Chapter 598 - Certificate of Inno-Biz (3) – Part 1
Gun-Ho made a call to the former chief officer of GH Mobile’s research center.
“Mr. President Goo, to what do I owe the pleasure of your call today?”
“I haven’t seen you at work lately, sir.”
“I am truly grateful that you let me stay at the company with an advisory position, but I feel like I’m not needed there. I don’t want to impose anyone at work, so I stay home most of the time. I usually come to work briefly in the morning. I was at work this morning since we had a meeting for the executive officers.”
“It was my fault, sir. I should have prepared an office for you.”
“No, sir. There is no company that would give an office to someone who is holding a temporary advisory position. I sincerely thank you for giving me a position even after I’ve already reached my retirement age.”
“As you just mentioned, we had a meeting this morning between the executive officers. And, an idea of changing the compound room into a research center came up.”
“That sounds not bad at all. We would give a better impression to the public by having a research center within the company. Compounding chemicals are also research activities, and it requires laboratory work, so it makes sense to call the compound room as the research center.”
“As you just mentioned, considering the positive effect on our company’s public image, we’ve decided to change the compound room into a technology research center. And, we will give you an office even though it’s a temporary position, hoping that you would come to work more often and spend some time in your office giving good advice to the young workers there. It could be a nice place to relax as well as reading a newspaper.”
“I would greatly appreciate that, sir.”
“Dyeon Korea’s research center is different from the one in GH Mobile though. Various chemicals are being handled there, and it’s not a good place to stay all day long. We will find an office for you with a window, so you could have proper ventilation airflow.”
“The workers at the compound room wear a mask while handling chemical compounds. So, it doesn’t matter whether I have a window or not; I can wear a mask too.”
“During the meeting this morning, many executive officers suggested giving you a position title as a chief research officer even though it would still be a temporary advisory position, and the current manager of the compound room—Manager Hee-Yeol Yoo—would take the deputy chief research officer.”
“Well, I’m not sure how Manager Hee-Yeol Yoo would take it.”
“I indirectly asked Manager Yoo about the new arrangement, and he said that it would be his pleasure working with you again, sir.”
“Really? Haha. I’d love to work with him too.”
“Mr. General Affairs Manager, I want you to prepare a pay raise document to be signed. Ms. Accounting Manager Jo, once you receive the list of the affected employees with their raised pay from the general affairs department, please get me the updated general administrative expenses.”
“Yes, sir.”
“The pay raise applies to all salaried employees. The production workers, who are being paid per work hour, are excluded. Please include the one who is holding an advisory position too.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Also, my chauffeur—Mr. Chan-Ho Eum—is from a service company. Please raise his pay by 7% as well. I don’t want to see him pouting over being excluded from the pay raise.”
“Of course, sir. I will include him.”