Chapter 343: Demanding Wages

The wind in April, wrapped in the breath of spring, blew so that the bare branches by the roadside sprouted new buds, and new vitality was quietly blooming.

"Lijie Wuyou" store.

Shen Jingjing got off the taxi and looked at the location of the store from afar, only to find that there were many people gathered outside the store's gate, most of whom were employees of the real estate agency next door and other shops.

A group of people stretched their necks to look inside, clearly watching the fun.

She frowned slightly, walked up in confusion, but before she could get too close, she heard extremely noisy quarreling coming from inside the store, as if some dispute had occurred.

And some of the people watching the fun outside seemed to understand some of the situation and were communicating.

"Is this another case of not paying wages?"

"They already made a scene once last month, and it's the same day this month. It seems they are in arrears again."

"What's going on? Isn't this housekeeping company very famous? They all do the high-end market."

"Who knows, maybe the boss took the money to invest in other things and failed. If the capital chain wasn't broken, why would they be in arrears with these older sisters' wages?"

"Exactly, this is the internet age. Once this kind of thing is exposed, the company is finished. If the boss had money, they wouldn't dare not pay. The company must have a problem."

In arrears with wages?

Shen Jingjing heard a general idea, then squeezed through the gap in the crowd and went directly into the store gate.

Inside the store, the noise was even more chaotic.

A group of employees surrounded the manager, bombarding him all at once, saying everything, but the core issue was to make the company pay wages immediately.

These regular employees hadn't received their wages for two months!

Shen Jingjing couldn't get a word in and could only watch from afar. She hadn't even become a regular employee yet, and although she had done several orders, it actually didn't add up to much money.

Besides, she intended to resign today. She hadn't passed the internship period and had already decided not to do it anymore. Shen Jingjing didn't even think about getting the money back, she just felt it was better to come in person, at least to give someone an explanation.

As a result, she didn't expect to run into such a thing!

The manager had a huge headache. Mainly, the employees were too indignant. He tried to appease them for a long time, but the effect was minimal. Finally, he had to shut his mouth and wait for everyone to vent their anger first.

After a long while, the employees' momentum subsided. The manager sighed helplessly, his tone aggrieved: "Everyone, calm down first. Although I am the manager of the branch, I am ultimately an employee of the company. You haven't received your wages, and I am actually the same. I am on the same front as everyone."

"But I don't know the specific situation of the company very well, but please believe me, I will actively negotiate with the company for our branch's employees and try my best to solve the problem of wage arrears for everyone as soon as possible."

"The company's operations have always been good. Many of you are old employees who have worked in the store for several years, and you know that there has never been a situation of wage arrears before. Now that this has happened, the company must be in difficulty. Please give the company a little more time, okay?"

"Manager, it's not that we want to make things difficult for you or anything, it's mainly that we haven't had any income for two months, and our lives are very difficult too!"

"Exactly, Longcheng's consumption is so high, what do we rely on to live if we don't get wages?"

"The elderly in my hometown have to buy medicine every month, and the children still have to go to school. Doesn't not paying wages mean cutting off everyone's livelihood?"

These housekeeping employees mostly didn't have much education and earned hard-earned money. Many of them had to support a whole family, so they really couldn't afford to be in arrears.

Especially now, this situation made them even more caught in a dilemma. Resigning, they couldn't find a more suitable job for a while, and not resigning, they were afraid that the salary wouldn't be paid and they would work for nothing.

The manager also had a worried face. Facing such a predicament, he didn't know how to help these employees solve their life problems.

But as the manager of the branch, he was definitely on the side of the employees in his store.

"Everyone listen to me, our Lijie Wuyou has more than a dozen branches in various districts of Longcheng. This situation is definitely not an isolated case in our branch. I guarantee to everyone that I will try my best to fight for our branch to be the first batch to receive wages. Please believe me, okay?"

The manager was still very sincere. Mainly, he was very responsible for the employees in the store on weekdays. Last year, this branch also won the company's bonus red envelope under his leadership. Although everyone didn't get much, other branches didn't have it.

So the employees in the store were actually his supporters.

At this time, Sister Min, who had more prestige among the old employees, stood out. She signaled everyone not to be impatient and said: "Let's not make things difficult for the manager. This can't solve the problem. Since he promised us that he would negotiate with the company, we should believe him. After all, only he can connect with the company, and we are all just the lowest-level employees."

As soon as Sister Min spoke, everyone quieted down one after another.

But Sister Min turned to look at the manager and said: "However, Manager, you also know everyone's difficulties. No one can afford to continue to be in arrears for a long time, so we will give you a maximum of one week. I hope you must help us solve this problem. If we don't get our wages in one week, we will go to the headquarters to make a scene."

"Okay!" The manager nodded and agreed: "I will try my best!"

If this matter couldn't be solved in a week, he wouldn't have the face to stop everyone from making a scene at the headquarters, because if he, as the manager, couldn't solve this matter, perhaps only by making a big scene could these low-level laborers get the wages they should have received.

A brief consensus was reached, and everyone finally dispersed one after another, those who should go out to work went to work, and those who should return to their posts returned to their posts.

Sister Min saw Shen Jingjing standing at the door and hurriedly greeted her.

"Jingjing!"

Shen Jingjing had just heard it all and couldn't help but look at Sister Min and ask: "Has the company been in arrears with wages for two months?"

Sister Min nodded helplessly: "Yes, especially our Group A, because A earns more, so the arrears are naturally more. Don't blame me for not telling you before, because the company didn't have such a situation before, and I thought we could get the money this month, so I didn't say anything."

Shen Jingjing shook her head: "I definitely won't blame you, and I was going to resign today anyway."

Sister Min was stunned, but then understood and nodded: "It's good to stop losses in time. We don't know what the situation of the company is, so you don't need to waste time here."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 344 =====