Chapter 42 (1/2)
Translated by Coldtaco
Edited by Aelryinth
Su Jinyu nodded in agreement, “Yep, that’s fine!”
Chen Mo said, “Alright, I’ll just need some more details about the employment. First, the work time! Every day, from 10 AM to 8 PM. Try to be present on weekends. If you need some time off, try and have them on Monday or Tuesday.”
Su Jinyu agreed.
“As for the pay, working during weekends and holidays will be considered overtime working out to about eight thousand RMB a month, transferred within the first five days of the month. However, you only get eight days of leave a month.”
Su Jinyu was shocked, “Huh? So much?”
Normally companies would try and keep the pay of interns as low as possible. In the Imperial Capital, even a student from a notable university would only receive around five thousand RMB a month.
The pay might be higher for an industry that required plenty of overtime, but it wouldn’t exceed seven thousand.
Only after passing the orientation and becoming a full-time employee could one hope to get above eight thousand RMB, possibly into the tens of thousands. Su Jinyu thought she would receive five thousand a month in salary, so Chen Mo’s offer was beyond her expectations.
Chen Mo said, “If you’re unhappy, reducing it isn’t a problem.”
Su Jinyu left out a stifled laugh, “I’m perfectly happy with it.”
Chen Mo never liked the idea of bargaining for pay. It was always a showdown between HR and the applicant. I want fifteen thousand, you want ten, settling at twelve. It reminded him of the old ladies at the market haggling, completely unnecessary and was disrespectful to the talent.
Chen Mo felt that spending two to three more thousand RMB a month wasn’t a big deal when compared to the ten thousand RMB per spin. Moreover, he felt that Su Jinyu deserved that amount of money.
Chen Mo continued, “Now, regarding overtime.”
Su Jinyu quickly interjected, “Overtime isn’t a problem, I’m still at the stage of learning and gathering experience. If there’s a need to work through the night…”
Chen Mo said, “Oh? You’re mistaken. I was about to say that there’s no need for overtime. 10 AM to 8 PM every day, there will be no overtime.”
“Huh?” Su Jinyu was shocked as the situation was completely outside her expectations.
In his previous world, working overtime was completely normalized in the video game industry, and there wasn’t extra pay either. In the parallel world, although it wasn’t required, working overtime was still quite common.
The majority of the video game designers in the parallel world were workaholics. They were always more well-rounded, as they had to do all parts of a game. Therefore the main designer was always the busiest, completely destroying their sleep schedule in the process, which is why most of them chose to stay in their offices.
Su Jinyu thought that Chen Mo was also like that and was prepared to work overtime often, but it turned out Chen Mo didn’t work overtime?
Chen Mo said, “Companies that need their employees to work overtime frequently can only be one of two typesL understaffed, or have poor working efficiency of employees. This company is neither of those.”
Su Jinyu nodded, “Mm!” Although a bit confused, she felt compelled to agree.
Chen Mo said, “You probably already know most of the things you need to know about working at the front desk. There normally won’t be too many customers, so you can do whatever you want during downtime, be it playing games or watching videos online. I will provide you with some assistant-level work from time to time, so just make sure you finish them on time.”
Su Jinyu said, “Alright, no problem!”
Chen Mo said, “Alright, you can go back for today and prepare yourself for your first day tomorrow.”
Su Jinyu nodded, “Alright, nice meeting you!”
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After shaking hands because it felt necessary, Su Jinyu left with a huge smile on her face.
Su Jinyu was very happy with the job. Being able to learn with an amazing video game designer, way above average pay, not too much work, and no overtime either!
The only negative was that there was seemingly some difference in their ideology. But it wasn’t a problem. Even if the designer of Plants vs Zombies wanted to ruin their reputation for money, how bad could it really get?
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10 AM the next day…
Chen Mo opened the doors ten minutes early, but Su Jinyu was already standing there waiting.
“Good morning!” Su Jinyu greeted him.
Chen Mo said, “You don’t need to come so early in the future. It’s fine by me if you’re five to ten minutes late.”
Su Jinyu said, “I can’t do that, I’ve always been punctual.”
As the doors had just opened, there weren’t any customers inside.
The laptop and drawing tablet that Chen Mo had ordered had also arrived, both of which were quite high-end, completely able to satisfy any design requirements as of now.