Dai Li experienced the feeling of a capitalist exploiter. When faced with employees' demands for a salary increase, he showed determination to never compromise and would not pay a penny more.
Blake, who was sitting in the driver's seat next to him, shrugged his shoulders. He also owned 5% of the shares of the training center and was considered a small boss. Naturally, he had a capitalist mentality and was unwilling to give employees a salary increase from the bottom of his heart.
While driving, Blake said slowly: "I didn't expect you to refuse so decisively. This reminds me of the most prosperous era of the trade union movement decades ago. At that time, trade union organizations often raised demands for salary increases, and business owners If they don't agree, the union will organize a strike, and then there will be negotiations between the business owners and the union to raise workers' wages and improve workers' welfare. Once the workers' demands are met, they will go back to work, but soon after the workers have tasted the sweetness, they will go back to work. They asked for salary increases and benefits, but the business owners refused again, and the workers went on strike again, and then there were negotiations... This cycle went on and on, and finally the business owners couldn't stand it anymore. They closed down the factories and moved them overseas to places where they didn't need to work. Where there is concern about unions. Business owners continue to make money while American workers lose their jobs."
"I have heard a little bit about it. I remember that a few years ago, General Motors filed for bankruptcy and reorganization, which was done by the United Auto Workers. The auto workers asked for too much. In the end, General Motors couldn't bear it anymore and had no choice but to file for bankruptcy. This was It became the largest manufacturing company bankruptcy case in the history of the United States." Dai Li said.
"In fact, the vast majority of auto workers don't have to worry about their jobs. They are all skilled people. Even if the three giants, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, go bankrupt, these auto workers can still go to Toyota, Honda and Nissan. The Japanese have never paid attention to union organizations such as the United Automobile Workers in American automobile factories, so if you go to work in a Japanese factory, your salary will be much lower." Blake looked at the distance that had turned red. Traffic lights, slowing down the car, then said:
"In fact, all technical professions are the same. They will not really lose their jobs. As long as they have the skills, they can always find jobs. The only difference is whether their living standards will decline. Just like those coaches who left our center, And the coaches who are about to leave, they actually just want a better life."
"I understand what you mean. It is not shameful to change jobs for money. On the contrary, if your salary is longer every time you change jobs, it will reflect your self-worth, which also shows that your abilities are getting stronger and stronger. ." Dai Li spread his hands and continued: "But if a person gets a salary that does not match his ability, it may not be a good thing."
"Yeah, those coaches thought they should get more salary, so they jumped ship." Blake agreed casually.
Dai Li shook his head: "You understand it wrong. What I mean is that the salary I am offering them now just reflects their ability. With their current ability level, they are not worthy of enjoying a higher salary. They They shouldn't be asking for a salary increase, at least not now, and the training centers that pay them well are making a loss."
Blake was stunned for a moment by Dai Li's words: "I thought you were comforting yourself because you couldn't keep those coaches. You made the fuss for a long time and said that those guys who were poached are noobs!"
"Otherwise? Do you think their training level is very high?" Dai Li asked rhetorically.
"Compared to you, they are indeed very poor, or even completely incomparable, but compared to ordinary physical fitness coaches, they are also very good! At least in my opinion, their work performance is worthy of the salary. , and even said that it is worth the money, so the Ironman Training Center will offer a higher price to poach people." Blake answered.
"It would be the same if it were someone else. If the new person you recruit stays with me for a few days and lets me train him properly, he will also become a very good physical coach." Dai Li said confidently.
Blake glared at Dai Li. He didn't know where Dai Li got such confidence.
Blake also wanted to be a boxing coach, so he also knew that cultivating a good coach could not be accomplished overnight, so he seemed a little hesitant about raising salary. There are a lot of average coaches with average skills, but good coaches have always been a scarce resource that can only be found but not sought.
There was a faint sneer on Dai Li's face, and there was even a slight mockery in the sneer.
"Those naive guys, do they really think that their training level has improved greatly? If they really had that ability, they would have risen to prominence long ago, why would they be reduced to my training center?" Dai Li shook his head silently. He shook his head, his thoughts already entering the system, and looking at the vacant position on the team pyramid.
The coaches who chose to change jobs were all Dai Li's early employees. At that time, Dai Li's training center had just opened. It required funds but no money, and no reputation. It was impossible to hire high-level physical coaches. , so we can only recruit people with average abilities, such as Chris Payton, whose resume is already one of the best.
