Fang Lang did not think that a textile worker's monthly salary of 280 Cruzeiros was high.
However, he also knows that the wages of ordinary workers in Brazil are generally not high.
From the expression of Mayor Ewald Dursley beside him, it can be seen that the wages in their factory are not low.
He nodded and said to Chen Hongqing:
“Are there any family members of our navy officers and soldiers among these local workers?
I remember that when we were recruiting, we asked to give priority to the families of naval officers and soldiers."
This was indeed what Fang Lang meant. Fang Lang's original purpose in establishing these factories was to accommodate the families of his soldiers.
Used to increase the cohesion of soldiers.
The soldiers' families are housed near the base, partly to alleviate their homesickness and to allow them to reunite with their families during their rest.
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This will also reduce the chances of soldiers messing around outside during their rest time.
Second, in order to further tie the soldiers to his chariots, Fang Lang paid the soldiers allowances and their families worked in Fang Lang's family factory.
It is equivalent to that the entire soldier's family relies on Fang Lang for support, which can better improve the soldiers' loyalty.
Third, the soldiers under Fang Lang had high allowances, and their families also worked nearby. With so much income, it was easy for the soldiers to choose to settle down in Natal.
This will further increase Natal's population and boost Natal's economy.
“Of course, boss.
Many of our female workers are family members of soldiers, and they come for interviews with letters of introduction issued by the fleet. "
Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction and said:
"That's good. There should be no problem with the work enthusiasm of these family members!"
Some people are worried that these family members will become too powerful and refuse to obey management because of their status as military family members.
It has an adverse impact on the development of the factory.
"Boss, rest assured, our factory adopts performance-based wages. The more you work, the more you get.
If you want to get a high salary, you will definitely work hard. "
Accompanied by the two, Fang Lang visited several production workshops along the way. The roar of machines in some workshops was so loud that they had to walk out of the factory before they could continue talking.
After today's review, Fang Lang still found a lot of problems, but this is not surprising, as more management concepts of later generations have not yet appeared in this era.
Many things that are well known in later generations have not been brought up in this era.
Fang Lang had never studied factory management, so he couldn't come up with any theoretical ideas.
However, it is still very easy to find some problems.
So, after everyone returned to the company's office, Chen Hongqing gathered all the basic management personnel of the factory in the conference room, ready to listen to the boss's lecture.
Fang Lang was reluctant to do these formalistic things, but some things might be more effective if he said them out loud, and it might also win people's hearts.
So, there was no refusal.
Meetings! Fang Lang was already familiar with this. After Chen Hongqing finished his opening remarks and introduction, it was Fang Lang's turn to speak.
First, I affirmed everyone's achievements and thanked everyone for their hard work.
Then start asking questions about what you discover.
“During this visit, I also found several problems, which I would like to point out here one by one, and I hope everyone can implement improvements one by one.
First of all, I think the most important thing in a factory is safety. What is the biggest safety hazard in a textile factory?
It’s about fire prevention. During my inspection today, I found many workers smoking.
Smoking in a textile factory is like lighting a light in the toilet, isn't that courting death?
Therefore, the first thing is to promote smoke-free factories. From today on, all fireworks and flammable and explosive items are not allowed to appear in the factory.
Even the kitchen where cooking is needed must be far away from the factory production area.
Look at the cotton wool floating in the factory, it can cause a disaster if you are not careful.
Second, the factory’s fire-fighting facilities were very incomplete. I noticed that there were several water tanks outside the factory, but such small water tanks were simply a drop in the bucket in the face of such a large workshop.
If an accident really happens, it will not be able to play its due role at all.
I remember that special fire extinguishers have already appeared in European and American countries. Our fleet has them on its warships and we can purchase them later.
There must be a fire extinguisher every ten meters in the factory.
In addition, workers should be organized to learn fire prevention and fire-fighting knowledge every month, and they should know what kind of fire to extinguish and how to use fire extinguishers.
I don’t want someone to use water to put out a fire in the circuit that day. Do you understand that this is going to cause trouble for the people?”
Everyone nodded and took out their notebooks to record.
Chen Hongqing's face also turned red. He knew that his boss was a military man, but he didn't expect that he could find so many problems with just a casual glance.
“Third, I found that our factory had no regulations on the placement of goods and tools.
My first impression when I walked into the factory was that it was messy. In some places there was not even room to step.
How can this be possible? The workers tripped and fell, causing a work-related accident. Who will be held responsible?
From now on, scattered goods can be packed in wooden boxes, marked well, and lines drawn on the ground. The corresponding items can only be placed in designated locations. Anyone who fails to follow the regulations will be punished.
I want the factory floor to be kept clean at all times, with no raw materials, goods or tools except machinery.
Especially the oil stains produced by machinery must be cleaned in time.
It would be great if we could find an OCD person to check this out.”
Everyone understands the importance of fire prevention.
