Jiang Jingyu certainly didn't mean it that way. He just subconsciously felt that Lu Jiaying was a woman, and it would be better to be more tactful when doing things.
Self-preservation.
But Lu Jiaying was right about one thing: he was one of the future bosses of this company. If employees weren't dedicated, it would erode his assets, so he had no standing to lecture her like that.
"No. I was just talking nonsense. You did very well, keep it up."
It took over an hour to assemble ten products, but fortunately, the results were good.
Lu Jiaying took photos for the client, and the two drove back.
As soon as they entered the marketing department, a woman ran towards them with an anxious expression.
"Director Lu, you're back, Director Lu."
Lu Jiaying stopped and looked at her expression.
"What's wrong? What happened to make you so flustered?"
"About ten minutes ago, the teacher called and said my son had hit his head at kindergarten and was in a hurry to ask you for leave, but you weren't here."
Zhan's company had a rule that leave must be requested in advance, not applied for afterward, and the leave request must be signed by the direct supervisor.
Since she wasn't in the company just now, Zhang Xiaoyu was anxious.
Lu Jiaying's expression became serious upon hearing this. She reached out and asked her.
"Is the leave request form ready?"
"It's ready, here's the pen."
Without hesitation, she signed the leave request form for Zhang Xiaoyu while standing.
"Thank you, Director Lu. I'll be going now."
Zhang Xiaoyu was ready to leave her post. As she said this, holding the leave form, she was about to run. Lu Jiaying called out to her.
"Don't rush. I'll take you there."
Zhang Xiaoyu was stunned and felt a bit embarrassed.
But because she was so worried about her son, she still wanted to accept.
"Will it be too much trouble? What if you have something to do later..."
Lu Jiaying thought for a moment. She did have something to do later. She handed the car keys to Jiang Jingyu.
"You take her. Drive slowly on the way."
Actually, Jiang Jingyu could drive. He was old enough and had obtained his driver's license at the beginning of the year.
However, in his parents' eyes, he was always a child who hadn't grown up, so they wouldn't let him drive.
New drivers have a craving for driving. Since Lu Jiaying let him drive freely, he would.
"Okay, Director Lu."
He walked away with Zhang Xiaoyu with large strides, as if he had received a glorious mission.
Lu Jiaying's car was a Volvo worth over 300,000 yuan. As they drove out of the company, Jiang Jingyu remembered to ask her name.
"Everyone calls me Sister Zhang, so you can call me Sister Zhang too. I heard you're the new assistant Director Lu hired?"
Jiang Jingyu said yes. "Sister Zhang, can you tell me how Director Lu made all her previous assistants leave?"
"Who told you they were abused? Was it Fanfan and the others?"
Sister Zhang shook her head and sighed.
"The relationship between women is very subtle. You're still young and might not understand. When a woman is beautiful, capable at work, and liked by the opposite sex, she won't have particularly good relationships with other women."
"Director Lu is an absolute workaholic. Besides work, overtime, and business trips, she doesn't even date. How could she have the time for gossip or under-the-table dealings?"
"Some young people can't handle the psychological pressure, or they can't accept her work intensity, and simply can't continue. This is a very normal workplace phenomenon. Why would it be related to abuse?"
Sister Zhang's words were quite pertinent.
After all, she was a few years older than those customer service representatives, and her attitude and perspective on things were completely different from theirs.
After picking up the child from school and taking him to the hospital, and helping with the procedures, Jiang Jingyu learned that Sister Zhang was divorced.
She was from out of town and was raising her child alone in Nancheng, which was quite difficult.
After wandering for a while, it was time to get off work. Lu Jiaying called Jiang Jingyu proactively to ask him to go home after work.
Working overtime alone in the office, Lu Jiaying received a WeChat message from Sister Zhang.
It said the child had six stitches on his head and would need to stay in the hospital for a few days, and asked if she could work from home.
Lu Jiaying's first reaction was no, if something happens, you need to take leave.
Otherwise, if this precedent is set, everyone will say they have something to do and can't come to work, and work from home. This would not only affect work efficiency but also the company's interests. If HR found out, it would be difficult for her to explain.
But then she thought about it. Her job only paid five or six thousand yuan a month. After paying rent, utilities, and living expenses, she also had to support her child.
Now that the child was hospitalized, spending money while having no income was equivalent to taking their lives, wasn't it?
The company always advocated for humanized management. This was precisely the time to demonstrate humanity.
So, after a moment of thought, she agreed.
"Okay. But you must complete your work on time and not lag behind other colleagues. I'll give you a special leave request form to submit to HR when you return."
"Thank you, Director Lu, thank you so much." Sister Zhang was incredibly grateful.
Zhang Xiaoyu didn't take her computer when she left. Many files were on the computer. The next day, Jiang Jingyu made another trip to the hospital to deliver the computer to her.
At the same time, he learned about the humanized approach of Zhan's Group.
They could make special arrangements for employees facing difficulties.
Through his interactions with Lu Jiaying over the past two days, Jiang Jingyu realized that apart from being excessively dedicated, she had no other faults.
His initial rejection of her was entirely due to his own mindset.
No wonder his parents wanted him to learn from her.
Jiang Jingyu now thoroughly understood that listening to his parents was a good thing.
He decided to be obedient, cooperate in all aspects, and learn quickly. Lu Jiaying was very satisfied with him.
Time flew by in a week of busy and fulfilling work. Sister Zhang returned to work.
Lu Jiaying filled out a special leave request form for her and asked Jiang Jingyu to submit it to HR. The HR specialist looked at the strange leave form and fell into thought.
"Wait a moment, let me show this to our manager first."
Less than a minute later, the HR specialist came out and told Jiang Jingyu that the leave request form did not comply with regulations, there was no precedent for such a situation in the company, and their boss did not approve it. He should take it back.
Jiang Jingyu found it strange.
"This was personally signed by our director. How could it not comply with regulations?"
"I don't know. You should go back and ask your boss."
Jiang Jingyu took the leave form back to the marketing department.
Coincidentally, an important foreign trade client needed a technical document, but the technical department had not sent it over. Lu Jiaying asked him to go and get the document.
By the time he came back and forth, and when Lu Jiaying mentioned this matter again, she directly pushed her computer desktop towards him.
A disciplinary regulation regarding her and Sister Zhang, just issued by the HR department, was prominently displayed in the company's WeChat group.
The announcement was harsh, stating that Lu Jiaying had abused her authority by giving employees special treatment, which had a negative impact on HR management. According to company regulations, she was to be issued a public reprimand.
At the same time, a new leave request form was to be submitted. Zhang Xiaoyu would be paid for the leave as a special case, and this would not be repeated.