My company just got dragged online by an intern. She ranted, claiming we weren’t the most employee-friendly place everyone talked about, and that we didn’t even offer free housing. But my company gives out over $5,000 in monthly allowances for housing and transportation! I immediately called a meeting, asking if anyone had issues with our company benefits. Chloe Jensen, the new intern, loudly declared: “If you want to build an employee-friendly company, you should cover all our living expenses, including housing and meals, and even send drivers to shuttle us to and from work every day!” My existing employees then started threatening to quit. But after I accepted their resignations, why were they all crying, begging to come back? Seeing that long string of complaints and insults, I finally knew for sure. The person who posted it was Chloe, the company’s newest intern. Because “Firefly” was the name I gave to the company. That post sparked a ton of comments. 【OMG! It’s Firefly Corp! My friends and I have always wanted to work there. I heard their benefits are amazing, like a four-day work week!】 Chloe replied: 【You’re so naive. A four-day work week? You’ll be working until midnight every single day, and then you won’t be so excited.】 【No way! Firefly Corp is famous for its perks. My company only gives two hundred for car allowance, Firefly probably gives two thousand!】 Chloe argued: 【Well, what if you live far from the company? Two thousand might sound like a lot, but it won’t buy back your wasted time!】 That person was instantly swayed, thinking Chloe had a point. Then someone else commented: 【I heard a rumor that the Firefly boss is a rich kid, just treating it like a fun little project.】 I don’t know where this person heard that rumor. But she wasn’t wrong. My family is loaded. Like, super loaded. I could literally do nothing for ten lifetimes and still be set. I was just bored, so I started this company. Honestly, I never aimed to build an empire. I just wanted to create an extremely employee-friendly company, so I set the benefits really high. We worked two days, took one off, then worked two days, and took two off. It basically averaged out to a four-day work week. Not only that, our allowances for housing and transportation were at least five thousand. If anyone struggled with rent, they could even get that five thousand bucks in advance. Whenever I wanted an afternoon coffee, everyone always got their own. Holidays, festivals, employee birthdays? Those went without saying. I’d prepare all sorts of surprises and gifts for everyone. More than working, I actually enjoyed doing all this stuff. So, even if everyone just chilled, I could still keep them all afloat. However, because the company benefits were so generous, the employees felt incredibly guilty. So, to repay me, they worked even harder. Three years in, I hadn’t just avoided losses; I’d even made a significant profit. Even my own family was a little surprised. That’s why I stuck with it for three years. But the internet didn’t see it that way. The comments under Chloe’s post almost turned into a full-blown argument. 【Oh, so it’s run by a rich kid? No wonder! She probably has no idea how to manage a company, just out here slumming it!】 【This company hasn’t gone bankrupt yet, probably because her family’s loaded!】 【No wonder her company’s benefits are so good, but no employees ever brag about them online. Who knows if they’re genuinely good or just a facade.】 【The person above just hit the nail on the head! If you ask me, working at a company like that is the scariest. If you piss off the boss, you’ll never find another job!】 I pursed my lips, feeling a moment of silence. Could it be that people didn’t post online because they didn’t want to attract too much competition? After all, my company had incredibly stable staff. In three years, I could count on one hand the number of people who voluntarily left. I didn’t comment. I just forwarded the post to our company’s WhatsApp group. I wanted to see Chloe’s reaction.
After I shared the link, the group chat went silent for over half an hour. Then, the first reply finally popped up. It was from Chloe. 【Yeah, I posted it. So what? I’m just reasonably raising a discussion!】 Raising a discussion was fine, but she was completely making things up. I couldn’t be bothered to argue with her, so I just typed out a message. 【Meeting tomorrow morning at 9 AM to sort this out completely!】 I thought I’d made myself clear enough earlier that day. I wasn’t against providing housing. I just wanted them to discuss it, give me a unified answer, and then I’d make arrangements. Who knew they’d still have issues? And I subtly noticed that while other employees hadn’t spoken up, they probably had their own doubts stirring. We’d worked together for so long; I knew them too well. If this had been before, no matter what I posted in the group chat, everyone would have responded enthusiastically. It looked like Chloe hadn’t just stirred up trouble behind my back; she’d actually succeeded. The next day, when I walked into the conference room, everyone was already there. The atmosphere was totally different from yesterday. I walked to the front, hands braced on the table, before I even had a chance to speak. Then I heard a voice from below. “Seraphina, have you figured out how to solve this yet?” I followed the voice and saw Chloe looking at me with a confident smirk. For a moment, I couldn’t tell if she was just being impulsively young or if she had deliberately come to the company to cause trouble. I ignored her, just giving her a quick glance before looking away. I asked the other employees, “What are your thoughts?” The air was silent for a few seconds before Maria Rodriguez, one of my older employees, spoke up. “Seraphina, I actually think covering housing would be much more convenient. Chloe might be young, but her point is valid!” “We never thought of it before, but since Chloe brought it up, I