Chapter 14 Firing a regular employee is a very troublesome matter
Xiao Peng raised his wrist and looked at his diving watch: "Pierre, it's only six o'clock now. I always clock in at eleven o'clock!"
Pierre yelled, "Xiao, I'm very dissatisfied with your work attitude! It's tourist season now, and so many people in the company are working hard, why are you the most special? Can't you come here earlier to help your colleagues with their work? Damn it! I hired you because you're Chinese. Aren't you Chinese people hardworking and love to work overtime?"
Xiao Peng frowned and said, "Mr. Pierre, I have no problem working for others, but can you give me their wages as well?"
Although Pierre said so, Xiao Peng didn't really think about it in terms of "racial discrimination". Marseille is the place with the least racial discrimination in the whole of Europe.
After all, this is the 'capital of North Africa'. People from almost 22 countries around the Mediterranean can be seen here, and people of all skin colors are here, so racial discrimination is not serious here.
It's common here for the rich to discriminate against the poor, but it's the same everywhere!
After hearing this, Pierre said directly: "How is this possible! How could I let you receive someone else's salary?"
Xiao Peng said, "That's it! Then why should I work for others?"
"That's your work attitude!" Pierre raised his voice: "I'm going to fire you!"
Xiao Peng smiled after hearing this: "Okay!"
"Uh? Are you sure?" Now it was Pierre's turn to be stunned: "I said 'I want to fire you'!"
Xiao Peng nodded: "I heard it clearly. I'm fired now, right? Pierre, I'll wait for your registered letter. Goodbye!"
After saying that, he was about to hang up the phone!
Now it was Pierre's turn to panic: "No, no, no! I don't admit what I said."
Xiao Peng said, "Although my phone is a little worn out, it does have a recording function. Also, sitting next to me is Ms. Sine Sala, the famous host of Channel 5, and marine ecologists Fabian Cousteau and Pascal Cousteau. They can all prove that you want to fire me!"
Pierre on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment and then said, "Are you bragging?"
Xiao Peng shrugged. "Actually, we're doing a TV show. You might see it soon. You know I'm an excellent diver. Why bring this up? Since you've decided to fire me, I won't be going to work. I hope you'll follow the rules, or I'll file a complaint with the labor-management committee."
Pierre was silent for a while and said, "Damn it!" Then he hung up the phone without waiting for Xiao Peng to reply.
He really shot himself in the foot.
Xin Nei watched Xiao Peng hang up the phone and asked curiously, "What? You were fired?"
Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes, the person who called me just now was my direct supervisor Pierre, he wants to fire me!"
Pascal, who had been hunched over his laptop, suddenly shook his head and summed it up: "He's such an idiot."
His summary is indeed very accurate. This Pierre is indeed a complete idiot.
If Pierre's words were given to those working illegally under his command, it would definitely be a fatal deterrent. After all, finding a job to support a family is not an easy task.
But Xiao Peng was not afraid.
Marine debris cleaners must have professional diving qualifications and register with relevant departments, so illegal workers cannot be hired for this job. In other words, Xiao Peng is a formal employee of David Beach. If you want to fire a formal employee, you must pay severance pay.
In particular, Xiao Peng did not violate the company's regulations, so it can only be considered a "no-fault dismissal." In any case, as long as he was not dismissed due to major negligence, according to local laws, Xiao Peng will be able to receive a considerable amount of dismissal compensation.
His monthly salary is 3,500 euros. After all, he is a skilled worker and has a high income. This income is even higher than that of some diving instructors.
So why isn't anyone doing this? It's dangerous and hard, and it's embarrassing to keep it to yourself.
They say Chinese people care about face to death, but after going abroad, I realized that foreigners care about face even more! Nothing matters, just "He insulted me, I will kill him!"
He worked at David Beach for a year and six months. According to the local laws, if he is fired now, he will have to pay severance pay, notice period compensation, paid vacation compensation, etc., which together would be at least several thousand euros.
Xiao Peng hadn't planned to continue working in this job in the first place. If he had resigned voluntarily, he wouldn't have received the money. But now, a piece of cake has fallen from the sky!
Fabian looked at Xiao Peng puzzled and asked, "Xiao, why do you seem so happy to see you get fired?"
Xiao Peng nodded without denying it: "I didn't want to continue doing this job anyway."
Fabian knew that Xiao Peng was working on marine debris cleanup. He nodded and said, "You shouldn't be doing this job with a Level 3 diving qualification. How about this? I'll introduce you to the Cousteau Diving Association and see if I can find you a job as a diving instructor?"
Xiao Peng shook his head: "I don't want to think about work right now. I just want to think about how to get into Adege Corner."
The people on the boat were stunned after hearing this, and then they all burst into laughter.
Fabian patted Xiao Peng on the shoulder and said, "I'm really powerless about this matter. After all, I was still a child when my grandfather died. Otherwise, I would definitely ask him why he established a family database in Cape Adeg. Is it just some old man's bad taste? Forget it. Anyway, I agree to let you go. How you go is your own business."
Xiao Peng looked worried after hearing this.
He turned to look at Xinnei, who thought he was going to ask him to go to Cape Adeg with him, so he quickly waved his hand and said, "I'm not Doria who doesn't have her courage. Xiao, can we continue the interview?"
Doria was a well-known model and entertainer in France at the time, and later became a weather presenter on television. At the end of 2013, during the European Qualifiers for the World Cup France vs. Ukraine, which Ukraine won 2-0 in the first leg, Doria made a promise: if France could defeat Ukraine and advance to the World Cup, she would present the weather forecast naked.
The result was a 3-0 victory for the French team, and Doria fulfilled her promise by giving a naked weather forecast to all the men in France. Even though she couldn't see anything clearly from the camera, she was completely naked!
This incident made Doria instantly popular, but her reputation among her peers was not very good, which may be due to jealousy.
Xiao Peng looked at Xinnai with a look of horror and said, "Xinnai, what are you thinking about? I mean we can continue the interview. After all, we just wasted some time. After all, we just met, how could I invite you to Cape Adeg? Xinnai, you may not understand us Chinese people. We are notoriously introverted. We are all conservative in this regard! But forget it, after all, we just met not long ago. I don't blame you for thinking this way because you are not familiar with me. I hope you work hard. It really puts a lot of pressure on me when you think this way!"
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