Return to Singapore 1995

This time, Saburo Inabe spoke English more slowly:

"Now I announce that the winner of this month's Best Employee is..."

Now I announce that the employee of the month is...

He paused for a moment, trying to be mysterious.

It feels a bit like the Oscars.

Because Saburo Inanabe says these sentences in English once a month, everyone can understand them clearly.

Everyone below held their breath, waiting for the final list to be released!

"The winner of this month's Best Employee is Li Xiaofan! from the electronic testing workshop! Let's applaud encourage!"

I announce that the best award-winning employee this month is: Li Xiaofan, from the electrical testing workshop. Let us all applaud and encourage!

Oh my gosh, I was actually selected! Li Xiaofan was stunned when he heard his name.

Under the leadership of Saburo Inanabe, the restaurant burst into warm applause.

Those who applauded most actively and enthusiastically were workshop director Lin Qianxue and a group of workers from the electrical testing workshop, as well as a group of workers from mainland China, as if they themselves had won the prize!

This is the first employee from the Mainland in the history of Singapore's Westwood Electronics Factory to win the title of Employee of the Month.

This is not only an honor for Li Xiaofan, but also an honor for the electrical testing workshop and all the workers from mainland China!

"Afan, why are you dazed? Come on stage to receive the award! MD is waiting for you up there!" Lin Qianxue pushed him from the side. After she went to the clinic to see a doctor yesterday and applied some medicine, she came to work again today. She is such a hard-working Sannyasin!

Amidst warm applause, Li Xiaofan took the stage and received from MD Saburo Inabe a golden commemorative plate with the English words "Best Employee of February 1995 of Singapore Westwood Electronics Pte. Ltd." and a bag containing 500 Singapore dollars. Bonus envelope.

"Young man, you performed well, keep working hard, come on!" Saburo Inabe encouraged.

"Thank you MD!"

There was warm applause, and the HR specialist on the side took a photo of Li Xiaofan and Saburo Inabe. This photo will be displayed on the wall of honor in the corridor where visitors visit.

During the group photo, MD Inabe Saburo, who is usually serious and informal, showed a bright smile for the first time.

After Li Xiaofan came down, Saburo Inababe said something again:

"Yesterday, the president of our group led executives from branches around the world to visit our factory. They were very satisfied with the overall performance of our factory in Luoyang, Singapore! Especially in the electrical testing workshop, this employee Li Xiaofan from mainland China President Koizumi gave special praise for their performance! For the first time, the presidents stayed in the electrical testing workshop for ten minutes..."

After being translated by the person in charge of HR, there was thunderous applause.

Li Xiaofan's name has become a legend...

After the tea break at three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Qianxue and Chen Zhenwei convened a short meeting with all the workers in the electrical testing workshop.

After Lin Qianxue talked about some work precautions, she finally took out a letter and said loudly:

"I announce that according to the approval of the company's Human Resources Department and the approval of the MD, from now on, Li Xiaofan in our workshop will be promoted from Level 5 Operator to Level 2 Technician!"

After hearing the news, everyone was stunned. Even Li Xiaofan was a little unable to react!

There are five levels in total from the fifth-level operator to the first-level operator, and then there are the second-level and first-level assistant technicians, and then the second-level technician.

If he was promoted from level five operator to level two technician, Li Xiaofan would now be promoted to eight levels in a row!

If this employee at Ximu Electronics Factory performs well, it will take eight years to be promoted to a higher level in one year!

He was promoted from a fifth-level operator to a second-level technician, and was promoted to eight levels in a row. This was unheard of in the history of Westwood Electronics Factory!

Obtaining the best employee is generally just a one-level promotion within half a year. It cannot be broken every year.

Now Li Xiaofan has unexpectedly been promoted to eight levels in a row?

"Officer, did I hear you correctly? Technician II?" Li Xiaofan confirmed.

"That's right, your new rank is Technician Two!" Lin Qianxue emphasized, and then gave Li Xiaofan the promotion notification letter from the Human Resources Department.

Li Xiaofan opened the promotion notice. The text in the letter was very simple: Dear Li Xiaofan, the company's Human Resources Department is now pleased to inform you that your level has been promoted from Level 5 Operator to Level 2 Technician, and the basic salary has been adjusted to 580 Singapore dollars. , effective this month! Gu Weikun, Senior Manager of the Human Resources Department of Singapore Westwood Electronics Pte. Ltd. (Signed)

Although everyone had many questions, they still burst into warm applause!

Li Xiaofan's recent performance is obvious to all, and he deserves the title!

Lin Qianxue continued: "Explain, because when Li Xiaofan was in mainland China, he studied at a part-time university for two years, which is equivalent to the POLY level of Singapore Polytechnic. After approval by the company's HR Department and MD, combined with his recent outstanding performance, especially Let him enjoy the treatment of a mainland university graduate!”

Now everyone was relieved, it turned out to be this.

After the meeting, Lin Qianxue and Chen Zhenwei called Li Xiaofan to the corner of the FORMAN desk to discuss the next work arrangement.

"Afan, I have discussed with Zhenwei. Since you are no longer an ordinary operator, we will arrange some new work for you starting tomorrow!"

"Okay, I will listen to your two leaders' arrangements..."

"The first task: At present, due to the sharp increase in the shipment volume of PCB circuit boards in our factory, more and more after-sales problems have accumulated, and the sales department has complained a lot. In order to improve the after-sales service level of our factory and better meet customer needs, the company held an inter-departmental coordination meeting in the morning and decided to set up a joint after-sales service team consisting of the sales department, QA quality assurance department and our electrical testing workshop. In the future, led by the company's sales department, the entire joint after-sales service team will go to customers to provide after-sales service at irregular intervals every week! You will be responsible for this part of our workshop!"

"What are you going to do specifically?"

"Basically, you go to the customer and analyze and confirm the PCBA that has been marked with electronic components that the customer reports as having problems and defects, and then analyze whether the problem is our PCB problem..."

"Why does this work involve our department?" Li Xiaofan was a little confused.

Speaking of this matter, Lin Qianxue was full of grievances: "Alas, the QA quality assurance department is just a bunch of nerds. They seem to know a lot about quality management systems, but in fact they don't understand technology at all. When they go to the customer, they can't even understand a circuit diagram! Not to mention asking them to analyze whether it is a component problem or a PCB problem! The girls in the sales department don't understand even more. In the past, they always asked me to go to the customer's place to provide after-sales service, using me as a technician. I have to manage the workshop and accompany them to provide after-sales service. I am so tired! I have seen this job. Li Xiaofan, you are very suitable. I can get rid of it in the future!"