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for, and the wages of incompetent coaches are naturally cheaper. Coupled with hiring some part-time workers, Dai Li's human resources costs have never been high.
As for the coach's training effect, Li Dai is not worried at all. In the past, Li Dai personally arranged the training plan, and then other coaches were responsible for the daily training work. The existence of the detector allows Dai Li to clearly know everyone's shortcomings, so as to formulate a targeted training plan. Other coaches only need to perform training according to the plan.
Since getting the team pyramid, Li Dai no longer worries about the training effect. The team pyramid allows all the coaches under Li Dai to enjoy the bonus training effect, turning them from a group of weak coaches into elite coaches. If there is no team pyramid, they are still a group of average coaches.
For example, Jones, who was poached by the Ironman Training Center, could only teach ordinary people in the gym due to his actual level. However, Dai Li arranged for him to be a first-class coach in the team pyramid, which made him a first-class coach. Training bonus, you must know that when Li Dai was still a first-class coach, he was capable of coaching the national team. There is of course a huge difference in level between a gym coach and a national team coach.
It is precisely because of the role of the team pyramid that Jones feels that his training level has increased significantly. This also gives others the illusion that Jones is a young and promising coach.
Dai Li believes that without the team pyramid bonus, those coaches who changed jobs would inevitably be brought back to their original form. If they were really that kind of talented coach, they wouldn't have been able to work for Li Dai back then, and they would have accomplished a lot long ago.
Blake, who was in the driver's seat, ignored Dai Li's mysterious confidence. He continued to drive the car and said at the same time: "Recruiting people cannot be rushed, but we have received some physical training clients before, all of which were related to the recruitment of beach lifeguards. This kind of physical training time period to cope with the nature of the exam , the profit is high, but it tests our reputation. If we don’t do well in a certain year, it will be difficult to receive such business again in the future.”
"Yes, summer is coming again, and the beach will be crowded again." Dai Li looked at the sky outside.
Blake continued: "Last year, we launched a small-scale physical training course for beach lifeguards, and the results were pretty good. Many people passed the physical fitness test during the beach lifeguard assessment. At that time, Jones was the main Take charge of this. Jones was the first to be poached by the Ironman Training Center and took several clients with him, which left us very passive."
Among the jobs that young Americans are passionate about, beach lifeguarding ranks among the top ten all year round. Just imagine staying on the beach every day, facing the sea, enjoying the sun and sea breeze, and there are many sexy and hot girls in bikinis and strong boys with big breasts and eight-pack abs, driving motorboats on the beach when they have nothing to do. In one circle, life is like a vacation, and you can also receive a very good salary while on vacation. Isn't this kind of life too tempting for young people? In order to cater to young audiences, many American film and television companies even shoot films about beach lifeguards.
Therefore, as long as there is a recruitment of beach lifeguards, a large number of young people will definitely be attracted to participate. The most popular positions must be the best among the best. In some places in the United States, the acceptance rate of beach lifeguards is even comparable to the domestic civil service examination. This has also given rise to related training industries. Looking at how popular civil service examination training is in China, you can generally imagine that the candidate training for beach lifeguards in the United States is also very popular.
As a beach lifeguard, in addition to mastering lifesaving knowledge, you must also have good water skills and good physical fitness. Many professional physical training centers will also offer relevant courses to help young people who want to become beach lifeguards train their physical fitness so that they can pass the beach lifeguard selection examination more smoothly.
Dai Li has a background in running training classes. Of course he knows that such short-term exam-oriented training classes are very profitable. Back then, Dai Li could earn a year's income by running a two-month summer training class. Therefore, the physical training of beach lifeguards , it is a hugely profitable deal for any training center.
However, this kind of short-term training course is very particular about reputation. This is not only true in China, but also in foreign countries. A group of students will be trained this year. If none of them pass the test, it will ruin their reputation and no one will sign up next year. On the other hand, if the passing rate is very high, then when the training class is held again next year, students will definitely flock to it.
For those who take training courses, what matters is not the price, but the quality of the training. For example, if a college entrance examination repeater class can produce a top scorer every year, even if the fees are very high, there will still be no worries about enrollment. Many people even use backdoor connections to attend such training classes.
Thinking of the special nature of the training class, Dai Li rubbed his temples and then said: "Conducting training classes is my old profession. I will personally be responsible for this year's beach lifeguard training. I want a One hundred percent pass rate!”