American Comics: BOSS Invasion

Yang Tao parked her car in her usual spot, yawned widely, and walked towards the lobby.

Her colleagues were also arriving one after another, each preparing for the day ahead. Yang Tao went behind the bar, tidied up her personal belongings, and was about to grab the guest room registration sheet from last night to compare it with the data in the system.

A middle-aged woman with a dignified demeanor, appearing to be in her forties or fifties, wearing a well-tailored women's suit, appeared before Yang Tao.

Yang Tao didn't notice her at first, but when she heard a colleague call out "Director Zhang," she suddenly turned around.

Her direct supervisor's sudden appearance startled Yang Tao, even though she hadn't broken any rules. It definitely chased away a good bit of her sleepiness.

"Yang Tao, come with me for a moment!"

Director Zhang nodded to everyone, said a sentence to Yang Tao, and walked towards the nearby water bar area. Yang Tao quickly put down the documents in her hand, straightened her clothes, and hurried to catch up.

This was, after all, a star-rated hotel, and located in the political center of Beiping, so one had to be even more careful about their demeanor in the service industry. Every detail couldn't be ignored, as small problems could lead to big mistakes, so Yang Tao paid close attention to this.

The head of the Human Resources Department suddenly coming to find her was somewhat unexpected for Yang Tao, but considering her recent situation, it didn't seem unreasonable for the director to seek her out.

But it shouldn't be that bad, Yang Tao thought to herself.

After casually finding a spot, Yang Tao sat directly opposite Director Zhang at her signal. Director Zhang crossed her hands and gently placed them on the table, saying, "Yang Tao, how long have you been working at our hotel?"

"It'll be exactly six years in another month!"

"Such a long time, and you still haven't gotten married or had children. Have you decided to stay single forever?"

Yang Tao found it a bit strange and asked, "Director Zhang, shouldn't this be my personal privacy? Why are you asking this?"

Director Zhang smiled and said, "This is indeed your personal privacy, but from the company's perspective, we must be responsible for the company's interests.

Recently, although you haven't made any mistakes at work, your attitude has been much worse than before. Some colleagues have reported that you've been very tired lately. I want to know what's causing this. Are you doing another job?"

Yang Tao quickly waved her hand and said, "No, I just haven't been sleeping well at night, so I haven't been able to catch up on my rest lately!"

"If that's the case, then that's best!" Director Zhang didn't dwell on the issue and instead said, "Recently, I believe you should have heard various information about renewing labor contracts from other colleagues, but you haven't received any notice from the Human Resources Department. You must have a lot of questions in your mind. Since you haven't come to me, I'll take the initiative to answer them for you!"

Yang Tao's eyes widened. She had indeed been worried about this matter recently. Logically speaking, she had been working at the hotel for six years and was a skilled veteran employee capable of handling any unexpected situation.

The hotel had no reason to fire her, but she had been waiting until now and still hadn't received a renewal notice, which made her somewhat distressed.

"The hotel is considering this: your age has reached a critical point for a woman. If you're not a staunch advocate of being single, then there's a high probability that you'll get married and have children within the next three years. At that time, the hotel will incur a large cost to support an employee who is on leave. This will cause certain losses to the hotel's interests. Of course, this is the law of the country, and our hotel will comply unconditionally.

If your contract is within the term, the hotel won't say anything, but when you signed a three-year contract at the age of twenty-four, according to your personality assessment, the risk to the hotel was less than 30%. However, the risk of a second consecutive contract renewal would be 45% to 47%. The risk the hotel would have to take would exceed 60%, so I won't explain it further. I believe you can understand, right?"

Yang Tao was stunned for a long time before nodding, "I understand Director Zhang's meaning. I will stand guard until my last shift!"

Director Zhang smiled with satisfaction and said, "Thank you for your understanding. We're not unreasonable either. Given that you've served the hotel for six years and haven't made any mistakes during that time, we'll make up for one month's salary for you.

However, since your contract term is still more than a month away, we'll process your departure procedures in advance. Next month's salary will be your compensation. What do you think of that?"

Yang Tao nodded with difficulty, "I have no objections!"

As Director Zhang left, Yang Tao's heart was filled with confusion. She didn't know what kind of emotions were filling her mind, whether it was sadness, anger, or confusion. It seemed like she had them all, but also like she had none of them.

This kind of result seemed to have been predicted in the dark, and she had prepared for it in advance, but Yang Tao didn't expect it to come so suddenly.

Her emotions were a little low, and she sat in her seat for a long time before remembering that she was still at work. She composed herself and was about to return to her post when her phone suddenly rang.

Yang Tao shook her head with a smile, seemingly helpless at Qi Shan's childishness, but unknowingly, the stuffiness brought by the conversation just now dissipated.

Could this be the magical effect of a boyfriend?

Thinking of the word "boyfriend," Yang Tao was startled, and her cheeks suddenly felt a little hot. She pressed the back of her fair hand against her cheeks, panting for a while before slowly returning to normal, but her heart was still beating wildly.

Surprise? What will he do? Will he suddenly appear in front of me, holding a large bouquet of fresh flowers and confess his love to me?

Or is he finally going to ask me out?

At this time, Yang Tao had already forgotten about the situation of almost losing her job!