After the original management of icq collectively chose to cash out and leave, Su Yehao personally selected two senior executives to assume the positions of CEO and CFO respectively.
As for the chief operating officer, he was promoted from deputy to full time. Until now, there are still several vacancies being recruited, and the manpower is barely enough.
The best positions have basically been eliminated internally, mainly because they are worried that recruiting people from outside will not be acclimatized. The departure of the founder team has made people in the company unstable. Internal promotion is also for stability considerations, so as not to have to re-adjust the adaptability.
Seeing the messy scene just now, Su Yehao was reflecting on whether he was too careless.
After getting a decisive answer in the affirmative, he walked silently through the office area and walked directly to the office where the executives were. There was silence around him, and no one even greeted the new boss, Su Yehao.
Chief Operating Officer Ryan Allen is currently on the phone with a friend in his office, happily talking about going to the football game tonight.
I heard a knock on the door unexpectedly and said casually: "Come in!"
After an inadvertent glance, Ryan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly put down his legs on the desk. Without enough time to say hello to the other end of the phone, he hung up the phone in a hurry, stood up and said with a smile: "Su! Long time no see, I heard.
You have returned to Hong Kong City, and I am considering taking a suitable time to report to you on my recent work. It is great to see you!"
He said it was good, but he obviously didn't mean what he said.
Su Yehao sighed in his heart. Of course he was dissatisfied with the company's atmosphere, but he didn't show his emotions.
Executives like Ryan Allen previously held a small amount of shares in the company, but Su Yehao took them back during the acquisition. This means that many executives in the company received a sum of money some time ago.
, it is inevitable that there will be some slacking off.
For example, there are several Ferraris parked downstairs in the company. Such cars can be bought in the United States for $100,000, which puts little pressure on many executives who want to cash out.
Moreover, competition among Internet companies is fierce, and the competition for talents has resulted in wages continuing to rise.
In the early years of Silicon Valley Internet companies, everyone lived a hard life. However, with the advent of the Nuggets era, prices were increased crazily and there were many private equity investors who wanted to get the original shares, and the atmosphere gradually changed.
It's too exaggerated.
The equity of icq has been transferred to Su Yehao, who has been reorganized through a shell company registered in the Cayman Islands, and has absolute say.
But after getting the equity, it has not won the hearts of the people yet, so Su Yehao does not want to go against the remaining senior executives for the time being, and of course he will not offend anyone rashly.
After listening to Ryan's words, Su Yehao smiled and said: "Yes, when I arrived in Silicon Valley yesterday, I heard the noise outside in the elevator. What are those employees outside doing?"
Keenly aware that something was wrong, Ryan, the chief operating officer, calmly replied:
"At this time, in the afternoon tea bar, the Internet business is different from other businesses. If they are always asked to work, they will be exhausted. The efficiency of combining work and rest is higher. This is work that requires brains."
Su Yehao was shocked by the word "afternoon tea".
But I have to admit that what Ryan said makes sense. An excellent office atmosphere can indeed create high efficiency, but the problem is why does it seem so unreliable?
If the balance is not mastered well, working in a relaxed manner will become lazy and passive.
Not counting these senior executives, the average annual employment cost of icq is as high as more than 80,000 US dollars. It is not just about finding people to come to the company for afternoon tea. Su Yehao already regretted his promise not to lay off employees and increase wages within two years. When he visited icq for the first time
, the mental state of the employees is not so exciting, and they have obviously been well taken care of recently.
English is not Su Yehao's native language. After organizing the language exchange, he said to Ryan: "Now is the critical moment of transformation. You should be more strict. Find someone to set some work progress goals. I hope to see it within two months."
A brand new icq live chat product."
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"Two months? Isn't it a bit too tight?"
"TVT only has so many people, and it only took more than a month to develop the TVT software. Could it be that the elites recruited by the company can't even compete with a small team?"
Su Yehao deliberately changed the concept. TVT was improved on the basis of Tat, and the workload was not that heavy.
But the revision and development of icq is not based on the current foundation.
He felt that the people under his command were too idle. He had been busy playing around before and did not put any pressure on them. He could only hope that it was not too late to make amends, otherwise it would be possible to completely cut off icq and directly merge with tvt.
As a senior executive, receiving salary from Su Yehao, Ryan Allen would certainly not be stupid enough to confront his immediate boss in order to make employees feel comfortable.
With an awkward smile, Ryan told: "Okay, I will discuss it with Sturridge later and make arrangements as soon as possible."
"Well, I'll walk around first and have a meeting around 4:30"?
Su Yehao has an independent office in the company.
When he passed by large and small offices, everyone was busy with something, but he didn't see anyone immersed in work. Instead, a few seemed to be playing games.
This atmosphere was truly deteriorating, as if the entrepreneurial spirit had suddenly dissipated as the company was acquired by him.
After coming to the chairman's room and sitting down, Su Yehao let out a long sigh. He asked Nong Qingying who followed him: "Have you observed anything? Did you see anything?"
"lazy?"
Nong Qingying added with a smile: "I also saw the word "sorrow" written on your face, letting you wander around all day long, spending more than 300 million US dollars to acquire the company, if it goes wrong, I feel very sorry for you.
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"Oh, I only take half of the blame for this, and I have to throw the rest to the management. If I had known, I should have been more ruthless and find some energetic newcomers who are short of money to come in. Now I want to make adjustments, but it is not easy to do so.
, you have to think about what should be done.”
Following Ryan's example, Su Yehao also put his feet on the desk and the chair could be tilted backwards. This posture was really comfortable.
He just said that he would hold a meeting at 4:30, just to leave some buffer time and find good ways to adjust the status of employees.
The situation is worse than imagined.
To put it bluntly, one lacks high pressure, the other lacks motivation, and the third lacks fear.
Most of these senior executives no longer have to worry about money, and the quality of the company has little to do with them.
And during the acquisition, they promised not to lay off employees, and even if they laid off employees, they would provide adequate compensation. To take a step back, even if they were fired, they would not worry about job opportunities. There are currently tens of thousands of entrepreneurial teams in Silicon Valley, and there are not enough talents.
Coupled with meeting a boss like Su Yehao, and these old and American employees talking about freedom all day long and enjoying it most, icq has become a fish pond.
Makes one's head big.
Therefore, Su Yehao was unwilling to start a business himself at first. Doing business meant a lot of troubles. How can stock trading and financial management be as easy as