Clearly aware that there is something wrong with the company's atmosphere, Su Yehao is not panicked at all.
He knew that his abilities were limited, so he continued to call people for help as usual.
It's McKinsey again.
Ever since I went to inspect the Midea Group at the beginning of the year and watched my father use the talents of the consulting company to complete the reorganization of the business division involving thousands of people, Su Yehao's "management level" suddenly improved.
Tax issues are left to accounting firms, legal issues are left to law firms, information checking and company rectification are left to consulting firms. Even for external acquisitions and investments, financial service providers such as Goldman Sachs can be found to help, plus one-stop headhunting.
Talent recruitment services are basically stable.
Su Yehao's personal management level is indeed not that strong, but he has the ability to make money and is also very good at quitting work and slacking off.
Different from the usual doctor who treats headaches and feet, this time he is planning to make a major rectification at icq, so that employees will not have a sense of awe and treat the company as a nursing home while resting on their credit books. The office atmosphere has obviously changed.
You need to have carrots, but you also need to have sticks.
When he sat in the conference room and called more than a dozen executives to have a meeting, Linda Yun sat next to him and acted as a translator.
These "old people" from icq didn't take it seriously at first, but they heard Su Yehao make a big move as soon as he came up and calmly told:
"I have contacted McKinsey, and there will be some big moves next, including transferring a group of people to work in European and Asian branches, and also reclassifying employees. Some of you here may be transferred.
The same goes for other employees."
Previously, icq was mainly developed in the United States. With the enrichment of social products, it is reasonable to segment functions for different regions.
Some people may like a change of working environment, but most people don't want to be sent thousands of kilometers away all of a sudden. Hearing his words, many people couldn't sit still.
A deputy product director wearing glasses suddenly felt that his position was very dangerous. He had just bought a house in Palo Alto near the company and was in the process of renovating it. He had not had a chance to live in it yet and had just started paying off the mortgage. How could this be possible?
He would like to be transferred and asked decisively: "Transfer people from the company? Why not recruit new people?"
Su Yehao said matter-of-factly:
"Because the old employees understand our products and development concepts better, the evaluation work will begin soon. Talents that are important to the headquarters will be given priority to stay. In addition, I also plan to keep them in the next year."
Take out no less than 5% of the shares and reward outstanding employees. This will only start after the ratings are completed. You all have a chance."
As soon as the big stick struck, a carrot came out.
Equity rewards have always been the best way to stimulate employee enthusiasm. They can not only mobilize enthusiasm, but also give employees a greater sense of belonging and firmly tie talents to the carriage.
Anyway, if ICQ is going to be listed in the future, the number of shareholders needs to meet the mandatory standards, and sooner or later, we will consider selling out some of the shares.
Judging from the current situation of icq, this kind of matter should come sooner rather than later.
After hearing this, no one was bothered by the trouble of outsourcing the branch anymore, and everyone had a smile on their face.
CEO Andrew knew that Su Yehao had met with Operations Officer Ryan when he first arrived. At this moment, Andrew thought Ryan knew something and gave him a confused look.
Operations Officer Ryan understood and shrugged helplessly.
Several of their newly appointed executives were directly excluded from the decision-making by Su Yehao this time, which clearly shows that they are dissatisfied with the current situation of the company.
After thinking about this clearly, CEO Andrew began to feel anxious and began to reflect on whether he had been slacking off recently. The answer was yes.
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Andrew is in his thirties. He received US$4.5 million in cash from the icq acquisition transaction. Not only did he buy a new yacht, a new house and a new car, but he also often went to bars with friends at night. He was single and unmarried anyway. With people in charge, life will be prosperous.
People like him who have profited from acquisitions are now everywhere in icq headquarters. At this moment, Andrew has vaguely realized that the so-called old employees know the company's products better is probably to make room for newcomers.
Coupled with employee grading and the introduction of the option reward system, passive slack will only be quickly marginalized.
There is no way, Su Yehao holds the absolute controlling rights.
Other professional managers can find a balance between shareholders, but Andrew and the others can only listen to Su Yehao's arrangements.
When holding meetings in English, of course the shorter the better.
After talking about these two things, Su Yehao just asked the development department to come up with new products as soon as possible, and then let everyone go about their business.
CEO Andrew originally wanted to get close to Su Yehao, but a group of people pestered him and asked questions, wanting to know the details of equity awards.
Andrew was embarrassed. After all, he had just heard about this matter. He only replied that the specific arrangements needed to be discussed and the results would not be available until some time later.
Although he was flustered, he didn't show it.
Once others know that he, the CEO, has been excluded by the major shareholders, it will be difficult to do his job in the future.
come back to the office.
Su Yehao took a sip of tea first and laughed at himself: "My English is poor. It's best not to have meetings in the future. It's almost like a public execution."
"It's very good. Although there are a lot of grammatical errors, you can still understand it if you listen carefully." Linda Yun comforted him, took the cup to add hot water, and continued to laugh: "I'm afraid I'm worried about getting it when you scare me like this. Even if I don’t get the shares, I will be transferred to work in another country, and I will just listen to you from now on."
The power is all in his own hands. Su Yehao shook his head and said with emotion:
"The working atmosphere in Silicon Valley is too relaxed. There happen to be some positions. It's best to find a few Japanese or Indians to fill them. As long as you give them enough benefits, they will be more obedient."
After saying this, Su Yehao suddenly wanted to understand why there were so many Indian-origin Silicon Valley executives in later generations. Maybe they had the same idea as him, thinking that they were easier to handle and were unkind.
Change the topic.
Su Yehao asked Linda Yun: "When arrangements are made for people from McKinsey Consulting Company to give you a few days off, go back to San Francisco to meet your old friends? Are your parents and relatives also in San Francisco?"
"Okay, let's wait until you finish your work. We need to arrange for someone to clean the swimming pool and go to the TVT headquarters. There are a lot of things that have not been done."
"With Lao Zhou's help, TVT shouldn't have to worry. Remember to say hello to the headhunters and give priority to Chinese Americans, especially international students from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore and other places. They want to stay in the United States.
All I can do is keep my job and it will be easier to manage."
Su Yehao turned on his computer and checked today's stock price trend. It was evening on the west coast and had closed early on the east coast.
Yahoo's stock price rose by another 11%. The first half financial report has been released, and it has earned tens of millions of dollars.
Seeing that beautiful curve chart, which has been trending upward for several months, Su Yehao no longer felt sorry for the 5% of icq shares that he was planning to sell out, but instead began to regret that he had cut off some of his option positions some time ago and lost two private jets.