Restoring the real career: the bitterness of millions of yuan of salary

His career looks glamorous, with a high salary, but he was often exposed to submit his resignation.

So where have the secretaries resigned? Some have been promoted within the company,

Some switch to other companies to become professional secretaries, but most of them are still in the Capital Circle.

Investment and Financial Management reporter Wen XI

By chance, the reporter had a close contact with the secretaries of a large number of listed companies. Generally, they are dressed brightly and shuttled across the bustling streets in the city center, serving as a "spokesman" for enterprises and earning a high salary. According to incomplete statistics, the average annual salary of A-share listed company secretaries in 2013 reached 0.42 million yuan.

The professional appearance is glamorous, and the Secretary-General is excited by many general secretaries. The Secretary-General in the "besieged city" secretly complained: "The days we live are called a war !"

High-paying and scarce Secretaries

The Board Secretary is an indispensable role of a listed company.

Article 124th of the Company Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates: "A listed company has a Board Secretary responsible for the preparation of the general meeting of shareholders and the meeting of the board of directors, the keeping of documents, and the management of shareholder information of the company, handle information disclosure and other matters." In other words, in a company, the board of directors, the board of supervisors, and the executives usually act as the coordinators.

The Board Secretary is also responsible for disclosing information of listed companies and acts as a "spokesman" for the company. Sometimes, the Board Secretary knows more about the company than the chairman of the board.

Although the Board Secretary is under the Chairman and General Manager, the annual salary is not necessarily less than that of the Board Secretary. According to data released by huaxiun, in 2013, Wu Jingsheng, BYD's secretary-general, paid 4.54 million yuan. for three consecutive years, the chairman of the board, "seckill", pressed the secretaries of all listed A-share companies, become the most expensive board secretary for the two cities.

According to incomplete statistics, in 2013, the average annual salary of A-share listed company secretaries reached 0.42 million yuan, accounting for about 8% of the average salary of executives in that year. From the vertical perspective, the salary of the Secretary-General has been on the rise. Data shows that from 2011 to 2013, the average annual salary of A-share listed company secretaries was 0.37 million yuan, 0.39 million yuan, and 0.42 million yuan respectively.

Dong mi not only holds high salaries, but also has very scarce positions.

Ye Zhaotong, the director of the eastern ta industry, publicly said to the media that, to some extent, Dong Mi is "Born" for listed companies and capital markets. Imagine that the total number of companies in the world should be tens of thousands or even tens of thousands. The number of companies that set up the Board Secretary is a few non-listed, quasi-listed, and most listed companies, therefore, dongmi's career position is very scarce.

Although the company law stipulates many Board Secretaries, the actual situation is that Board Secretaries generally serve as directors, deputy general managers, or financial directors of the company. The Board Secretaries generally only take half of their workload, most secretaries still have a lot of work to do.

A person who has worked as a secretary-general for many years in a listed company in Henan province concluded: "to become a qualified secretary-general, you need to stay in the market and manage the company internally; we have to keep the secret and coordinate everything."

High-risk and bitter Board Secretary

Although they are all secretaries, not all secretaries can enjoy the smooth sailing.

During the annual report season, many secretaries of listed companies submit their resignation in their announcements. According to statistics, since 2014 alone, 72 of the listed company secretaries have resigned for different reasons, and 17 of them have been punished. Since the emergence of the domestic stock market, several hundred secretaries were punished for violating the company's rules, and even were changed or removed. Therefore, most of the secretaries were "defeated ".

As an external speaker and window for a listed company, the Secretary-General is defined as the "person in charge of the information disclosure department ". When a listed company is punished, the Board Secretary is often the first responsible person. The information disclosure is not standardized, and the shareholders meeting fails to be held in a timely manner. Board Secretary should assume corresponding responsibilities.

However, compared with the responsibilities of the Secretary-General, the rights of the Secretary-General are hard to be guaranteed. The Board Secretary is not a director and has no right to vote for the company's decision-making and has no direct interference in finance and operation. He can only follow the legal provisions of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and exchange to avoid violations.

Ye zhaopuan, the Eastern ta Industry Secretary, concluded: "The directors seem to have many requirements, many regulations, more punishments, less rewards, and less rewards ."

Speaking of the hardships of this position, the Secretary-General of a listed company said that the most difficult thing to do is to take the proper part of the talk, which should make organizations and the media feel good and do not disclose too much information, to avoid violation of relevant regulations. All in all, this is a job that is easy to "Lie down.

"We need to read a lot of mainstream media reports every morning to prepare for various problems. After reading this, the numbers of investors are surging. After answering the phone call, a bunch of well-written announcements are waiting to be written. It is common to work overtime until one or two. In fact, this is more than enough. When I finish my work, I want to avoid the insider trading of supervisor Dong. When I go home, I have to be always vigilant about chatting with my relatives and friends '. You should know that this case was lightly interviewed by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Commission was fined 0.2 million yuan for heavy duty, and you are not allowed to take up the post for three years ." The Secretary-General spoke.

Future direction of dongmi

Since the Secretary-General is highly risky, what is the future career of the Secretary-General?

It is understood that, unlike general secretaries, secretaries have a wide range of employment in some regions due to their high quality. For example, in Shenzhen, some secretaries can be directly promoted to corporate CEOs or directors, while others have switched to investors, financial advisers, management consultants, and capital market research and analysis jobs.

However, some secretaries believe that with the increase in the degree of professionalism of secretaries, it is increasingly difficult to switch. So where have the secretaries resigned?

Some secretaries seek new positions within the company to become directors, general managers, and even chairman of the board. However, there are not many people who have been promoted from the position of the Secretary-General. Many secretaries who will become the general manager and chairman of the board will assume other important positions in the company during their tenure as the Secretary-General, for example, directors, deputy general managers, and financial directors, many secretaries have background in financial accounting, and there are many cases where they are also financial directors.

In addition to internal promotions, some secretaries also go to their subsidiaries as "leaders", or simply switch to private equity funds to use their understanding of the industry as investment consultants. Generally, they are still in the Capital Circle.

There are also some resigned secretaries who will "change jobs" to other companies to continue to work as secretaries, becoming a group of professional secretaries dedicated to helping enterprises with IPO ". If you pay attention to the Board Secretary's resignation announcement, you will find that some companies that have been listed for about half a year have successively revealed the Board Secretary's resignation news, which are often "professional board secretary ".

TIPS:

Board Secretary Qualification Examination

Both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange require that the secretary of the board of directors or securities representative appointed by a listed company should pass the qualification examination and obtain the Board Secretary qualification certificate issued by the exchange.

The certificate stipulates that the annual performance or departure performance of the secretary of the board of directors should be assessed. Any unqualified performance will be included in the integrity file of the listed company. If the Board Secretary or securities representative of a listed company fails to pass the examination for two consecutive years, or has been publicly condemned or criticized by the exchange for more than three times in the past three years, if you fail to attend the subsequent training of the secretary of the board for two consecutive years, the certificate of the secretary of the board of directors will be canceled.

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange stipulates that, if the Secretary of the Board and the securities representative have been publicly condemned by the stock exchange for the past three years or have been criticized for more than three notices, or have not participated in the training of the secretary of the board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for two consecutive years, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange may disqualify its board secretary. Source: recruitment network