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"They can be excellent. The problem is they don't have the desire to be excellent in their work. Many of them don't set a high standard for themselves,"

Jacob said. He already knew how this meeting would end. He wished he could just end it immediately.

"I think this discussion is going nowhere. You already made your plans. There's no need to further stretch this meeting," Jonathan added, as he leaned back on his chair and stared at Jacob.

Jacob smiled in return, but did not reply. Jonathan was accurate in his observation. He was right that the meeting was just Jacob's cover-up.

He had already decided what to do.

"What's your suggestion, Mr. Jacob?" asked an old director. There was reluctance in his voice, as well as confidence. His respect towards the company's young leader was evident.

Jacob established a reputation in the past few years. People in the company either respected him or were afraid of him.

Directors would pay attention to his every move. Even a slight cough from him would elicit a reaction from the board members. And this meeting was turning out to be very serious.

Everyone in the room knew the solution to the company's problem would not be simple.

"We need to reduce the staff and lay off some people," Jacob uttered in a low voice. Even Cindy was surprised when she heard him.

The room burst into an uproar. Directors were talking all at once. Each one aired their opinion and disapproval. Mass lay-off was unheard of in the Shi Group. Nobody suspected it was the agenda for today's meeting.

The Shi Group was a huge and prolific company. They didn't think it is necessary to fire people when they could still pay them.

"I'm afraid that's not appropriate, Mr. Jacob."

"It will be difficult for people to find jobs once they are laid off."

Group will hear about this,

families to feed. Our own employees

kept talking

like a judge who wanted order in

sudden. But it has to be done. The company is not a charitable organization. It doesn't make sense to keep

he continued. His tone was firm.

have not contributed anything ever since they joined the company. It was okay to keep them in the past, when

silent as Jacob glanced at

the directors started speaking again, all

they know. They'll have trouble finding other jobs. Isn't it cruel for us to let them go?"

Mr. Jacob, that would be very unkind. After all, part of the company's core principle is to put the people first,"

a bad idea, Mr. Jacob. It will definitely affect the company's unity and stability. Besides, wouldn't it be difficult to identify which individuals contributed a lot and

they were disappointed, they would still heed and listen to whatever Jacob said. By raising his hand, everyone knew Jacob

fresher perspective. We need to change from the inside. We need new

directors what he wanted to do. But they still thought

their teeth. But they didn't say a thing. Their anger was fueled with the reality that Jacob

facade. There was nothing to discuss. There

say it out loud, or argue against it with Jacob. He did, after all, seemingly discuss the matter with them. But

has made up his mind. There's no point in arguing it further. Is there anything else in the agenda to

his legs, laced his fingers, and leaned back on his chair. His

the other directors. They didn't see that coming from Jonathan. They expected him to be the most dissatisfied with Jacob's decisions. They should be in

going to proceed then? How do we tell them that they're getting fired? It's not very easy to deliver such painful news to our

had friends and family who worked for the company, who were grateful that the directors gave them their jobs, and who would be devastated once they were laid off.

was they cannot do anything about it.