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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."

Shi Group will hear about this, and it will not

to feed. Our own employees will

kept talking simultaneously.

on the table, like a judge who wanted

is not a charitable organization. It doesn't

before he continued. His

those who have been loyal and have performed well for us. But we really need to let go those who have not contributed anything ever since they joined the company. It was okay to keep them in the past, when the company was still doing good. But what if they become a liability in

was silent as Jacob glanced at

speaking

is all they know. They'll have trouble

unkind. After all, part of the company's core principle is to put the people first," another director

and stability. Besides, wouldn't it be difficult to identify which individuals contributed

stop, and they did. Even if they were disappointed, they would still heed and listen to whatever Jacob said. By raising his

that a company's development doesn't rely solely on those people. This company needs new employees. We need a fresher perspective. We need to change from the inside. We need new people who could

was making it clear to the directors what he wanted to do. But they still thought he

didn't say a thing. Their anger was

now knew that this meeting was just a facade. There

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

through. He has made up his mind. There's no point in arguing it further. Is

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

from Jonathan. They expected him to be the most dissatisfied with Jacob's decisions. They should be in a heated argument by

they're getting fired? It's not very easy to deliver such painful news to our staff, right?" muttered one of the directors. This form of massive lay-off was like forcibly

not be about them, but they were still going to be affected by it. After all, they had friends and family who worked for the company, who were grateful

frustrating part was they cannot do anything