dognovel Chapter 37
Chapter 37
Promotion?
Upon seeing the system task, Meng Ran quickly recalled the association's job structure.
Excluding unpaid interns and disregarding the job classifications in departments such as finance, legal, administration, and human resources, there should be four levels of job titles for full-time employees.
Level 1 is Project Assistant, also known as Project Specialist within the Association. Meng Ran and Xi Ya are at this level.
Level 2 is Project Manager.
Level 3 is Executive Director.
Level 4 refers to the actual person in charge of the association, the executive director.
As for titles like senior advisor, board member, honorary president or vice president, most of them are nominal positions. If we have to rank them, they should be at level 4, the same as executive directors.
Logically, Meng Ran wanted to maximize the system's benefits.
The best way would be to get a "senior advisor" title.
Because it does not involve real power, it is the easiest to achieve.
The problem is, Meng Ran doesn't know if the system recognizes this kind of nominal position.
If they don't acknowledge it, then all our efforts will have been in vain.
Therefore, the solution for insurance companies still lies in addressing the issues at the "manager" or "director" level.
Want to replace the executive director...
The chances are slim.
Unless something happens to the current leader, "Eunice," and plunges the association into some major quagmire.
Within the association, only Meng Ran happens to be able to pull it out of its predicament. Only then can he leverage his influence to enter the board of directors and, through a vote, become an executive director.
Achieving this condition is indeed quite difficult.
After a series of thoughts swirled in Meng Ran's mind,
He turned to Thea beside him and asked, "Did our association only plan to have four project teams from the very beginning?"
"Why are you asking this?" Thea asked, puzzled.
"I'm wondering if it's possible to persuade the association to add a fifth project team," Meng Ran told Thea directly, revealing his thoughts.
His core objective was to achieve his promotion goal by increasing the number of project teams.
This is much more feasible than trying to take other director or manager positions.
After hearing Meng Ran's question, Thea recalled, "The association initially seemed to have six project teams, but two were cut after the 08 financial crisis."
"So, it's still possible to persuade the association to add a project team?"
"Maybe?" Thea wasn't entirely sure. "As long as you can independently cover the project team's funding?"
"Supporting funding independently..." Meng Ran repeated thoughtfully, then couldn't help but ask, "By the way, what are the requirements for registering an NGO? Is it complicated?"
He was thinking, what if he could really handle the funding?
After completing this task, I immediately established "Xinhe Liansheng".
And they even have to pay 20% management fees to the association?
On what grounds?
Thea seemed to have guessed his thoughts, shook her head, and then nodded: "Registering an NGO is not troublesome, even simpler than an LLC (Limited Liability Company)."
The problem is that obtaining the 501(c)(3) duty-free qualification requires a lot of procedures and time... well... if all goes well, it could take up to six months.
If things don't go smoothly, it might take several years to receive it. Without tax-exempt status, donations to you can't be deducted from your taxes. Then no one will donate to you.
Upon hearing this, Meng Ran nodded.
I was just about to ask something else.
A woman's voice suddenly came from not far away.
"Is Bane Cole here?"
Meng Ran and Xi Ya looked in the direction of the sound and saw a middle-aged blonde woman wearing glasses standing not far away, looking in their direction.
This woman is Linda, the association's personnel director.
Seeing her approach, Thea and Meng Ran exchanged a glance, puzzled, and asked, "What does she want with you?"
Meng Ran shook his head, first gesturing to Linda, then got up and walked towards her.
The two went up to the third floor.
I entered the HR director's office.
I had just sat down.
Linda pushed up her glasses and said apologetically, "I regret to inform you that you have been laid off."
"Huh?" Meng Ran was amused by this sudden question. "Is today April Fool's Day?"
"I don't have time to joke with you. I have to tell you that the entire United States, except for Montana, uses the 'any employment system' by default."
Our association operates on the same principle. Under the principle of discretionary employment, employers have the right to dismiss employees at any time without incurring any severance pay.
