CHAPTER 1577: CHAPTER 1578: THE GIRL WITH THREE FAILURES 85

Before, Zhang Yu would always go online to check the group chats from work, listening to Zhao Kang talk about recent bizarre incidents, watching the drama unfold at work without missing a beat.

Now, she of course goes online to read posts, knowing these people won’t get what they want and the matter would definitely blow up. She just didn’t expect the effect to be this good.

Jiang Lili never thought these bootlickers would be so bold. In her view, they were all just a bunch of penniless poor wretches who in the end would still have to bow their heads.

Originally, if only these people caused a fuss, it would eventually be suppressed. People in the country love drama, but whenever something new comes up, the old news is immediately overshadowed.

It’s not just Zhang Yu who thought this way, others thought so too, even Mike believed these people were just trying to disgust the Jiang Family a little.

But who could have thought that the People of the Jiang Family would really dig their own grave, being very harsh to the employees below, not to mention that on the surface, they were not so harsh about benefits, since maintaining the Jiang Family’s reputation was necessary, and the industry standard level was there.

But relatively, the demands were high. Young Master Jiang was naturally picky by nature, and wanted to grow himself rapidly; if possible, he hoped to restore the past glory of Old Master Jiang, which was a demand few could meet.

Young Master Jiang wouldn’t admit it was his own fault. In his view, the reason for not succeeding was that his subordinates were not strong enough.

If only they were slightly more capable, he would definitely have fulfilled his wish by now, even if not, surpassing Ye Zhuo would suffice.

He always thought Ye Zhuo succeeded because he had Mike as support. He was truly envious of Mike for a long time, as someone so capable, how could he follow Ye Zhuo.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought of poaching Mike over, but he knew Mike and Ye Zhuo had a good relationship, so with no other way, Young Master Jiang planned to cultivate a Mike himself.

In doing so, his demands for his subordinates were extremely high, directly benchmarking against Mike, which made it unbearable for people.

Not speaking about Mike’s strong capabilities, just his salary was significant even in China Investment, with visible salaries being notable within the company, of course due to substantial bonus incentives.

As for the money made on the side in business with Ye Zhuo, that was limitless, which Young Master Jiang didn’t know, and even if he did, he wouldn’t take it seriously.

For one thing, just Mike’s visible salary was something he couldn’t achieve.

In short, Young Master Jiang held his subordinates to Mike’s business ability standards, while their salary was just the industry average level. Anyone with such strong ability was long since poached by others, how could they have stayed.

Young Master Jiang set high standards, resulting in significant turnover among the middle and upper management of his subsidiaries, and it’s safe to say that their departures were not pleasant.

It’s just that everyone was constrained by the Jiang Family’s name and didn’t make a fuss, until someone posted online, and immediately former employees started following suit and complaining.

At first, it was only those who left City S for development elsewhere who started to complain, and gradually more people joined in, from complaining about Young Master Jiang to extending it to the whole Jiang Family in City S.

"I don’t know if the Jiang Family was famous nationwide before," said someone while everyone analyzed data during overtime, too lazy to go out for dinner, so they had food delivered and complained as they ate.

If at the beginning people were just watching the Jiang Family’s drama, slowly, as former employees of Jiang’s Company came online to complain, everyone was astonished by Young Master Jiang’s operations.

They all thought the Jiang Family was a prestigious family, at least they would care about face, but who would have thought they were such a black-hearted boss.

"Exactly, really black-hearted; demanding high strength, yet the income is not high."

"Oh right, Mike, you’re famous now," everyone congratulated Mike, who was eating with his head down.

Mike rolled his eyes speechlessly, "I really thank him, thank Young Master Jiang for thinking as highly of me."

"With that little salary and so many demands," Mike could only say, "One might as well just dream on."

"If it were me, I would’ve exposed them online much sooner." Anyway, if it were him, he wouldn’t have tolerated it for so long.

"The Jiang Family’s reputation, ah, is thoroughly ruined." Mike, who occasionally had to socialize, often had people asking him why he said those things before.

More often, though, discussions focused on the awkward situation the Jiang Family faced now. As a boss, as a capitalist, having workers complain a little is normal, you can’t satisfy every single employee, otherwise, how would bosses make money.

But it’s rare to have unified complaints without anyone defending them, only the Jiang Family could manage that; "I wonder if Old Master Jiang knows that in his lifetime he’d see the Jiang Family fall into such a decline, how would he feel."

Does Old Master Jiang know about this? Everyone covered their mouths, imagining the scenario. It’s supposed to be quite stimulating.

"It should be kept secret, right," someone confidently said.

The People of the Jiang Family initially ignored the posts online, just like Jiang Lili. Even when former employees joined in, they didn’t care, as it was only about Young Master Jiang.

Seeing his misfortune, the People of the Jiang Family were happy with the spectacle, and some even celebrated, relishing the other’s misfortune, fully exposing the internal discord within the Jiang Family.

Of course Young Master Jiang knew this, and he was furious. But he was busy, busy to the extent of a hot mess, and the internet had already publicized his acts of making false promises. Even a few currently somewhat decent employees became worried they might face similar issues, thus directly resigning, regardless of whether he promised future raises.

The personnel left, but recruitment efforts saw no progress. In the past, relying on the Jiang Family’s name made it easy, but now, at the mere mention of Jiang’s Company, people immediately backed off, making Young Master Jiang panic. He might have thought everyone wasn’t putting in enough effort, but with no one coming to the company, how could operations continue?

This wave quickly spread to companies of other members of the Jiang Family, though Young Master Jiang might have had a bad reputation, at least he paid wages and didn’t delay them.

As for others in the Jiang Family, they were far worse, frequently withholding or delaying salaries, causing panic, and now some suggested going to labor arbitration.

This provoked immediate panic among other members of the Jiang Family. Previously, they might have managed to delay matters with connections in labor arbitration, but now those arbiters didn’t dare due to fears of getting exposed online themselves.

The Jiang Family’s recent happenings were thrilling to watch, everyone kept saying they were satisfied with this drama, this watermelon from spring until summer showed no signs of ending.

Zhang Yu had a thought, that someone didn’t want the heat of this farce to die down, otherwise, how could the enthusiasm from layoffs last so long.

But she liked it, the more the Jiang Family was in hot water, the better the revenge.