Title: Baidu's vice president's remarks sparked a storm of public opinion, and a former colleague's revelation of his private life sparked a new wave of heated discussions
In the early morning of May 9, Xuan Jing, vice president of public relations of Baidu, posted an apology in her personal circle of friends, admitting that some of the "bloody" remarks on the Internet had caused controversy. The turmoil stemmed from a viral online short video in which Baidu's vice president Xuan Jing tried to enter new media, releasing a few videos during the May Day period, and in just a few days, the number of fans on the account reached nearly one million due to the controversial topic.
But on May 7, the video released by Xuan Jing "I approve the resignation of employees in seconds" appeared on Weibo hot search.
"I'm not your mother-in-law, why should I care about the employee's family"
A passage caused a lot of controversy and caused huge losses to Baidu.
After the apology letter was issued, Xuan Jing thought that the incident would be settled, but she didn't expect that more internal contradictions and old things were picked up by former colleagues, which further aggravated the turmoil in the public opinion field.
The furious remarks were questioned, the apology was exposed, and the infighting was exposed
In the early morning of May 9, Xuan Jing posted an apology in her personal circle of friends, admitting that her words and deeds "do not meet the requirements of relevant process management and do not represent the company's position". She said that communication and management would be improved in the future.
But the apology has been met with more skepticism and criticism online. Lao Hu, a well-known self-media figure, said that this is just a change of attitude, and if he is sincere, Xuan Jing should publicly apologize on a bigger platform.
"This rhetoric is nothing more than this: don't kidnap me morally, I'm just a businessman, and business operations only need to obey the law." A netizen commented.
Just after Xuan Jing issued an apology in the circle of friends, someone claiming to be her former colleague left a message under her circle of friends to break the news, which further catalyzed the turmoil.
"Her current performance is her true character", the whistleblower claimed that Xuan Jing did not hesitate to let female subordinates associate with her in order to please some media reporters and opinion leaders; "The reason why I was able to keep my job at that time was because of the cover of a certain high-level person, but I did a lot of tricky things when I was on assignment."
What's even more surprising is that the whistleblower also asked Xuan Jing to explain her private life situation by name, "Why don't you talk about your husband?" You have two sons, but they are rarely mentioned in the circle of friends. "
The content of this revelation is nuanced, and even mentions questions about the details of Xuan Jing's life, making some netizens think that this is indeed a revelation after insiders understand the situation.
When communicating with people in private, Xuan Jing even admitted that a former colleague posted the same revelation under her circle of friends, and said that someone within Baidu paid 2,000 yuan to ask someone to do so.
But just as she said this, the former colleague left a message below her circle of friends to refute, "You said I received 2,000 yuan? How can you have no bottom line!"
So far, all kinds of old accounts and contradictions have surfaced, becoming a big episode in this turmoil.
Netizens questioned that this must also reflect the degree of internal management
When various details were shaken out, netizens also reflected doubts about Xuan Jing and the internal management methods of the company's senior management.
Someone commented that "what matters is not what she says, but that she fully demonstrates her arrogance".
Another netizen said, "It's been too long to treat employees as human beings, and they accidentally tell the truth."
Some skeptics believe that Xuan Jing's management philosophy is too ruthless and incompatible with the current mainstream social values: "You can be refined and self-interested, but you can't declare it, because Chinese companies need to have a sense of social responsibility, not a capitalist concept that focuses only on profits." "
"Something happened to PR No. 1, so who will give her PR?" It is also the opinion of many people.
However, there are also a large number of professionals who agree with the management philosophy of Tranquility.
"As an ordinary employee, I think she is telling the truth, how can a boss care about your life and family all day long? The boss only cares about performance. "
"In fact, this is the real idea of many company executives, but she dares to say it."
This public opinion controversy has pushed her to the commanding heights of being scrutinized by public opinion. Some details show that in the leaked internal group chat records, her behavior of commanding subordinate employees and demanding overtime has also caused a lot of controversy.
Author's point of view:
First of all, judging from the internal recording and follow-up revelations, Xuanjing's management style does seem high-pressure and harsh, and her rhetoric is more straightforward. But we can't completely deny her original intention of striving for performance for the company. As a front-line manager, it is a challenge to strike a balance between caring for your subordinates and demanding performance.
Second, we want to condemn those who publicize personal conflicts and family scandals. Whether it's insiders selling out the gossip, or deliberately tying up and hyping up the details of Jingjing's family life, these are unfair. Family ugliness should not be publicized, let alone private life issues.
At the same time, I also call on the senior management of Internet companies to show more human touch and humanistic care. The modern company is inseparable from strategic planning and pragmatic management, but it must not be reduced to a purely machine office and a "business society" that only cares about people. Employees are people first and foremost, and work resources second. A good corporate culture should not be just a façade.
We can learn from the Jingjing incident that reasonable performance pressure is okay, but if the top management oppresses employees with more and more extreme language, it is obviously overstepping. If the company continues to rule with high pressure, it will affect the centripetal force and cohesion of the team. When managers make requests, they use more humane ways and language, which will be more acceptable to employees.
Therefore, I hope that after this turmoil, Xuan Jing and other Baidu executives will reflect on and correct their management methods. Let performance-oriented and humanistic care be equally important, replace all negative language with a positive incentive mechanism, cherish each employee, and regard it as a valuable human resource rather than a machine. In the long run, it will win the centripetal force of employees and the healthy development of the company.
As netizens, we should comment on this matter objectively and rationally, neither blindly attacking Xuan Jing personally, nor overly beautifying the management philosophy of simply pursuing performance. We should also reflect on the employment culture of Internet companies in the general environment, and hope that they will become more humane in the future. Finding a balance between performance and human favor is the way to go in the long run.
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