Chapter 42 Onboarding

Gu Yihan walked to the HR office door and knocked, "Knock, knock, knock."

"Come in," a pleasant female voice called out.

Gu Yihan pushed open the office door and walked in. She saw two young women and a slightly overweight middle-aged man inside.

She smiled and said, "I'm here to complete my onboarding procedures."

"Ma Chao, process this woman's onboarding," the slightly overweight middle-aged man said to one of the short-haired women.

"Okay, Manager Liu."

Gu Yihan handed the recommendation form to the woman named Ma Chao.

Ma Chao took the recommendation form, filled in the information, and said, "Wait a moment, I'll take you to the accounting office after I'm done registering."

Gu Yihan smiled at her and said, "Okay, thank you."

Ma Chao led Gu Yihan to the first office on the second floor and pushed the door open: "Sister Zhuang, your department has a new accounting major from a vocational school."

Sister Zhuang is a middle-aged woman in her forties, with a serious expression and not a trace of a smile.

Gu Yihan said to her, "Sister Zhuang, I am Gu Yihan. You can call me Xiaohan from now on. Please take care of me in the future."

Sister Zhuang looked Gu Yihan up and down and said, "I've heard Deputy Factory Director Shen mention you. Welcome to the company."

After Sister Zhuang finished speaking, the others in the office whispered among themselves: "Has someone with connections come in? Won't they get into a fight with Zhou Na?"

“There’s a relative of the factory director and a relative of the deputy factory director. Our department will never have peace and quiet again,” said one of the women in green military uniforms.

Gu Yihan was speechless. She didn't know Deputy Factory Director Shen, so what was wrong with this Sister Zhuang? She was just trying to make her the target of hatred from the moment she arrived.

Ma Chao was also embarrassed, and said to Sister Zhuang with a smile, "Then Sister Zhuang, you're busy, our department has things to do."

Turning to Gu Yihan, he said, "This is the head of the accounting department. Just follow Sister Zhuang's instructions."

Gu Yihan nodded to her and said with a smile, "Thank you, Sister Ma."

After Ma Chao from the HR department left, Sister Zhuang said to Gu Yihan, "There are six of us in our office, including you. All the desks in our department are placed side by side."

"Your office is on the south side, next to Wang Xiang. Your job will be to calculate wages. Our machinery factory has many employees, and wages are paid on the 5th of each month. You and Wang Xiang will work together to distribute the money."

"Wang Xiang, come here and show Comrade Gu Yihan around."

The woman in the green military uniform stood up and greeted Gu Yihan, saying, "Hello, Xiaohan, I'm Wang Xiang. Your office is next to mine."

Gu Yihan walked over to Wang Xiang and greeted her with a smile, saying, "Sister Xiang, thank you."

Wang Xiang was also very responsible: "The person sitting next to me is Sister Li Juan, and opposite her is Sister Zhang Li. There is also Zhou Na, but she has something to do today, so we can meet her tomorrow."

Li Juan smiled and said, "Xiao Han, you can just call me Sister Li."

Gu Yihan glanced at Zhang Li, who was about the same age as Sister Zhuang, and said sparingly, "Call me Sister Zhang."

Gu Yihan called out, "Sister Zhang, Sister Li, please take care of me."

Gu Yihan spent the whole morning familiarizing herself with the process with Wang Xiang. It was quite simple, not as complicated as she had imagined.

At the end of each month, the HR department would take the compiled attendance sheet, and Gu Yihan would calculate the staff's wages based on the compiled attendance sheet. In this era, very few people took leave, and wages were basically transparent.

The machinery factory is a large factory with many employees. Payday is the 5th, which gives the accountant more than enough time to calculate the payroll.

Many factories pay wages on the first day of the month.

"Xiao Han, Sister Li, you two stop looking at the documents and go eat," Wang Xiang said, pulling Gu Yihan's arm.

Gu Yihan put down the ledger in her hand and followed Sister Li and Wang Xiang to the cafeteria to get their food.

