Female Secretary PK boss, "mail door" spread throughout the foreign company circle

Beijing Youth Daily 06/04/25
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If you do not know who the "best female secretary in history" Is today, or you have not received the email that caused an uproar on the internet, it only means that you are not one of the famous foreign companies. Last week, from Beijing, Shanghai to Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanjing ...... All well-known foreign companies in China are forwarding an email from EMC (the world's largest network information storage service provider, headquartered in the United States) to its headquarters in Beijing: lu chunchu, president of EMC Greater China, and his senior female secretary have been forced to resign due to fierce quarrels on trivial matters. This incident, which was supposed to be digested within the company, has become a hot topic for foreign enterprise employees and Internet public opinions within several days due to the sensitive topic of "cultural barriers for foreigners and Chinese employees.
Yesterday morning, Rebecca (the Secretary's English name) told reporters helplessly, "This story is too broad and I cannot find a job ." In the face of a reporter's question, the EMC company sent an email from the united states that "the employee's resignation is only a personal event ". The email is still being sent without stopping.
■ The president is dissatisfied when the door is locked from work
On the evening of April 7, Lu chunchu, president of EMC Greater China, returned to the office to pick up his belongings and found that he did not bring the key. His private secretary, Rebecca, has been off work. Lu tried to contact the latter. A few hours later, Lu chunchu was still angry, so at 01:13 in the morning, he sent a harsh and blunt "condemn Letter" to Rebecca via an internal email system ".
Lu chunchu said in this email in English, "I have told you not to take things for granted! As a result, you locked me out this evening, and everything I wanted was still in the office. The problem is that you think I have the key with me. From now on, whether it's lunch or after work at night, you have to confirm with every manager of your service that you have nothing to do before leaving the office. Do you understand ?" (In fact, the tone of the original English letter is much more intense than the above translation ). Lu sent this email to Several executives at the same time.
■ The secretary returned an aggressive email
In the face of the blame of the president of Greater China, What should a small secretary do? A senior person who has served Ge and Oracle for many years told reporters that the correct practice should be to write a reply in English to explain the old committee and accept the requirements of the President, pay attention to gentle tone. At the same time, I also sent a letter to my boss and the executives of the human resources department to explain the mistake and apologize.
However, Rebecca's practices were quite different and eventually won the title of "the best female secretary in history" on the Internet. Two days later, she replied in the email, "First of all, I did this correctly. I locked the door for security reasons. If something is lost, I cannot assume this responsibility. Second, if you have a key, you forget to bring it, and you need to say someone else is wrong. The main reason for this is yourself. Do not transfer your mistakes to others. Third, you have no right to interfere with and control my private time. I work 8 hours a day. Remember that the noon and evening work hours are my private time. Fourth, from the first day of EMC to the present, I have worked diligently and added many classes, and I have no complaints, however, if you want me to work overtime for work other than work, I cannot. Fifth, although we are the relationship between upper and lower levels, please pay attention to your tone of speech. This is the most basic courtesy problem for people. Sixth, I want to emphasize here that I have not guessed or assumed anything, because I have no time or need ."
Originally, this aggressive reply was surprising, but Rebecca chose a more aggressive approach. She selected "EMC (Beijing), EMC (Chengdu), EMC (Guangzhou), EMC (Shanghai)" as the reply recipients )". In this way, everyone in EMC China received this email.
■ Emails are forwarded by thousands of people
Yesterday morning, the reporter called Rebecca and she was reluctant to recall the experiences of those two days. "This is just a task between me and EMC, and it has nothing to do with others ". But shortly after Rebecca returned the email, the popular "female secretary PK boss" email was widely forwarded by her colleagues in foreign companies across the country.
In the past week, this email was received and forwarded by thousands of white-collar foreign companies. Almost everyone has received it more than once, many people leave comments on emails such as "zhenniu", "Jieqi", and "scolded. Among them, the most widely used versions have more than 1000 signatures, and this is only one of countless forwarded emails. The reporter found two people with private emails on the email. Ms. Huang works for IBM China Research Institute. According to her recollection, the email was first transferred from the university staff of the company's colleagues. Later, most of the emails were sent to business relations and university students. Mr. Zhang worked at GE's Beijing headquarters. "I received an email earlier and transferred it to my students in Chengdu and Shanghai. The result was then retrieved from my students in Nanjing ".
