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Recently, after the explosion of the tea supermarket in Xuchang, Henan Province, in order to stabilize the quality and avoid the employees being too tired, it was announced that the employees would leave work 3 hours in advance, which aroused concern and heated discussions.
On December 27, Fat Donglai issued an announcement on the adjustment of the business hours of the tea supermarket in Xuchang area, which showed that due to the large sales volume, in order to stabilize the quality of operation, commodity quality and business quality, the business hours of Fat Donglai Tea Supermarket in Xuchang area were temporarily compressed to 10:30~18:00.
On September 2, the official account of Fat Donglai released a winter business schedule, showing that the working hours from Sunday to Thursday are: 9:30-21:00, and from Friday to Saturday: 9:30-21:30.
According to the winter business hours, after the adjustment, the working hours of employees in the tea supermarket are equivalent to 1 hour late in the morning, at least 3 hours earlier in the evening, and at least 4 hours of time throughout the day.
Source: Video screenshot
Previously, Fat Donglai Supermarket has been "out of the circle" many times with its advantages of good service and complete categories, and has been regarded by many people as the "ceiling of the supermarket".
With the popularity of Fat Donglai, its tea supermarket has also entered the public eye. Many netizens said that the tea in the tea supermarket "does not use pesticides" and "drinks as much as you want".
In November this year, Yu Donglai, the founder of Fat Donglai, said in a live broadcast, "The tea department may have only sold 40,000 or 50,000 yuan in the past, but now it may sell more than 200,000 yuan a day, (sales) is too high, people's labor intensity is too great, too hard, increase people, I'm afraid that when the heat goes down, you (increase) people can't arrange it." [So] I compressed my work hours and closed early, [the employee] was too tired, he would get sick after a long time, and the quality of his work would also decrease."
The tea shop was crowded with people. Source: Video screenshot
When Yu Donglai shared his business philosophy on an event forum, he mentioned that the working time is now 7 hours, and he imagines that it will be 6 hours in the future.
He also said that if employees don't want to go to work and want to ask for leave, it is not allowed not to approve leave, and employees are not allowed to find reasons to make up reasons for leave, so as to guide people to live a real life.
On November 25, Yu Donglai mentioned in the sharing of meeting minutes that this year's Fat Donglai is estimated to have a revenue of more than 100 billion, a year's tax revenue of 3 or 4 billion, and a profit of 3 or 4 billion.
Yu Donglai said that as of October, the income of employees is basically above 7,000, the average minimum may be 6,500, and the high salary last month was 8,400, and this is not the best department, the best department is higher than this.
Yu Donglai. Source: VCG
According to public information:
Founded in 1997, Fat Donglai Trading Group Co., Ltd. is an enterprise mainly engaged in the retail industry.
In recent years, Fat Donglai has become popular on the Internet because of its warm corporate culture and meticulous service, and some people have called Fat Donglai's success "impossible to replicate", and Lei Jun once commented that Fat Donglai "is the god-like existence of China's retail industry".
Fat East comes to Angel City. Source: VCG
According to local media reports, Fat Donglai received a total of 2.7 million tourists during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday this year, of which Fat Donglai Angel City received 1.4 million tourists, and foreign tourists accounted for more than 95%.
Source: Comprehensive Bailu Video, Jiupai News