strongly disagree the decision. At the same
time, he signed up a big business. Although no one show appreciation to his
performance, they should have regret to make the decision and Mr B won a
battle.
其實這一單生意的成交，並不是一朝一夕，因為營業員的工作、與那個客戶/公司接觸﹑會面或致電次數紀錄、目前進度等，所有，所有，是所有一舉一動都有紀錄在系統中，所以公司一直知道B先生由年初已經在接觸這個客戶和絕對能掌握進度，即是說那大生意將會在短期內成交，那怎麼能說B先生表現不如理想呢？說營業額未達標也說不通！因為營業額是以全年計算，現在只過了大半年，尚有數個月時間，怎能否定他未來日子不能追上來呢？B先生面對的不是一萬幾千的生意額，而是幾十萬起的數字，怎可能兒戲和不花點時間部署，你難道要求他今天見客，明天簽單嗎？公司要解僱一個員工理由可以很多，但要令人信服，必需要說得通和合理！現在一切理由都難以理解！
To make a deal of
a big business is not a short term effort, it takes time. All the daily
activities of the sales were recorded in the system, such as how many calls
they made, who they contacted, what is the progress. Everything is monitored in
the system. So there is no excuse for the company to say his performance is not
good and should be able to foresee the upcoming deal. They could say he is not
meeting his target. However, that is an annual target and we are in July only.
Can you really say he cannot make a difference in the coming 5 months? Mr B is
dealing with contract at several hundred thousand dollar but not little amount.
It is reasonable to spend months to approach, plan, discuss and negotiation. It
is impossible to expect him to close the deal one day after the meeting. There
are many reasons to fire someone, but it has to be a persuasive and reason
making sense. I really cannot understand all the things.
直至B先生離職前一個多星期，即七月尾，人事部宣佈八月將會有新同事接替B先生，而我們從B先生口中得知新同事就是部門總監的大學時期密友！！！！這一個密切的關係觸發我們的聯想，推測被解僱的真正原因絕不是所謂的｢表現不理想｣。
Until
one week before Mr B last
day which is end of July, Human Resources announced that a new comer will
replace Mr B in August. We learnt from Mr B that this new comer is a best
friend of the Head in University. BEST FRIEND! Their relationship led us to
associate the ultimate reason to fire Mr B. “ Dissatisfied Performance” is just
a superficial excuse, whoever believed would be a dumb.
難以理解的事情一件接一件，正當大家在煩惱B先生的Farewell飯要不要邀請總監密友時，B先生居然告訴我們公司要求他延長離職日子到八月尾，所以Farewell飯亦順理推遲。對於公司這個決定，我們仍然是不能理解，亦覺得很不專業，現在是認定了B先生的工作能力還是輸打贏要？B先生因為仍未找到新工作，不論有多氣憤，為了太太和女兒一家，應承留下來到月尾，繼續跟進那新生意。同時，開始感覺到他不再強求任何公司的決定，對公司完全死心，一切生意以外的事情都莫不關心，只做自己事。
There
are always more things hard to understand. While we were discussing if we
should invite the Best Friend to the farewell meal with Mr B, Mr B told us the
company requested him to extend his date of leave till the end of August. As a
result, the farewell meal was postponed. Of course I would not understand this
decision and it is so not professional. Does it imply the company is
acknowledging Mr B performance now? They are happy just because he brings in
money finally. Mr B accepted to extend his days in the company because he has
not find a new job yet. He understood no matter how any he is, he should put
his family as priority, be a responsible breadwinner. At the same time, I felt
that he did not concern the decision the company made. He was very desperate of
the company and other than doing his own job, he did not show interest in other
thing.
另一邊，一直被動和無辜的車里子亦起了變化，過去數星期秘密通電，好像掌握了許多資訊，和總公司高層多了溝通，開始隱瞞著一些事情。事源一位同事營業額達標，公司很滿意，所以車里子建議全Team吃飯慶祝，當然是公司數，但奇怪的是沒有邀請B先生和密友。我們說這一餐可以同時是密友的迎新飯(他入職已經一個月，車里子都未有安排飯局) 和B先生的Farewell飯，車里子都避而不答，說這一餐主要是慶祝同事爆數。這一刻我覺得車里子有事隱瞞，令這件被辭職事件更耐人尋味！
On the other hand,
Cherry who I thought is innocent had some change. He was on some secret calls
over the weeks and seems like knowing a lot of information which he cannot
share. He also had high contact with the management in the head quarter. It can
be concluded that one of the sales reached the target and the company is happy
about that. As a result, Cherry suggested to have a team lunch together to
celebrate as company expense. The weird thing is both Mr B and Best Friend were
not invited even we asked Cherry directly. We thought that this meal could also
be the farewell for Mr B and also the welcome lunch for the Best Friend (We still did not arrange it after a
month he joined.). However, Cherry was not telling us the reason why not
inviting them which made us realized there is something wrong.
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