support it.” I nodded, acknowledging her. I recalled that when Maria first came for her interview, I’d asked her why she left her previous job. I found out she was a driven career woman whose family responsibilities had held back her career, making it hard to find a job later. So, I hired her. For the past three years, she’d been so dedicated and hardworking, always grateful for the opportunity I gave her. This was probably the first time she’d ever voiced a dissenting opinion. Right after, I heard another employee, David Miller, speak up: “Yeah! Last month, my landlord decided to take back the apartment, and I had to quickly find a new place and move. If the company covered housing, that wouldn’t happen.” With a first speaker, others started voicing their opinions freely. “I agree too! That way we wouldn’t have any worries and could just focus on our work!” As everyone spoke, I faintly sensed Chloe’s defiant stare. It wasn’t until most others had spoken that Ashley Chen and Brianna Lopez, sitting in the corner, stood up and said: “Seraphina, we don’t have any issues. We’re happy to follow the company’s arrangements.” These two employees had only joined last year. Because of their introverted personalities, they’d struggled to find jobs. They weren’t great at expressing themselves publicly, but their messages to me were always full of gratitude. To say I didn’t feel a drop in my heart in this situation would be a lie. But these two, right now, comforted me. My mind gradually calmed down. Again, before I could speak, Chloe snapped impatiently: “Are you guys stupid?! We’re fighting for our own interests! Ugh, seriously!” I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at Chloe. She was a fresh college graduate. A week ago, during her interview, my impression of her was “sweet and well-behaved.” I never expected her true colors to show so quickly. I gave a faint smile and said calmly: “Since you’ve all unified your opinions, we’ll implement it starting next month. From now on, the company will provide all-inclusive housing and transportation, and the housing and car allowances will be canceled.” I was granting their wish, yet their faces changed the moment they heard that.
I didn’t pay it any mind, just saying: “If there’s nothing else, the meeting’s dismissed.” I waited two seconds. When no one spoke, I prepared to leave the conference room first. However, just as I reached the door. I heard Chloe’s voice behind me again. “Seraphina, what’s the meaning of this? Are you trying to threaten us by canceling the allowances?” I looked at her strangely, feeling a hint of confusion. “Where did you get that idea from?” The next second, her tone became righteous. “If you weren’t trying to threaten us, why would you cancel the housing and car allowances?” For a moment, I didn’t grasp the hidden meaning in her words. I instinctively replied, “Didn’t you all want housing provided?” “Just because you’re providing housing, you’re canceling all those benefits? Aren’t you a rich kid? How can you be so cheap!” Hearing the accusation and resentment in her voice, I almost laughed. If I still didn’t understand what she meant now, I’d truly be a complete pushover. I glanced around, and everyone else had the same approving look on their faces. So, after all this, they wanted both? They wanted the $5,000 in allowances, AND they wanted all-inclusive housing and transportation. What kind of fantasy world were they living in? If they weren’t going to respect me, I didn’t need to indulge them. My whole life, even my parents never made me feel this way. Now I’m the boss, and I have to put up with my employees’ attitudes? What kind of nonsense was that? I tossed the stack of contracts onto the table and said to them coldly: “You want me to cover housing and transportation, and you want the allowances? Are you too naive, or am I too stupid?” “You’ve worked at so many companies; I just want to ask, which one had benefits as good as mine? And now you’re being manipulated by an intern? It’s laughable!” Seeing my anger, their faces finally showed a hint of guilt. It seems I’d been too nice, making them think I had no backbone. No one else dared to speak, but Chloe wasn’t afraid of me. She continued to challenge me: “It’s just five thousand bucks, right? Do you really need to be like this? It’s not like you’re short on five thousand!” “Or is your ‘rich kid’ status fake?” I didn’t understand where her malice towards me came from. But I wasn’t going to investigate. Whether it was just youthful impulsiveness or jealousy, she wasn’t important to me. So, I didn’t need her approval, nor did I need to explain anything to her. I gave her a long, hard look, then concluded: “Since you’re not genuinely trying to secure benefits for yourselves, then this matter is closed. We’ll stick to the original arrangements, and I will no longer accept any further requests on this topic.” After that, I shifted my gaze back to Chloe. My voice carried a warning: “Instead of wasting your time trying to stir up trouble here, you should focus on passing your internship. If you don’t pass, the company’s benefits, no matter how good, mean nothing to you!” Chloe’s face paled, likely realizing my unspoken threat. I smirked internally, then turned back to the others. “If you’re not satisfied with the company’s benefits, you’re free to resign and seek better opportunities. I won’t stop you!” “But if you continue to cause trouble in my company, don’t blame me for getting serious!” After that, when I left, no one dared to stop me. However, no one came to resign until closing time. I didn’t bother with it, leaving the office and heading home. Who knew that same evening, I casually checked the post and found Chloe had updated it again. This time, the content read: 【She’s just some mistress being kept by an old man! No wonder she’s so cheap, looks like her sugar daddy isn’t giving her much!】
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