Chapter 245 There Is a Problem with the People at the Forklift Factory

The director of the branch factory brought people over to help with production, which was a good thing, but there were also tricky things to deal with.

Liancheng's forklift factory is a local enterprise, not a military factory. Workers are more obedient, but they don't just do what you tell them to do.

After all, Lien City and Ngee Ann City are not the same province, and they are hundreds of kilometers apart. Most of the workers are locals, and even if they are not, they have basically settled down.

It can be said that the people in the military factory have received instructions, and the personnel will come when they are told to be mobilized. If there are difficulties, they must work hard to solve them. But the people in the forklift factory are different. They just have a job. You can't just let everyone leave their hometown with a piece of official paper.

It doesn’t matter where you work. Ngee Ann can’t pay more, and generally workers above level four can’t find a job in almost any profession.

Factory Director Wu brought people here this time, but the internal employees were very angry, and now he also brought people here under the guise of assisting the main factory in emergency production. They will stay in Ngee Ann for a month at most, and the workers will go back to Liancheng to celebrate the New Year. This is just like farming and rushing to harvest. After the work is done, it will be dispersed.

Hearing this statement, Luo Cheng was a little confused. The main factory has the power to transfer employees in branch factories, but it is meaningless to transfer ordinary workers. Ordinary workers may have difficulty finding jobs. In order to have a job, they accept transfers. But for skilled workers, if they are unwilling to leave their hometown, they can at most work in another factory. There is really nothing they can do.

First, hold a normal meeting and ask the logistics staff to take Factory Director Wu and the technical master he brought to the canteen first, and ask Master He to make breakfast for them.

At the meeting, Luo Cheng also told Director Wu what happened and asked everyone what their opinions were. Nowadays, there are many orders for forklifts, and there are no planning indicators. It takes one to produce one. It is true that fitters, blacksmiths, sheet metal workers, etc. of level six or above are needed.

"Director Luo, I suggest that Director Wu take people back. Since the forklift factory can't complete the tasks assigned above, actually bring the technicians to Ngee Ann. I feel that this temporary arrangement of people may have different meanings."

The first person to express his opinion was Liu Yun, the chief of the Human Resources Department. What he said was actually a bit euphemistic. If the branch factory could not export benefits, if Liancheng Forklift Factory had such an attitude, he would have said directly that he did not want to do this. Forklift factory.

Factory Director Luo didn't understand what this meant. Even if the workers didn't want to come to Ngee Ann to work, there was no need for them to go back directly if the factory director brought technicians to help for a month. If all the workers brought here are skilled workers, then as long as the forklifts have enough other accessories, they can produce dozens more units a month.

"Director Luo, why don't we let them learn the car body manufacturing requirements, and then let them go back to Liancheng, process it there and transport it over. At most, the transportation cost will be higher."

The person speaking this time was Director Zhao. Although he had never worked in a local enterprise, he had seen a lot of the world. It is indeed normal for workers not to leave their homes. But as Wu Feng is a factory director, and the forklift factory is not a new factory, it is unrealistic that he cannot recruit even a few skilled workers.

People in this generation are not very educated, but they are very dedicated and go wherever they need to go.

After hearing Director Zhao's words, Luo Cheng seemed to understand a little. There must be something wrong. Now the team of the automobile factory suspects that Director Wu brought people here ostensibly to assist in production, but maybe they just came to learn technology and complete their own forklift upgrades.

And it also has this meaning above. In Luo Cheng's automobile manufacturing plant, the forklifts are indeed good-looking, and the words they export represent face. However, the export orders are too busy, and the country itself also needs forklifts, and this branch is responsible for the production of domestic forklifts.

But now someone may want to make a small move. It may be Director Wu, or it may be a local unit in Liancheng. Of course, what Factory Director Wu said is not impossible. Maybe someone is unwilling to leave his hometown to work in another city, and persuades his colleagues. Some colleagues were reluctant to go when they saw others, and they followed suit and said they were unwilling.

But if you are really unwilling to accept the deployment because of your optical technology, then Director Wu must have made a wrong calculation. At automobile manufacturers, almost all models are produced on assembly lines. Those who are not involved in the entire assembly process will not understand the details at all. As for the masters at the forklift factory, I'm afraid they are all people who have to learn from the beginning to the end. Otherwise, a forklift factory can only produce a dozen vehicles a month, which is too inefficient. The only possibility is to drive a screw before the apprentice learns it. The master has to be watching from the side.

So Luo Cheng rejected the opinions of Section Chief Liu and Director Zhao, and asked Director Wu to lead his people to stay here for a month. If he really came to inquire about technology and had his own ideas, then the forklift branch factory would be turned into a simple Parts processing factory, as long as parts are not needed people. If it was really due to incitement among workers that Director Wu was helpless, then he would just find a way to take measures against the workers.

And it just so happens that we are going to the grain station today to collect grain. First, let the workers in the forklift factory see how powerful the welfare of the automobile factory is.

