Semua Bab I Got A Broom As My Year-End Bonus: Bab 1 - Bab 9

After we returned to our work desks, Ben Anderson threw the broom onto his table. “What are they implying by humiliating our entire department in front of everyone?” Patricia Leeland whispered, “Lower your voice…”“Why should I?” Sam teared up. “I’m going to get married in the spring, and I’m looking forward to the year-end bonus for that. Instead, they gave me a broom?”Autumn hung her head, and her shoulders trembled as she cried. Patricia sighed and said, “My husband has to go for a check-up next month. Initially, I thought…”She did not finish her sentence. My phone buzzed. It was a text message from my boss, Hank Reid. [Mindy, don’t overthink this. We’re only doing it to hype up the event. You’re an old employee, so you should be generous. Focus on motivating your team. Deliver a good performance next year. Try your best not to be the last.]Generous? There were five of us in the administrative department. We handled a variety of tasks from big-ticket items like ne

Andrea was speechless. She thought for a long time before saying, “We’re not saying that you didn’t contribute to the company. However, the administration department truly didn’t contribute to direct profit. You’re only spending in our financial report…”I sneered. “Then, let’s look at our workload.”I took out our attendance report. “For the entirety of last year, the average overtime per person was 42 hours per month. When our office relocated over the Fourth of July weekend, we worked for 72 hours straight without resting. “When customers visited during Easter, we arranged everything from their flights, accommodations, food, and even the meeting room decorations. We didn’t even manage to eat dinner.“What was the overtime fee we received? 18 dollars! Even working at a regular convenience store, we’d get paid 22 dollars!” I paused and said firmly. “18 dollars per hour, and we’re working so hard. Then, we’re given brooms to ‘sweep’ away our bad luck. Andrea, do you think

Hank cleared his throat. “The company has decided to upgrade and change our administration department and set up a new administration center. This is William Elliot, my nephew. He has just graduated from an overseas university. In the future, he’ll be fully in charge of the administration center.”Everyone started murmuring. William nodded at the employees and smiled politely. “Hello, everyone. I’m looking forward to working with all of you.”Hank continued, “The original colleagues from the administration department can participate in the new round of interviews. You may stay after you pass all the assessments. For those of you who can’t pass…”He glanced at me. “The company will compensate you based on employment law. Of course, you can immediately receive the compensation and leave if you wish to.”Sam cursed softly next to me.Autumn’s face turned pale. Hank then said, “But there is an important audit happening next month for an important client. Before the audit is ov

“Who’s the new head of the administration department?”“Mr. Elliot.”They were speechless.Conversations like that kept happening every single day. William’s team was handicapped by all the processes, access limits, and rules. The international experience that they were so proud of was useless in the face of these trivial tasks.What troubled them more was the issues that started to arise with the suppliers. The suppliers who had worked with the company for a long time realized they were dealing with new people. Hence, they started to change their stance. “I’m sorry, but I’ll only work with Ms. Newton. If you change the person-in-charge, we’ll have to draft a new contract.”“The previous credit terms? We also have to re-negotiate for that.”“The price? Of course, we’re going to come up with new prices. After all, the nature of this collaboration has changed.”William was furious. He went to complain to Hank, and Hank called me over for a scolding. “Mindy! Why aren’t the

Three months ago, we were humiliated at the annual dinner when we got brooms as gifts. Three months later, we made an impact in the new company and doubled our income. Besides that, we even had an additional income stream. As for our previous company, they did not pass the audit, and the client wanted to terminate their agreement. William’s team had left. The suppliers raised their prices and reduced the credit terms. There was a huge mess that no one was taking care of. It was rumored that Hank and Andrea were fighting every day in the office as they blamed each other. There were some issues with the finance department too. Someone contacted the authorities and reported that the company was faking invoices, engaging in bribery, and exploiting the company’s assets. The tax bureau was already involved in investigating the report. The report was very detailed with supporting documents on the time, amount, and procedures. Who reported them?No one knew. However, the i