Chapter 408: Young People Nowadays

Ren Tong is truly at a loss now; this is what you told me to do, after all!

Of course, Wang Zong never gave explicit instructions; leaders, after all, are all pretty much the same.

They never give you a direct, straightforward answer regarding things that seem to be against the rules, but they will give you hints and tacit approval through all sorts of methods.

Once you have achieved success by doing so, the leader can step forward to claim credit; if something goes wrong, the leader will "weep as they execute Ma Su," claiming, "I never told you that you could do that anyway."

So Ren Tong doesn't know what to say now. After Wang Zong on the other side finished venting his temper, she said, "Did something happen? That shouldn't be; it was exposed to public opinion last time, and nothing happened."

Actually, truth be told, whether it was last time or this time, it counts as a slip of the hand.

Lianzhi Recruitment isn't used much on a daily basis. Last time, it was a note saying "Handong native," which was meant for internal viewing, for the boss to see. Anyway, within the Company, everything has to be done according to the boss's requirements.

As it turned out, I didn't expect it to become a reply.

This time, it was purely a slip of the hand...

Ren Tong still didn't think that the young person who had been rejected would dare to do anything, including those who had been rejected before. Despite all the Keyboard Warriors online, she had never actually met that kind of persistent person in reality.

Wang Zong flipped through his phone, scrolled to a text message, and said, "Look for yourself. That person you rejected, the one named Xu Zhengnan, has already filed a lawsuit with the Hangzhou Internet Court, and the case has been filed. Do you know I've received a Summons!"

When suing a Company, naturally, the Summons must be delivered to the Company's legal representative.

And now, whether it's an online Court or an offline Court, in the "service of process" procedure, if it can be done online, it is done online—via phone, text message, and so on, plus email.

Then, as soon as Wang Zong came to work, he discovered he had received a surprise—a surprise from the Qingming Festival that had already passed a few days ago.

Ren Tong took the phone and looked at it. There were many materials on it: a Summons, a Copy of the Complaint, evidence, and so on—a whole pile. But the key is, on what grounds is the other party suing!

Just on that so-called Employment Equality Right?

But this...

"Wang Zong, this, I think this isn't right. Is it possible that our Company doesn't even have the right to freely hire people?" Ren Tong said.

This was also the sentence she said most often online.

As a result, the vice president next to her waved his hand: "Don't talk about those useless things. The most important thing now is to solve the problem. They have filed a lawsuit now, and we must resolve this matter. Do you understand?"

The internet is the internet after all. You can argue with others as you please online, but in real life, no one will care about that.

The Company's boss is a realist after all; the problem must be solved quickly now!

And the best way to solve a problem is to solve the person who raised the problem.

"Liu Zong, what do you mean..." Ren Tong asked tentatively.

"Alright, go and apologize. Just get the other party to withdraw the lawsuit," Liu Zong, who is the vice president in charge of human resources, instructed. "Although it won't be a big deal if this spreads online, we can't be too unscrupulous either."

But...

"There are no 'buts.' It's just a phone call. Have a good chat. You need to do the surface work well, you know. You are a veteran in HR, you can handle this much, right?" Wang Zong next to him smiled and said.

Ren Tong fell silent. She actually wanted to say that we weren't wrong in this matter, so why should we apologize? But since the boss said so, she could only agree.

Before, when chatting with others online, she still felt that those Keyboard Warriors only dared to talk online.

But now that she has encountered someone who actually filed a lawsuit, she feels that these people are sick—purely sick!

Liu Zong paused and added: "Little Ren, I hope you can understand this too. The Company really has the Company's difficulties. Now the economy is in a downturn, and things are generally not easy to do, so you must be quick..."

These words were too familiar, because she said exactly this when she had layoff talks on weekdays.

You understand the Company; the Company has the Company's difficulties.

Who would have thought that this vice president would say this to her today?

She felt the other party wouldn't be persistent, but the person really was persistent. Ren Tong's mood is very complicated now.

Just then, Wang Zong suddenly sighed: "Sigh, tell me, Little Ren, why can't young people nowadays take a little grievance? They file a lawsuit at the drop of a hat. That makes anyone afraid to hire young people again!"

