Massive Recruitment, Five Hundred People

Soon, a bustling production workshop came into view for Xu Yifan.

Workers operated various mechanical equipment, and through a strict and complex process, Jiuzhou Minis were manufactured one after another.

After a quick tour, Xu Yifan found Zhou Fengyan, who was instructing workers.

"Boss, is there something you need?" Zhou Fengyan, the production department manager and technical engineer, jogged over to ask proactively.

Zhou Fengyan had initially been dismissive of this young and handsome factory director, thinking he was just a rich second generation playing around.

Now, he was quite impressed.

Looking at the factory now, it was completely different from before.

Although the Jiuzhou Mini Electric Vehicles produced weren't exactly cars, the factory was now operating normally, full of energy every day, and the business had truly come alive!

He no longer dared to underestimate this young man due to his age or any other reason.

He graduated from a prestigious foreign university, was intelligent, and had a knack for managing the factory. He had organized every aspect very well, much better than before.

"Mm, I came to ask if there's any way to quickly increase production capacity?"

"The sales at our stores have been very good recently. Just today, we've already sold over forty units, and it'll likely exceed sixty by the time we close tonight."

"With Chinese New Year coming up soon, many customers want to pick up their vehicles before then."

Xu Yifan explained the current problem in detail.

"This..." Zhou Fengyan said with a wry smile, "The production workshop is already operating at full capacity.

The hundreds of workers are busy from 8 AM until 8 or 9 PM, working about twelve hours a day.

We're already doing our utmost to produce. I'm overseeing every step, and I urge them to speed up wherever things slow down."

Twelve consecutive hours of tightening screws—Xu Yifan thought of his past life and empathized. "Indeed, the workers are working very hard. The recent output has visibly increased, but it's still too little!"

Xu Yifan sighed, then suddenly froze. He came to his senses and quickly asked, "Hundreds of workers working twelve hours a day continuously?"

Zhou Fengyan nodded. "Yes, everyone is working very hard every day!"

Normally, Xu Yifan would start work at 9 AM, play around in the office, check the system interface, and deal with any issues.

If there were no problems, he'd watch dramas or play games, leaving around 3 or 4 PM.

He had never visited the factory at night.

Xu Yifan asked again, "Do the factory workers work on a fixed schedule, or is there no production at night?"

Zhou Fengyan hesitated. "Well, people need their rest. Twelve hours of work is already full capacity. If we extend the working hours further, many workers won't want to do this job."

After speaking, he glanced at the young factory director in front of him, who didn't look like someone who needed to be illuminated by streetlights!

"Also, our factory's wages are quite good, and we provide food and accommodation. Otherwise, twelve hours is already a rather long workday."

Knowing the other person had misunderstood, Xu Yifan explained, "What if we arrange for another shift of workers to produce at night? Will the production speed increase, for example, by hiring double the number of production workers!"

"People can rest, but the production line can't stop. How about that?!"

Relieved, Zhou Fengyan smiled. "That would definitely work. The production speed could at least double!"

Xu Yifan smiled helplessly. He had overlooked this important issue!

When recruiting workers before, the main priority was to ensure the factory could run smoothly. Since the factory wasn't profitable yet, they were conservative and only hired a hundred or so people.

In the factories he'd been to before, most used automated production. The fastest production speed was the maximum capacity of this production line, and it was standard to operate 24 hours a day with shifts.

Older production lines relied heavily on workers. If the workers weren't skilled, production would naturally slow down. Skilled workers would produce more.

At the same time, dividing more production workers into two or three shifts could immediately double the production capacity!

After some thought, Xu Yifan gave the order. "Engineer Zhou, please prepare. I'll be going to the HR department next. They'll immediately recruit more production workers.

Hmm, two shifts won't do. We'll go straight for three shifts: morning, afternoon, and night. We'll rotate shifts every month!

List the employees with good technical skills in each process. They will then take on apprentices. After two or three days of training, the apprentices will be mixed with skilled workers, led by the skilled workers, and work in three shifts!"

Zhou Fengyan immediately agreed. "Okay. I believe everyone will be very happy when this news is announced. Their working hours will be directly shortened by four hours, giving them more rest time."

Xu Yifan nodded with satisfaction. "Mm, Engineer Zhou, you've worked hard too. You can start training two deputies to be responsible for technical and supervisory work."

"Yes!"

With the production capacity issue resolved and Zhou Fengyan's work assigned, Xu Yifan didn't delay and returned directly to the company's office building.

Upon entering the office building, Xu Yifan instructed the secretary following him, "Secretary Lin, please notify the HR department to hold a meeting!"

"Yes, Boss!" The sound of high heels gradually faded away.

The beautiful girl went to find the HR department.

Meanwhile, Xu Yifan went to the conference room, sat in a chair, took out paper and pen, and began calculating.

Not only did they need to hire more production workers, but with more workers, they would also need to promote team leaders for management positions. This could be done by checking the system's employee interface and assigning the role to employees with better technical skills.

Then there were the HR department, finance department, and even the company's canteen chefs, security guards, and so on, all of whom would require more staff to ensure the company operated smoothly.

The number of finance employees would double.

The canteen chefs and kitchen assistants would also need to at least double.

"Hmm, considering employee well-being, we really need to find some good chefs this time!

I'm not saying we need Michelin-star chefs, but at least the food should be palatable, not just edible like it is now—good enough not to kill anyone!

With more people, security might face more unexpected situations. A few guards at the gate won't be enough. We need to increase them to fifteen to form a security team.

We also need to start building the legal department. As we sell more products and have more employees, we might encounter legal issues. It's better to establish it early so we're not caught off guard when we need it.

And the sales department, we need to add staff who are familiar with product sales. They can be used later to expand into surrounding city markets..."

Xu Yifan opened his system panel and, while looking at the number of employees in each department, thought and jotted down the required number of new hires.

This was the second time he was increasing the company's workforce.

The first time was when he first took over the company, hiring that initial batch of employees to get the factory running normally.

This time, the goal was a complete breakthrough, to squeeze the factory's potential to its limits and make it operate at an overloaded capacity, requiring a much larger recruitment.

After some calculations, combined with the previous hundred-plus employees, the total would reach over five hundred!

When he recruited the first batch, he was quite worried about the factory going bankrupt. Now, the factory had its own products, and sales were doing well.

Recruiting employees naturally wasn't as constrained.

Moreover, with more employees, they would produce more products and earn more profit!

Just as Xu Yifan was planning, a few employees from the HR department arrived, led by Lin Wanxia.

He signaled everyone to be quiet for a moment. After finishing his plan, Xu Yifan then discussed the upcoming employee recruitment strategy with the HR department.

First, regarding salaries. After Xu Yifan's previous salary increase, the average salary level in the factory was now better than in other factories in the city.

So, salaries didn't need to be increased for now.

While salaries wouldn't increase, benefits could be improved.

Changing the previous single shift system to a three-shift, eight-hour work schedule would surely be welcomed by many employees.

Two hours later, the meeting concluded.

Under the leadership of the HR department manager, Ma Youlong, the entire HR department began operating at full capacity.

They contacted departments like finance, logistics, security, sales, and production to discuss the upcoming integration of new employees and make arrangements for their reception.