But I didn't expect that the boss would have such strict requirements on the placement of items.
For a moment, everyone looked at each other, wondering what the point of doing this was.
In everyone's mind, many things must be placed in the most convenient place so that it will be convenient for everyone to work.
In fact, Fang Lang had no idea about the specific principle behind this.
However, he knew that most factories in later generations were like this, looking very clean and tidy, and quite high-end.
He didn't know that this is actually the 5S management used in many factories, which includes "sorting", "reorganizing", "sweeping", "cleaning" and "quality".
This management method is mainly aimed at creating a safe, comfortable and bright working environment, cultivating good working habits of employees and improving people's quality.
It was proposed by the Japanese, and of course now it may be proposed by Fangyuan Group.
Fang Lang noticed the expressions of the crowd, all of whom were somewhat confused. He did not explain too much, but directly said with a cold face:
"You must execute it whether you understand it or not. This is an order. Do you understand?"
Everyone was silent, and said in unison that they understood.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Fang Lang understood that no one would dare to disobey his orders, so he didn't say much, but nodded and continued:
“Finally, I discovered that our workers don’t have a uniform, which is inappropriate and not conducive to highlighting the image of our factory.
How about this! We can provide the factory workers with winter and summer work clothes every year.
Workers have different types of jobs, and the colors and logos of their work clothes can also be distinguished, so that our managers can tell the type of job of the worker at a glance.
For example, our porters can be blue-gray, which is resistant to dirt.
The workers on the production line can use white ones! This way it looks cleaner and tidier.
By the way, all workers must wear hats that can cover their hair. If the spinning machine accidentally gets their hair tangled and their heads are pulled into the machine, it would be too dangerous. Do you understand?"
When Chen Hongqing met the boss, he just took a simple look around and made so many requests for rectification.
I felt very impressed. After all, what the boss said were not empty words. He discovered real problems, although he himself had not figured out the reasons for some of them.
However, as a manager, he can see a lot of benefits in the method proposed by his boss, and that is enough.
Fang Lang then encouraged everyone again and shook hands with everyone one by one to say goodbye.
After everyone returned to their workstations, Fang Lang started chatting with Chen Hongqing again.
"Old Chen! Do many of our factory workers take sick leave? Where do they go to get treatment when they are sick?"
Chen Hongqing was a little overwhelmed by the question that Fang Lang suddenly asked.
However, he also knew something about this matter, and quickly replied:
"Boss, for now, not many workers are taking sick leave. Most of them will still go to work in the factory even when they are sick.
After a period of time, the disease gradually healed.
As for where to go for treatment if I get sick, I know there is a hospital in Natal.
However, the cost of medical treatment is too high, and one month's salary is not enough to even spend money in the hospital.
Unless people are seriously ill, they dare not go to the hospital for treatment.
Last time I heard about a local man who had an infected and festered wound and went to the hospital for treatment. The doctor said he needed an injection of penicillin.
My goodness, one injection costs 3,700 Cruzeiros, which is more than the workers’ annual salary.
Who can afford this? I can only buy some sulfa tablets and take them home, and then I will get better slowly. "
Fang Lang was of course aware that penicillin was expensive. Sulfonamide was also a very good anti-inflammatory drug, but its effect was not as obvious as penicillin, and its price was actually not cheap.
After all, Brazil does not have the manufacturing capacity locally and has to rely on imports. However, it is thought that its own pharmaceutical factories might be able to try to produce some sulfonamides for sale.
"You said that if we take out a portion of the workers' wages every month and our factory subsidizes another portion, we can buy medical insurance for everyone.
If everyone can afford medical treatment in the future, will the workers be willing to do so? "
Fang Lang's words once again made Chen Hongqing fall into deep thought. Even Mayor Ewald Dursley beside him looked at Fang Lang with confusion, not understanding what he meant.
However, the mayor felt that this was clearly none of his business, so he did not participate in the discussion.
After thinking for a while, Chen Hongqing asked:
"How much should the workers pay? And how much should the factory subsidize?"
Fang Lang thought for a moment, then tapped the table and said:
"Workers pay one twentieth of their monthly salary, which is about 14 Cruzeiros, and the factory subsidizes 28 Cruzeiros, so the total cost is 42 Cruzeiros to buy health insurance.
It is used to ensure that everyone can enjoy medical services when they are sick.”
"But this will cost the factory more than 28,000 Cruzeiros per month.
Workers may not be willing to use this part of their wages to buy medical insurance!"
Fang Lang also understood that many workers would rather put the money in their own pockets than buy this kind of medical insurance.
Even Chen Hongqing in front of him probably had the same idea.
Fang Lang had anticipated this and nodded.
"How about this! I'll discuss it with the insurance company first, and if we can come to an agreement, we'll talk about it later.
If some workers really do not want to participate in the insurance, we can also let them choose freely.
After I have negotiated with the insurance company, the union will bring this up!"
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