Ren Tong suddenly thought: "Wang Zong, perhaps it is precisely because the other party is a university student that he dares to do this. After all, he hasn't been exposed to society yet."

"Relying on a burst of spirit, they will indeed do things others wouldn't. I will contact him now. With a better attitude, there shouldn't be any problem."

Wang Zong nodded with great satisfaction and said: "The Company still needs employees like you."

After Wang Zong left, Ren Tong started making the call. She felt her analysis was correct.

Young people, after all, care about face. If you flatter them a bit, it's very easy to solve!

At Handong University, Xu Zhengnan was routinely bragging with a few roommates.

"Let me tell you, President Zhou of Tengda is a truly good person. Really, I have never seen anyone who is so purely kind to others. You don't believe me?"

"I'm telling you, my case has already been filed, you know? Although I don't need to participate, the lawyer now is a beautiful lawyer, but I just feel she's not as reliable as the previous lawyer..."

The roommates all looked skeptical; this guy brags too much.

Last time he said he was just going to take a look, but he turned around and submitted his resume to Tengda. Now he's started fawning over that President Zhou again. The changes are too fast, okay!

Just then, Xu Zhengnan's phone rang. He picked it up and saw it was a strange number.

He originally intended to answer it directly, but suddenly remembered what Lawyer Zhou had urged him to do, so he hurriedly turned on the call recording.

That beautiful lawyer said that if a call from out of town comes in recently, remember to record it, because the Defendant might contact him.

"Hello, hello, it's me. Yes, what's the matter? Who are you?"

"The HR Manager of Xilai Company? I'm telling you, absolutely impossible. It is absolutely impossible for me to withdraw the lawsuit. What do you mean you know you were wrong? Does your knowing you were wrong have anything to do with me filing a lawsuit?"

Xu Zhengnan was speaking with great animation there.

He naturally watches A Yi's videos, and he had long envied the tone and manner of A Yi's speech in the videos. Now he started imitating it directly.

Ren Tong on the other side still maintained a smile and said: "Student Xu, I am really sorry about this. I also know that you are in a bad mood now, but please give me a chance to correct it..."

"I won't."

Damn it. Ren Tong was already wanting to go crazy. Since she entered society, everyone lives wearing masks, and usually, they all give a little face.

As a result, the other party didn't give any face at all, didn't even say any tactful words, and just refused right away!

She never expected that this was Xu Zhengnan learning from Zhou Yi!

That's how he refused in the videos—no need to consider any reasons, no need to consider other people's feelings too much.

Why? Zhou Yi's idea is this: when the other party raises such a question and puts you in a dilemma, you don't need to consider anything else; refuse when you should refuse.

"Student, I see from your resume that you are a senior, about to enter society soon. There is really no need to be so stubborn. If you do this, it will be very difficult to find a job in the future, you know?"

"If others see that you actually filed a lawsuit over such a small matter, then which company would still dare to hire you, right?"

This is also another skill of HR: intimidation.

This includes many people who, when preparing to file for Labor Arbitration, are told the same thing—that if you dare to arbitrate or dare to file a Lawsuit, don't even think about working in this industry again, and so on.

If this were in certain places where the industry circle is very fixed and jumping back and forth only involves those few companies, then the other party's words would really not be purely deceiving you.

But when just any random HR Manager comes out and threatens you, you can just ignore them directly.

As for blacklisting, that is overthinking it; many times, not being able to find a job has nothing to do with any blacklisting.

Xu Zhengnan heard this and said disdainfully: "I don't need you to worry about me. If I can't find a job, I'll just go back and inherit the family business. Why would you say I'm worried about this?"

Ren Tong: "..." She was rendered speechless.

However, she still said: "Student Xu, then tell me, what will it take for you to withdraw the Lawsuit?"

"Isn't it all written in the Indictment? Sixty thousand yuan and a public apology in mainstream media. Once those are done, I will naturally withdraw the Lawsuit," Xu Zhengnan continued.

