When Bill Gates was complacent and thought he could finally suppress Lianxiang Yinshan in the Chinese market, they discovered that the acquired company had serious problems.
"How did you manage to acquire the company and not re-sign employment contracts with the original elites? In the evaluation report you gave me, the value of these talents was also included, right? Where are the talents now?"
Ballmer threw the documents on the ground. If he hadn't thrown them in the other person's face, he would be easily sued. He really wanted to do this.
Spending so much money to acquire a company that is not worth it at all is not because of the talents in those companies. As a result, talents changed jobs!
Then the money spent before was wasted? Without those talents, the value of these companies will be reduced by half!
"I didn't expect that these people's contracts would have such big problems. They resigned without paying much liquidated damages."
The ratio of companies in China to paying liquidated damages to those who resign is low, not to mention that many of the software companies are jointly founded by friends, and some even do not stipulate that resignations require payment of liquidated damages.
In many contracts, unreasonable layoffs do not clearly indicate the need to pay liquidated damages, so many of these contracts have many loopholes.
If they had caught the loophole, of course there would be no problem, but now that someone else has taken advantage of the loophole and caused Microsoft losses, the problem is even bigger.
Ballmer felt that his future was bleak. Originally, Bill Gates supported him and gave him both the positions of president and CEO. But now, I am afraid that Bill Gates will take away at least one of them.
If it's serious, both may be taken away.
This will not only seriously affect Ballmer's income, but also have a serious impact on his career.
After a serious decision-making mistake, which company would hire such an executive in the future
"President, I have asked people to quickly re-sign contracts with those people and retain a group of them. And the companies poaching people this time are mainly Chinese companies. I suspect they have a premeditated plan!"
"So what if it was premeditated? Isn't it an oversight on your part and you didn't discover it? If you had discovered it earlier, would you have allowed these things to happen? Also, if such a big thing happened and you weren't in China to deal with it, why did you come back? ? Go back immediately and recruit people from other companies, including companies like Yinshan and other companies!"
"If it doesn't work out this time, then it's time to replace the Huaxia branch with a more capable person."
The Huaxia branch has just grown. If it loses this good position, it will definitely be a big loss. The president of Huaxia Branch immediately promised that the company would be satisfied this time, and left in a hurry.
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"Lao Lei, the company we newly acquired from Microsoft has poached so many people, don't they have anything to deal with?"
"They quickly signed new contracts with employees and retained some of the people we wanted to poach with high salaries. However, it had little impact on our plans. Nearly one-third of the talents we wanted to poach have already been poached. "
So fast? Feng Yu is also very satisfied with the work of Lei Dajun and others.
Of course, this time it was not just Lian Xiang Yinshan, but also Wang Zhixi, Ma Hua Teng Ma Yun, Li Yanhong and others who also poached some network-related technical personnel.
It's not just the talents of the companies that were just acquired by Microsoft. Some people from Microsoft's Chinese branch had their contracts expired and they also changed jobs. They couldn't stand the arrogance of those foreigners.
The mighty Microsoft has become a cradle for cultivating talents for them.
This time Microsoft spent a lot of money, and although it acquired many IT companies, it ended up suffering a big loss.
Money has a price, but talent is hard to find!
"Well done. Microsoft lost a fortune this time, but don't be too proud. Even if one billion is lost, it won't have much impact on a big company like Microsoft. And we also Be careful, Microsoft counterattacks."
How could Microsoft suffer a dumb loss? They will definitely take certain countermeasures.
"Microsoft also started poaching people from our company. Fortunately, we thought of it in advance, and our corporate culture has always been pretty good. Although some people have been poached, the core technical staff are still there, and none of them have left! "
None of the core technical staff have been poached, which is not easy. It seems that letting Qiu Bojun and Lei Dajun manage Lianxiang Yinshan is still very effective. Their idea of setting a goal and working hard together is very cohesive.
"That's good, but Microsoft's expansion this time is also a big trouble. China is our home base. If we watch Microsoft grow bigger, it will be very detrimental to us, and it will also affect our stock price when we go public."
While Feng Yu was talking to Liu Chuanzhi, the phone on the table rang and Wilson came over.
What is Wilson doing here at this time
Wilson entered Feng Yu's office and immediately reported: "Boss, I found a problem that may help us fight or even attack Microsoft."
What Wilson discovered must be a legal provision
Feng Yu's eyes lit up. If he could sue Microsoft and win, it would be a huge blow to Microsoft.
"Talk about it."
"Yesterday, China just passed the draft anti-monopoly law. One of the articles states that operators with a dominant market position shall not abuse their dominant market position to exclude or restrict competition."
Feng Yu was overjoyed, the antitrust law was passed
If it hadn’t been for Feng Yu’s suggestion, I don’t know when the antitrust law would have been drafted. At the beginning, the leaders were very surprised. Many of Feng Yu's companies were considered monopolies in China, right
However, after referring to foreign anti-monopoly laws and considering China's national conditions, they really found no problems with Feng Yu's subordinate companies.
But now, this draft has helped a lot.
"Boss, Microsoft's system software will force the installation of IE browser and Microsoft audio and video player. This is a means to eliminate competition. It is not only the law in China, but also the law in the United States."
The last time Microsoft was sued in Europe was because of bundling. However, both softwares are completely free. But even if it is free, it can still allow Microsoft to make income through advertising, etc. It should be no problem if it is bundled sales.
"Are you confident that you can win at this point?" Feng Yu asked seriously.
"I am confident that I will win. At least the Chinese government can give Microsoft a large fine. I think if we are involved in a lawsuit, and it is a monopoly, this will have a very serious impact on Microsoft in the Chinese market, right? "Wilson said with a smile.
Feng Yu patted Wilson on the shoulder excitedly: "Well done, I'll pay for this time, sue them!"
… (To be continued.)>