Besides those who were there due to connections, there were also those less important but overlapping departments.
The layoffs would be based on their work records from the original farm days.
Only one department of each type would be retained, and all similar departments from other farms would be eliminated.
Within the redundant departments being eliminated, those who genuinely worked hard could stay and be assigned to the retained departments of the same type.
With only one department of each type retained from the original farm, the original department's manpower would obviously be insufficient to handle the suddenly expanded farm. This would also increase manpower and reduce workload.
Of course, all of the above layoffs were only aimed at office-based departments such as marketing and management.
As for the much larger number of farmhands, Su Yi's intention was not to lay them off, but to retain them all.
These were the people working on the front lines of the farm, basically honest farmers from the nearby villages.
Their average age was over forty.
Most of them worked here to support their families, and they were all from farming backgrounds, so they usually didn't slack off when working.
Although it seemed that there was some redundancy in the farm's workforce now, Su Yi thought long and hard before deciding not to lay them off.
Firstly, unlike the office workers, many farmhands would genuinely not know what else to do if they lost this job. Although Su Yi didn't intend to help everyone in the world, he hadn't reached the point of snatching a few scraps of silver from these poor people who toiled in the fields.
Moreover, these redundant farmers might not necessarily be left to simply eat for free.
If he really introduced the planting of those magical plants in the future, meticulous cultivation would definitely be required in the early stages due to lack of experience.
Yue Ling wouldn't have that much time.
Su Yi wouldn't let her deal with these magical plants in the fields under the scorching sun every day.
Having these experienced farmers take care of these crops would be a good solution instead.
At that time, the redundant farmers on the farm might not even be enough.
Secondly, it was out of consideration for stability, not wanting to create too much trouble and attract unwanted attention.
Su Yi's current situation was that he wasn't afraid of powerful outsiders, but he was afraid of local bullies.
With Yue Ling around, he wouldn't be afraid of being targeted by any influential figures with connections, even if he came up with something earth-shattering.
He didn't acknowledge any dignitaries; whoever dared to cross him, he would make them disappear from this world.
At any time, physically annihilating someone was the most deterrent.
And Yue Ling happened to have the power to kill anyone on Blue Star.
So Su Yi wasn't afraid of big shots, but if he encountered local bullies, it would be like a toad crawling on his foot – it wouldn't bite, but it would disgust him!
He himself came from the countryside and naturally understood the simplicity and diligence of rural people.
But he also understood the rudeness and unreasonableness in the countryside.
The farmhands were all from nearby villages, and he knew without thinking that if he laid off a large number of them today, no matter how sufficient his reasons or how generous the severance pay, he wouldn't have a good day on this farm in the future.
If he really encountered such a situation, he couldn't possibly ask Yue Ling to kill them all.
She was his personal bodyguard and beloved wife, not a murderer.
So, in order to prevent these unnecessary troubles, and because he really had things that required these farmhands who genuinely understood farm work to do,
it was better to keep the extra people for the time being.
Of course, since they were being kept, their treatment naturally had to change.
Previously, the farm's wages for these farmhands were only four to five thousand a month.
It seemed like a lot, but compared to their workload and work intensity, that little bit of money was completely inadequate.
Su Yi planned to increase the salaries of the farmhands who were retained.
Not by much, just doubling their original salary.
Eight thousand a month.
And the messy contracts they had originally signed also needed to be changed to formal contracts that complied with laws and regulations.
Strictly implement an eight-hour work system, five days on, two days off, and provide five insurances and one housing fund.
The company would provide meals and accommodation, but since there were no proper dormitories yet, employees could rent their own housing and take the rental contract to the company's finance department to reimburse the rent. Rent up to 1,000 per month could be reimbursed, and employees would have to pay for the excess.
According to Su Yi's understanding, this price could already rent a very good house in this area on the edge of Jiangcheng.
As for those locals who didn't need to rent a house, he knew without thinking that some people would definitely rent their own houses to cheat the rental subsidy, but he didn't care, treating it as a benefit for them.
In addition, there were various other benefits, such as afternoon tea and late-night snack subsidies.
The welfare level was approaching that of those big Internet companies.
In the end, as a boss, even if he couldn't get those magical crops, he could still develop as a normal farm.
Giving employees benefits like this, he basically wouldn't lose money.
And in the case that magical plants from another world could allow him to quickly harvest the wealth of those rich people, he naturally wouldn't mind giving employees more money.
From beginning to end, he never intended to squeeze oil from these poor people; his target was always those wealthy groups.
Su Yi didn't have the idea of helping everyone in the world, but he had the awareness to let those who followed him live better.
Of course, he didn't think that giving his subordinates wages and benefits far exceeding those of his peers would make everyone obedient to him.
There would always be a small group of people who, after receiving benefits, would think that he was kind and want more, and would make trouble if he didn't give it to them.
But this would only be a very small group. If they really made trouble, he wouldn't even need to do anything. Those employees who had benefited from working for him would spontaneously come out to defend him.
Making more people stakeholders, the few greedy people would naturally not be able to make waves.
Looking at the new version of the employee benefits system that Su Yi had personally revised, Zhou Yan couldn't help but gasp for air, and after holding it in for a long time, he couldn't help but sigh:
"You are really... the most generous boss I've ever seen."
"It's just a little money. This is just the treatment for the most basic employees of the farm. You can formulate a corresponding form for the welfare benefits of other departments according to this standard and show it to me. Don't worry about spending money. How much money can be paid out for wages?" Su Yi said casually.
Zhou Yan naturally had no reason to refuse and quickly agreed.
After instructing these things, Su Yi looked at him with interest and said:
"Manager Zhou has outstanding abilities and has handled things very well these past few days. I wonder what position you held in the Shen family?"
Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and quickly said:
"Chairman Su has misunderstood. I was temporarily hired by Mr. Shen to handle these matters. After the employment ends, I will not have much relationship with the Shen family."
"I would like to invite you to be the general manager of Tianyu Farm. I wonder if you are interested," Su Yi said with a smile.
"It is my wish, I dare not ask for more! Chairman Su is too kind!" Zhou Yan's eyes flashed with joy, and he quickly said.
Although letting him be the general manager of a farm was a bit of a waste of his abilities,
he was very clear that the young man in front of him had nearly one billion in cash flow in the account of another company, Tianyu Holdings.
What kind of concept was this?
Many large companies with a market value of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions after listing may not be able to take out one billion at any time.
But Tianyu Holdings could!
With his vision, it was not difficult to see that Su Yi wanted to build Tianyu Holdings into a huge group.
If he could succeed, then joining now would mean he would be a founding member in the future.
After seeing Su Yi's financial resources and ambition, he would have to come even if he didn't get paid.
Not to mention that Su Yi was so generous to the most basic employees, how could he have less benefits as the general manager?