235 6.29 Take It Or Leave It... (1/2)
Hiko-sama, Kayu-San and the ex-Mayor went to the government building and made a roll call. Those who were not present had their names cancelled before releasing them back to their respective departments.
Kayu-San explained that certain departments require just on a person each as it could be merged onto one such as the Department for Plot and Land, Public Utilities, Sanitation, Conservation and Disposal, Buildings and Constructions, Blueprints and National Statistics Office. These 7 departments could be closed down and became a single department called Public Internal Affairs.
6 persons would be able to handle every single task and that alone would result in a major layoff of more than 32 government staffs.
Next, they went to the business district and since the Imports and Exports Tax had been abolished, its high time to lay off 10 of the staffs. All individual Tax Offices could be merged as one from being Housing Property Tax, Business Income Tax, Personal Income Tax, Business Locale Tax, Savings Tax, Corporate Savings Tax, Agricultural Tax and other taxes.
The only tax that would still be in effect would be Housing Property Tax and Personal Income Tax. The rest would be recommended to be axed and disbanded. The new office would be called General Tax Office and 2 staffs would able to run that.
The total number layoffs were at 35 personnel.
Business Registration, Corporate Department, Commercial Affairs Department, Patent and Trademarks and other related would be closed down and merge to become one single department which would be called Commercial Internal Affairs and would be run by 3 persons.
This section alone would lay off 29 staffs.
After they had accessed everything and made their conclusion of a restructuring of just the following departments:
[Public Internal Affairs.]
In:6 / Out:32
[General Tax Office]
In:2 / Out: 35
[Commercial Internal Affairs]
In: 3 / Out: 29
Checking against those who failed to turn up for their roll call earlier, 75% had left their jobs, 24 personnel still remains and only 11 were needed. So a total of just 13 would be compensated and the 11 staffs would have their salaries axed accordingly.
After compiling their data, the trio returns back and explained the whole situation. I didn't expect the ex-Mayor would be involved and pointing out which department would be scrapped but I discovered that he knew this all along and took its advantage.
Kayu-San recognises those names left and circled those who find it trustworthy. He would be glad to take up his position once again under the Head for Building and Construction.
”Alright... Kayu-San and Sensei, tomorrow morning after morning tea, please do another roll call and inform those who had been struck off to return here to receive their compensation. If the circled ones did not appear for work, quickly replaces it with another. Here, take my sketchpad and please update accordingly.”
”The 4 Execom and ex-Mayor would be here to point out our transparency in dealing with matters. The loss of their main source of income is never the end of their lives.”
”They may work with Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha in whichever positions they deem fit since our 3 buildings are currently up and running. I want them to be more assertive so the I could probe into their minds and know what the hell they are thinking about.”
”As for the compensation, we are willing to pay them a flat rate of 20 gold coins per month at 3 months per person. There are 13 laid off staffs now so we pay them 780 gold coins altogether. Love it or leave it...”
The offscreen crews suddenly broke into another song and dance, complete with beatboxing and everything:
Bum rush the speaker that booms,
I'm killin' your brain like a poisonous mushroom,