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Two candles lit the room

Two candles lit the room

By josephine oriolPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

As an HR executive, I care a lot about finding talent, but I have a different view of talent in human resources. Therefore, when Yingzi appeared, I had great vigilance for her, she graduated from a famous university with a major in human resources, and she has been in the workplace for many years. If such a talent arrives at our company, it will certainly become my biggest competitor, and I am paled in shame. Therefore, I deliberately crammed her resume into the inconspicuous corner.

All positions of talent have been reported, I grew a sigh of relief, but for Yingzi, I took the "snow" way. On the phone, I told her that the company's human resources department was overwhelmed and that we were only short of one sanitation worker if possible.

I knew she was too proud to accept the drudgery of cleaning.

Half a month later, the boss called me, I looked up and saw Clara. From that time on, I knew that she was introduced by a friend to the boss, and the boss appreciated her. I was afraid she told me in front of the boss black, I pretended to calm, she reached out her hand, her palm is very warm.

Sure enough. She was assigned to work in the human resources department, and as my deputy, I was careful everywhere, afraid to speak loudly in meetings, not in meetings, because she was present, I only said some superficial work. After going down, I called my able officers to have a small meeting, the small meeting is my world, I discuss the right and wrong, everyone's work arrangement is appropriate, but for her, I feel unfair, but I can not control myself.

At the small meeting that day, she unexpectedly showed up uninvited and sat in the back seat, her face was smiling. I awkwardly called her to sit next to me, she said: I came to sit in, learn knowledge, I believe I will become a staff in the future.

The boss arranged for us to do an external communication, we soldiers divided into two ways, in order to be on the safe side, I sent the spy, afraid that she would finish the task first.

I rushed to finish the work in three hours, the spy called to say that she was only halfway through, I took a sigh of relief, and hunched myself in the cafe to enjoy it. That game, I naturally became the winner, when I came out of the boss's office with a smile on my face, I saw if I could not help but wind Sakura.

Not only that, I suspected that she had been coveting my position for a long time, and I was wary. Once, I had a lunch with government officials, drank a few cups of wine, and then in the afternoon, I was unrestrained and scolded some people in the office for being self-righteous and self-deceiving.

Afterwards, I felt sorry and wanted to apologize with Yingzi, but when I thought of my high position, why, I no longer cared.

She talked and laughed with me very naturally, and when she had something to do, she would come to me for advice. I know she is here to learn, I deliberately did not tell her some things the correct process of handling, so that she once went the wrong way, let the boss scold a dog.

When I was proud, the boss called me to his office, while talking, the power went out, the boss lit a candle, we read the text, very difficult, the boss smiled, indicating that I lit another candle, the candle is open, left and right on both sides of the room, the room suddenly like a light on.

Two candles lit up the room. No candle, no matter how bright, can reach this light. The boss accidentally uttered a classic sentence.

My face flushed and I felt so small.

I thought of what the spy later told me when we were competing: In fact, Yingzi had finished early, she was deliberately waiting for you.

Hypocrisy is a deadly weapon, selfishness is the best accomplice. A candle again bright, can not make the house full of moving, two candles, but can make the house full of light and warmth.

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