As she spoke, Linda bent down slightly, opened the drawer under the table, and took out a check.
Gently push with your fingers.
He pushed the check in front of Meng Ran.
She continued, "Also based on the principle of arbitrary employment, we must pay you any outstanding wages on the day of termination."
Meng Ran picked up the check and looked at it.
He knew very well that Linda wasn't lying; this was the American employment system.
What is N+1?
nonexistent.
If I tell you to get out, you get out. I don't even need any excuses like being late or absent.
Microsoft did something similar before, taking its Suzhou employees to the United States and then laying them off under its arbitrary hiring policy without paying them a penny.
On the contrary, the employees who stayed in China received a severance package.
Whether Microsoft did it intentionally is a matter of much debate, and we won't delve into that here.
However, Meng Ran wasn't going to leave just because Linda said that. He leaned back and asked, "Does our director know I was fired?"
"The executive director is only responsible for the initiation and execution of projects, not for personnel arrangements."
"So, you didn't tell her?"
"Executive Director Eunice will inform her. Mr. Cole, I must remind you, you are only a newcomer to the association, having been there for less than three months."
Your direct supervisor, as well as other senior executives who have been monitoring you, all believe that your abilities are lacking. You can leave now.” Linda gestured towards the door.
"My direct supervisor?" Meng Ran lowered her eyes, then looked up again to ask, "So it's Jimmy who's behind this?"
"As I said, this was a joint decision by your superiors and the association's higher-ups. I understand your fear of losing your job, but that's how the association operates."
Seeing her speaking in such an official tone, Meng Ran became too lazy to communicate with her anymore.
However, given Jimmy's abilities, he definitely couldn't command Linda.
The only possibility is that this grandson went to his own uncle, Howard, the director of Project One, for help.
Howard's position is very special; he controls more than 6% of the association's revenue.
Even Eunice has to be coaxed.
If he insisted on firing me, then everything makes sense.
Moreover, Clarissa's proposal has already been successful, and now she is independently planning the dinner party.
In the eyes of Howard, Linda, and even Jimmy, this was the perfect opportunity to fire him. This way, it wouldn't affect Clarissa's project.
Thinking of this, Meng Ran picked up the check, got up and walked out.
As soon as he opened the door, he took out his phone and called Clarissa.
After Clarissa answered the phone, she sounded quite happy, going on and on about what she had just done.
Meng Ran chatted with her for a few minutes before finally getting to the point: "Linda just told me that I've been laid off."
"??" Clarissa, who was in a good mood, was stunned by what she was told.
Three or four seconds passed before her mind started working again, and she asked incredulously, "What did you say?"
"HR Director Linda just dismissed me on behalf of the association." Meng Ran's tone was calm, as if she were talking about someone else's business.
"I'm coming back right away!" Clarissa said, and hung up the phone immediately.
Seeing this, Meng Ran immediately called Xiao Da'er again, telling him to drive slowly, not to rush, and to be careful on the road.
Next, open the system panel.
The promotion opportunity was still clearly displayed, and it hadn't disappeared just because he was fired.
shook his head.
As Meng Ran pondered, she walked downstairs.
When he got to the project team's office area, he quickly noticed that Jimmy was staring at him with a smug smile on his face.
I sat down at my workstation.
Thea immediately leaned closer and whispered, "What does Linda want with you?"
"They fired me." Meng Ran shrugged.
Thea's expression froze, and she instinctively looked at Jimmy, who was not far away.
Jimmy noticed her looking at him and even raised an eyebrow provocatively.
"Hey~" Thea lowered her head and smiled.
Immediately afterwards, he grabbed the wooden folder board from the table, got up, and walked towards Jimmy.
Jimmy was a little flustered.
He sat calmly in the chair, head held high, and asked, "What do you want?"
Thea did not answer.
Hold the board with both hands.
He swung it wide at Jimmy's damn face.