HCB Chapter 205 Salary Increase
Chapter 205 Salary Increase
What is most lacking in opening branches at present is not money, but a large number of professional talents.
Although the students are very self-conscious and motivated, if she wants to train a group of useful talents in a short period of time, she needs to give them enough temptation and stimulation.
Students currently in the learning stage receive a monthly salary of 100 wen. After obtaining the title of first-class pastry chef, the monthly salary will increase fivefold, reaching 500 wen. If they move up one level, their salary will double again, and their salary will double with each subsequent promotion.
Lin Chuyi felt that this financial incentive was not big enough, so she simply raised the salary standard significantly.
The monthly salary of the students remained the same at 100 coins, while the monthly salary of the first-grade pastry chef was changed to one tael of silver, the monthly salary of the second-grade pastry chef was changed to three taels, and the monthly salary of the third-grade pastry chef was changed to six taels.
The monthly salary of pastry chefs of grade 4 and above has changed from a fixed salary to a base salary plus commission.
The monthly salary of a fourth-grade pastry chef is a base salary of eight taels plus a commission of half of the profit from the desserts made and sold by the pastry chef.
Although half of the profit may not sound like much, in fact, the more complicated the dessert making process is, the higher the selling price will be. The pastry chef can get half of the profit for every dessert made and successfully sold. The commission of one or two desserts may seem insignificant, but when accumulated over a month, this commission income is definitely indispensable.
If the desserts made by the pastry chef can meet the tastes of local people and get a few large dessert orders, the commission he gets may exceed his basic salary.
The monthly salary of a fifth-grade pastry chef is a base salary of ten taels plus a 10% commission on the profits from the desserts made and sold by the pastry chef.
The monthly salary of a sixth-grade pastry chef is a base salary of 15 taels plus a 20% commission on the profits from the desserts made and sold by the pastry chef.
The difficulty of crossing the grade from sixth to seventh is greater than the difficulty of all previous grading tests combined. A pastry chef who can reach a grade of seventh or above can be said to be a genius among geniuses.
Although there may not be students who can reach this level, Lin Chuyi still gave a monthly salary standard for seventh to ninth grade pastry chefs.
The monthly salary of a seventh-grade pastry chef is a base salary of twenty taels plus half of the monthly profit of the store where he works.
The monthly salary of an eighth-grade pastry chef is a base salary of 25 taels plus 10% of the monthly profit of the store where he works.
The monthly salary of a ninth-grade pastry chef is a base salary of thirty taels plus 20% of the monthly profit of the store where he works.
As Qilixiang develops further, it will also implement the policy of old employees mentoring new employees. In addition to a rated dessert chef, a Qilixiang restaurant will also have some low-level trainees.
The desserts made by master chefs are expensive, but the quantities are small. The desserts they make are basically supplied to people who can afford the high costs, while the desserts supplied to most ordinary people are made by other pastry chefs.
Although the finished products made by those pastry chefs are not expensive, they are highly operational and produced in large quantities, and they take the route of winning by quantity. Combining the two, Qilixiang's net profit in a month is not a small amount.
Compared with the profit sharing income, this little base salary is not enough. However, Lin Chuyi does not feel that she is losing out. By doing this, she can not only retain talents with high salaries, but also strengthen the relationship between these senior pastry chefs and Qilixiang. It can be said that she kills two birds with one stone.
Lin Chuyi thought about it, and added another clause: when the pastry chef’s level is promoted to the fourth grade, he can sign a new contract with the master and turn the death contract into a living contract.
The contract period for a living indenture is tentatively set at ten years. That is to say, after becoming a fourth-grade pastry chef, one only needs to continue working for the master for ten years to be free from slavery and can choose to stay or leave.
This condition is undoubtedly a huge temptation for these people who have lost their personal freedom. At the same time, this condition will also become their motivation to move forward. They will fight for freedom for themselves and their future descendants through their own efforts.
Lin Chuyi is very confident about this, not only because of the benefits just listed, but also because this is a new skill.
What they have learned will become their own ability, and it will be firmly imprinted in their minds and cannot be taken away by anyone.
Lin Chuyi gives them a lot of monthly wages. When the contract expires in the future, whether they choose to stay in Qilixiang and work for Lin Chuyi, or choose to leave and use what they have learned to do business, both are good ways out for them, and they have no reason not to work hard.
When they are at the training base, as trainees they can focus on mastering their skills. But when they are sent to the Qilixiang branch, they have to serve many repetitive desserts every day, and the time left for them to practice will be greatly shortened, which is not conducive to the learning and mastering of new desserts.
But making so many desserts every day in the store is also a kind of training. Practice makes perfect, right? Each has its own advantages.
According to the rules previously set by Lin Xiangxiang, everyone can receive a free set of materials for practice after class every day. When the materials are used up, they can buy more from the housekeeper. All the finished products belong to the students themselves. Students can choose to eat the finished products themselves or sell them to other people in the yard.
This will avoid unnecessary waste and allow students to practice seriously without worrying about spending money, thus achieving better production results.
Lin Chuyi thought this was a good idea and kept it intact.
Next, she began to design suits and badges representing the levels of pastry chefs.
After the products are made, they can be handed over to Lin Xiangxiang, who will award them with pastry chef sets and badges symbolizing their rank when the students pass the assessment, to enhance the sense of ceremony and the students' sense of honor.
After sending out the things, draw a big picture for them and encourage the students.
Under the multiple temptations of honor, money and future, Lin Chuyi didn't believe that there were still students who would be passive and lazy.
The more Lin Chuyi thought about it, the better she felt about her idea. As her mood improved, her writing speed increased by two points. In less than two quarters of an hour, she had completed nine sketches.
She put the drawing aside, planning to start typesetting after showing it to Lin Xiangxiang.
She picked up the paper she had written down, read it carefully from head to toe, and suddenly realized a very serious problem.
Like a chef, pastry chef is also a general term, which can be further divided into bakers, decorators, cake makers, sugar artists, etc.
If students learn everything, it will only distract their attention and may eventually cause their learning progress to stagnate.
Now that he was aware of this problem, he naturally couldn't just leave it alone. Lin Chuyi thought about it, picked up his pen and supplemented the previous plan.