Ask Xu Haitang to make a broadcast. Starting this afternoon, you can buy the factory's internal quota grain. But because there are so many people in the factory now, today there are people from the repair department, the machine operation department in the workshop, as well as the square car assembly workshop and the security department. As for the transportation pairs from the car factory, you can buy them whenever you have time regardless of the specified time.

And although it is stipulated which departments can purchase in the afternoon, if money is tight, you can still postpone the purchase. There will be no delays.

There was nothing else going on at the meeting, and many department heads would not report it repeatedly every day. The need to expand production is something Luo Cheng will consider, unless there are special instructions from some units above.

As soon as the meeting was dismissed, Director Zhang and Director Zhao went to the canteen to find Director Wu and his group. We are going to ask Director Wu to follow Director Zhao to produce forklift casings. Yes, they are producing forklift casings, not even the body. The body at least has a driving structure. Director Zhao and the others are only responsible for the shape of the car shell.

Regardless of the model, one workshop is basically responsible for a certain part. Those who assemble the chassis are only responsible for the chassis, and those who assemble the engine are only responsible for the engine. The next step is to assemble parts in the workshop. If you want the goods, you only need to go to the previous workshop to get them. For example, when it comes to assembling the engine, those in the engine assembly workshop will definitely go to the chassis workshop to get the goods, while those who install the transducer will definitely not go to the chassis workshop to get the goods, but to the vehicle assembly and engine workshop. Take the car with the engine frame already installed and assemble it.

In fact, the machine assembly production lines of the post-era are called fast. Everything is automatically assembled by machines. The accessories are complete, and it only takes a while to assemble a car. But now it can only be assembled manually, which is a bit slow, but it doesn’t require any skills. There are only a few formal assemblers in the factory, but now there are more and more vehicles to be assembled in the factory. In the past, when there were more than a dozen vehicles, it was possible for one master to lead two apprentices to assemble them from scratch, but now it is no longer possible.

Manual forklifts require people, cube trucks require people, three-wheel trucks require people, forklifts require people, and even the cube trucks 2.0 that are about to be produced need people who understand all aspects of acceptance and quality inspection.

Nowadays, people who really know how to assemble don't have to assemble. They only need to be responsible for the quality inspection of each step. Check whether there are any missing or incorrect installations, and you have become the team leader. Even if it doesn't happen, don't worry, the factory has been expanding production and new models, and everyone has something to look forward to.

The people brought by Director Wu had a sumptuous meal in the canteen, and each person was given a fried egg. What I drank was porridge, even if it was made in a big pot, it was cooked well.

After Director Zhao came over, Director Wu talked with him for a while. According to the level, given the current scale of the automobile factory, Director Wu believes that his level is at least as good as a deputy director even in the main factory. But I heard that Director Zhao came from the military factory. Although his position in the automobile factory was just the director of a workshop, his identity was completely different from that of the director of a local enterprise.

Let's put it this way, in the automobile factory, logistics directors like Director Zhang would not dare to stab him in front of him. If Luo Cheng didn't have another identity, it would be impossible to suppress him as the director of the company.

Director Zhao did not immediately arrange work for the group of them, but took them around the factory, which now has more than a dozen workshops. The workshop is still under construction, but instead of building a single-story small workshop, a comprehensive factory building is already under construction. It's a large area with two floors. By then, a production plant will be comparable to a medium-sized factory.

As for the forklift factory in Liancheng, it only has a few workshops due to various mergers. For example, the factory that had not yet transformed into tractor production actually only had two or three workshops, which were no bigger than when the automobile factory was still a repair shop.

There are four big words at the door of each workshop saying "No entry for non-workers", but there are people in work clothes coming and going at the door of each workshop. The transportation of semi-finished products does not rely solely on manpower. Three-wheeled trucks, manual forklifts, and even a motorized forklift can be seen driving back and forth on the road in the workshop.

Seeing the forklifts at work, Director Wu and the workers who came here were all opened-eyed. Compared with the forklifts produced by their factory, the shape, performance and flexibility were hugely different. No wonder car manufacturers can export forklifts, but their forklifts can only be used domestically.

The fork lift speed of the forklift is really fast. The forklifts in the forklift factory are still screw-type forklifts, with a lifting screw standing high in the middle, which is ugly and blocks the view. Of course, when they don’t see forklifts from automobile factories, they don’t have any ugly or bad opinions about the forklifts they produce. Forklifts are treasures, but when you look at forklifts from automobile manufacturers and forklifts from forklift factories, they are just a piece of shit.

Director Zhao took Factory Director Wu around and explained the different divisions of labor in each workshop. He also pointed to several large factories that were about to be completed and talked about the plans of the automobile factory. Director Wu should not underestimate the scale of the current automobile factory. The export of forklifts is only the first step of the automobile factory. This is not the core product of the automobile factory. The core is actually the engine.