Wang Xiang sniffed hard and said to Gu Yihan, "Xiaohan, do you dare to bet with me? The head chef will definitely make braised pork today."

"Pfft, Xiao Han, don't bet with her. Her nose is like a dog's; she never misses a thing," Sister Li said, covering her mouth with her hand and laughing.

"Xiao Xiang, you can't bully Xiao Han just because she's new here."

Wang Xiang looked at Sister Li with a wronged expression: "Sister Li, can't you just let me have some fun? This is so boring."

Sister Li grabbed Wang Xiang's arm: "Since you all know it's braised pork, why don't you hurry up and go? There won't be any left in a while."

The group quickened their pace and headed straight for the food counter. Gu Yihan ordered a serving of braised pork and a steamed bun.

"Xiao Han, over here." Wang Xiang waved to Gu Yihan from the dining table.

Gu Yihan sat down with her aluminum lunchbox in hand, took a bite of the braised pork, and found it quite delicious.

While eating, Wang Xiang asked, "Xiao Han, how old are you?"

Gu Yihan swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "I'm 15."

Sister Li looked at Gu Yihan in surprise and said, "So young? She's already graduated from vocational school."

Gu Yihan mumbled, "I go to school early."

Wang Xiang looked at Gu Yihan with envy and said, "I really envy you. You earn 42.5 yuan a month and get two industrial vouchers every month."

Gu Yihan looked at her in confusion: "Aren't the salaries all the same?"

Sister Li replied on behalf of Wang Xiang: "Accountants are at the technician level. University graduates are at level 55, vocational school graduates at level 42.5, and Xiao Xiang was admitted through exam and is at level 31."

Gu Yihan fell silent; she couldn't respond to that.

Gu Yihan spent some time looking at the documents in the afternoon, and she was quite familiar with the work process. She looked up at the people in the office, some drinking tea.

Wang Xiang took out yarn and started knitting a sweater, while Sister Zhuang was reading a newspaper.

Are you that free? Wang Xiang felt Gu Yihan looking at her, and looked up at her blankly staring at the sweater in her hand.

He chuckled and said, "You're stunned. We're only busy at the end and beginning of the month. We can do our own things the rest of the time."

“You can knit a sweater tomorrow too,” Wang Xiang said, her hands never stopping.

Gu Yihan paused for a moment and then said, "I don't know how."

Wang Xiang kindly said, "If you don't know how, I'll teach you. I know many weaving techniques."

After getting off work at 4:30, Gu Yihan left quickly. She had been worried all day, wondering if Mao Mao had behaved.

Gu Yihan saw Mao Mao running towards the old man from afar and was so frightened that she shouted, "Mao Mao!"

Mao Mao paused, then immediately ran in her direction.

Gu Yihan grabbed the dog's ear as it ran over and threatened, "You've got some nerve, daring to pounce on people like that. If you don't behave, you won't get any food."

Mao Mao whimpered, feeling extremely aggrieved.

Gu Yihan said to Grandpa Gu, who was guarding the gate, "Grandpa, thank you for looking after Mao Mao today."

Grandpa Gu laughed and said to Gu Yihan, "You've misunderstood Mao Mao. I'm training it. Mao Mao is a good candidate to be a military dog."

Gu Yihan looked at Grandpa Gu with a puzzled expression and asked, "Training?"

Grandpa Gu smiled and nodded, saying, "I used to be a soldier in the army. Back then, our country's country dogs drove out the Japanese wolfhounds."

"If you're willing, you can bring Mao Mao to work in the future, and I'll train her. I guarantee she'll be just as good as a military dog."

Gu Yihan would never refuse, and happily said, "Then thank you for your help, Mao Mao."

Grandpa Gu was also very happy and said, "I'm so happy to have Mao Mao with me, an old man."

After saying goodbye to Grandpa Gu, Gu Yihan led Mao Mao back home and said softly, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood Mao Mao just now."

Mao Mao, being haughty, simply ignored her and walked ahead on her own.