You can find this order in the mail forwarding process: EMC-> microsft-> MIC-> HP-> Samsung-> Honeywell-> Thomson-> Motorola-> Nokia-> Ge ...... Most of these well-known foreign companies are it or electronics-related enterprises.
■ The female secretary has left the company.
Shortly after the email was transferred to EMC, Lu chunchu changed his secretary and Rebecca left the company. At present, EMC is chilling internally, and some employees involved in Email Forwarding are directed by the Personnel Department to talk to each other.
Although Rebecca's voice has exceeded in terms of personal comments sent via email or discussion on BBS, the management of the human resources department of foreign companies does not buy it. Yesterday morning, when the reporter showed his identity on the phone, Rebecca understood, "This is so bad that I can no longer find a job ". She did not expect the email to be forwarded, nor did she expect the current situation.
Last message
EMC responds to "mail Portal"
What is the impact of "mail door" On Lu chunchu? Last night, Lu chunchu instructed Wu Wei, marketing manager of EMC Corporation Greater China to send a statement to reporters. The diplomatic statement said, "The recent departure of the employee from Beijing was totally an individual act and independent incident, the employees in EMC China region are full of confidence to achieve greater development with EMC." Analysis by senior people in the IT industry, such as the evaluation of executives such as the Greater China Regional President, generally only the President of the United States headquarters and the head of the Headquarters Human Resources Department can have a say.
Explanation
Cultural Conflicts Between Chinese and foreign employees?
Loke soon Choo, male, Singaporean. President of EMC Greater China, responsible for all operations of EMC in China. Rebecca is his senior secretary. Lu holds a Business Management degree from the University of Singapore and is a senior IT professional. He has also served as an executive of famous international companies such as IBM and Siemens. He served as the president of Oracle Greater China before going to EMC to perform new operations.
In Internet public opinion, whether or not there has been a long history of resentment between LU chunchu and Rebecca has become a topic that people are willing to analyze. In foreign company culture, Chinese staff should also select English when replying to their superiors in English emails out of courtesy.
Therefore, Rebecca's attempt to reply to an English email in Chinese is considered "a deliberate confrontation between two cultures ". Robin, a clerk at EMC Singapore, said at an IT Forum in China that "with the professionalism of a Secretary to the President, it is impossible to suddenly reply to such sharp emails in Chinese without any background ." Rebecca looked more careful when the reporter called her again on this issue last night. "I won't talk about it ". The reporter asked if the two had a hard time. Rebecca's answer was intriguing. "I don't know him because I don't know him ".
The reporter found a Siemens yangqing who left the address in the email. Ms. yangqing once worked at HP and she believes that Chinese and Western cultural differences have always existed. "In the past, we had a complaint from the Chinese, but the German team sent a special person to handle the complaint ". She believes that the management method adapted to different cultures should be a required course for Chinese people entering foreign companies. "In short, wherever they are, they all want to argue with the boss ".
Experts' explanation of mail spread throughout China
The forwarder seems to be jealous of his boss.
"Every email-forwarding person is happy, as if he is jealous of his boss." Sun honggang, a well-known corporate culture research expert, said in an interview with reporters yesterday that the secretary was a little overactive, she violates clear rules rather than potential rules. "After all, the game rules of any enterprise are determined by the boss ".
Rebecca seems to be quite addicted to this practice, but it is quite unprofessional. It will be difficult for her to find a job in the future. What she violates is not a hidden rule but a clear rule. Who wants a person who prefers to break clear rules? An email CC is sent to so many people, which will inevitably lead to discord. Is there no other way to communicate? This method is not good for the parties, and no one in the workplace will accept it.
This email has been sent to thousands of people in a few days, and all foreign companies in China know it. Why? "To put it bluntly, people do not have a bad mentality in the workplace, and many people are very depressed. For example, if you are not happy with your work, your talents cannot be used up, your boss has to manage yourself, your input-output ratio is unreasonable, and your relationship with your boss is tense ...... At this time, if someone comes out to attack the boss, it must be dispelled. When forwarding this email, everyone may be imagining that one day they will scold their boss ."