Pointing to the place where vehicles and products are parked in the open air, there are two square cars 2.0 without paint or glass. Director Zhao said, although the shape of this vehicle is not as unique as a sedan. But the performance is super strong. This car only has one clutch and can drive at a top speed of 160 yards. This is because the materials of many parts are not good, which limits the upper limit of the speed. According to theory, it can actually drive at 200 yards, but still For safety reasons, certain speed limits are imposed.

One hundred and sixty yards? Are you kidding me? The fastest Jeep this year is around 100, and the fastest sedan is around 120. There may be faster ones abroad, but that's not what an engine of this displacement can do.

Director Wu was surprised to see Factory Director Wu, and Director Zhao said that he could go for a test drive experience if he had time. However, because it has not been painted yet, the seats are not installed in the car. Be careful when test driving. There is no windshield in front of the car. Don't drive too fast and slam on the brakes. A car without a windshield would literally fly out.

While everyone was still visiting outside the workshops, the car factory's radio rang. According to the workshops that have been called by name, in the afternoon you can go to the granary of the automobile factory to buy rice according to the announced standards. Please ask the person in charge of each workshop whose name is called to keep the order in which employees buy rice in the afternoon, that is, do not rush to buy rice. Organize by yourself, come from workshop to workshop, and come in batches. Don’t ignore the production of the workshop just to buy a grain.

"Director Zhao, is this factory still responsible for selling grain?"

Director Wu also heard the broadcast. This was the first time he heard about the factory selling grain. Isn't this grain sold by the grain store? Could it be that the purchasing method here in Ngee Ann is different?

"Oh, this, as the director of a local enterprise, you should also know that factories have their own retention money. This is not the forklift that is going to be exported. Our factory director Luo asked us to exchange all our retention money for grain. . But after all, the retention money is also the money of the factory. The grain that cannot be exchanged is shared directly with everyone, so you have to pay. As a standard, there has been an announcement on the bulletin board for a long time. There is no need to vote for purchasing grain. Just pay 16 cents per kilogram of rice."

"Every month?"

"Yes, in fact, it's not just food. Our factory also plans to sell vegetables, meat, seafood and even more to employees in the future. In the working class era, everything is for the workers. But many things have to be done step by step. This year, we will reach an agreement with our regional towns. We have established an economic cooperative, and until next year, we will grow vegetables and raise chickens, ducks, and pigs specifically for the factory to ensure higher living needs for the workers.”

Director Zhao's voice was louder, and except for Factory Director Wu, almost all the technical workers who came with him could hear it clearly.

Anyway, apart from wages, the car factory treats its employees completely uniquely. Although the automobile factory is currently short of workers, wages are uniformly stipulated in the country. We cannot raise wages to poach workers just because of the shortage. But when it comes to other benefits, no factory dares to compare with the automobile factory. This food alone is just needed. It is distributed uniformly across the country. That is, the automobile factory can export products, so there is a precedent for this.

Other factories, even large ones like steel rolling mills, do not have the ability to get extra food for their employees.

If the automobile factory has extra grain, it is not afraid of other factories saying that if you have the ability, your factory can sell its products abroad in exchange for grain and money.

For skilled workers with higher grades, their incomes are indeed higher. A sixth-grade worker can earn a salary of seventy or eighty yuan. But it doesn't matter if the level is higher. There is no administrative level. The sixth-level workers and the formal first-level workers actually receive the same amount of food from the ration book.

And in the absence of a receipt, the money is not spent. If you have a ticket, a pound of grain will cost just over 10 cents. If you don't have a ticket, a pound of grain will cost 50 or 60 cents at Pigeon Market. At this price, you can't buy it if you want. It depends on your luck.

The treatment at the automobile factory moved the hearts of many forklift factory workers present. Liancheng and Ngee Ann are both southern cities with similar climate and staple food. If you come to live here, except for the accent, it will not have much impact on other aspects.

The senior worker at the forklift factory doesn't want to come here. Indeed, the main reason is that his wife, children, and family are all in Liancheng. Plus, they have skills and don’t have to worry about finding jobs. Although they were dedicated, they were instigated by some people, thinking that the salary was actually the same, so they banded together and said they were unwilling to be transferred here.

And the instigator was none other than Director Wu and certain people. In fact, Factory Director Wu did not have this attitude at the beginning, but his attitude changed after he came into contact with some people in the local unit.

The purpose of this group of skilled workers coming to the Ngee Ann Automobile Manufacturing Factory is to learn the forklift manufacturing technology here. After learning the technology, they will have other arrangements after returning home. After all, the forklift factory in Liancheng is already a branch of the automobile factory here. If you just want to learn technology, there is no need to do this.

But now some workers are attracted to the automobile factory here in Ngee Ann. If it is like what Director Zhao said, in the future, in addition to the ration, many items can be bought inside the factory, which is equivalent to an extra ration. . For a man whose family is supported by just one worker, the temptation is too great.