"Sixty thousand yuan, student, you are opening your mouth a bit too wide, you know? Even for many employees who have worked for many years, the severance pay isn't that much money!"

"They are them, and I am me. Alright, that's it."

After speaking, Xu Zhengnan hung up the phone, looked at his other roommates, and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Brothers, it feels great! I didn't understand before why A Yi... oh no, why President Zhou, why President Zhou would always be so stubborn about things, not asking for anything. Now that I've experienced it, President Zhou's happiness is something I couldn't have imagined!"

The other roommates were stunned there. After a long while, someone finally spoke up: "Lao Xu, if you can't find a job, can you really go back and inherit the family business? What exactly does your family do?"

It had been four years of university, and they knew he was constantly bragging, but they really didn't know what his family did.

"My family? My parents run a shop selling pork. So what? Even if it's a small shop, it's still a family business. Does a small family business not count as a family business?"

The roommates were all silent; it seemed there was no problem with that statement.

Young people always have fewer considerations; after all, youth is capital. Little do they know, parents at home will think, I worked so hard to put you through university, and in the end, you finished and came back to slaughter pigs and sell meat?

Then what did you do in university!

Inside Xilai Company, listening to the dial tone on the phone, Ren Tong was stunned.

The other party actually hung up on her. Did he not even listen to the conditions or anything?

Then, then what should she do now?

When she called again, it was unreachable; this was a sign that she had been blacklisted.

With no other choice, Ren Tong could only go to Wang Zong's office.

"You can't even contact the other party? What is going on? You can't even handle this little thing? Didn't you say you had already seen through the other party?" Wang Zong said, very surprised.

Ren Tong hesitated for a moment, then said:

"I'm not too sure either. The other party said they would only withdraw the Lawsuit if the demands in the Indictment are satisfied. Wang Zong, what do you think we should do now?"

"What to do? See if we can contact a judge to organize Mediation, what else can we do?"

Ren Tong thought for a moment and said: "Wang Zong, no matter how I think about it, it feels wrong. Look, I've been doing HR work for a few years now, and a company definitely has the autonomy to hire people. If we can't even hire people as we please, then how can this company continue to operate, right?"

"So, shouldn't you ask our legal department to see the situation of this case, and then consider the matter of Mediation? Wouldn't that be better?"

Wang Zong didn't speak, just waved his hand, which was telling Ren Tong to leave first.

Ren Tong did not know that Wang Zong had already communicated with the legal department.

It was the same old saying: some things, if they aren't put on the scale, then it's fine, but once they are put on the scale, it's not that simple.

As a civil right written into the law, once you have indeed committed a Tort, you must indeed bear the Damages!

Ren Tong returned home full of anger; she felt that today was truly unlucky.

She encountered a madman who filed a Lawsuit over such a trivial matter and actually opened his mouth to demand sixty thousand yuan in compensation, and the vast majority of this sixty thousand yuan was for Mental Damage Compensation!

What kind of international joke is this? I just said we don't hire people from Handong, and I have to pay you sixty thousand?

Why don't you go rob someone!

The phone rang again. The vice president in charge of HR said that another young person who had just been fired from the company had filed for Labor Arbitration, and now asked her how to talk to them, but actually let the person go to Arbitration.

Ren Tong was furious because when they talked initially, the other party didn't show any emotion at all, as if the two were just chatting casually.

Carrying a belly full of anger, Ren Tong logged into her account online.

She wrote a title: The workplace environment has been ruined by those young people who file Lawsuits at the drop of a hat!

Then she started to elaborate, saying how the workplace was originally very stable, but as a result, the so-called young people, the so-called post-00s, came to "rectify" the workplace, making the workplace foul and chaotic. Now, hiring and using people requires caution.

In the future, if young people can't find jobs, they should blame those who file for Arbitration or Lawsuits at the drop of a hat; it is them who caused you to not be able to find a job.

After writing and sending it, she felt a bit more comfortable. She decided to vent well with people online.

In Jingzhou, Zhou Mouren was also browsing, and finally found the previous reply record.

"Xiaotongtong," right? Have you ever seen a burner account before!

The second update is here, asking for votes!

(End of this chapter)