Chapter 1256 Competition Agreement
Eric was stunned. He never expected Mr. Pei to say such words.
What kind of virtue can I do?
Eric knew very well that although his failure had many objective factors, sometimes he was dragged down by senior management, and sometimes it was because the game ioi was indeed different from GOG... But no matter what, if you lose, you lose!
He was completely defeated by President Pei and was beaten up in a fancy way.
Moreover, Tengda is full of talents, such a great game, such as GOG, with version updates, numerical balance, operational activities, e-sports events and other aspects, Mr. Pei will definitely not be able to do it himself. These tasks are all handled by Tengda's internal employees.
Even if President Pei’s huge role is eliminated, these employees should not be underestimated!
Otherwise, what if the Tengda game department is the core department of the entire Tengda Group, any person can open up a new industry and expand territory for Mr. Pei’s business empire.
As a result, Mr. Pei was actually not satisfied with the person in charge of GOG. He also said that he wanted to change it long ago?
Want to give me this seat?
Eric thought this was quite unreal, but when he looked at Mr. Pei's expression carefully, he seemed to be very serious and was not joking at all.
So he really began to think about this possibility.
Seeing Eric fall into silence, Pei Qian suddenly realized a problem: "Oh, I overlooked a problem."
"You are also a senior executive of Dayak Group. Could it be that you signed a competition agreement?"
"If you change jobs, how much liquidated damages will you have to pay?"
It’s okay for small companies, but large companies basically sign competition agreements and confidentiality agreements with senior management in order to prevent malicious poaching from competitor companies.
The confidentiality agreement is easy to understand, which means that even if an employee leaves, he cannot disclose or take away the company's secrets, otherwise he will bear the corresponding responsibilities.
Otherwise, if senior management changes jobs and directly brings company secrets to competitor companies, isn’t that all messy?
As for the competition agreement, it restricts similar things, but the specific constraints are different.
Generally speaking, the competition agreement is mainly aimed at the key position and indispensable senior management personnel, which restricts them from working part-time jobs in similar businesses and cannot join competitors in the same field for a period of time after leaving.
What is the specific "period" of this "period"? Different companies have different regulations, but it usually takes two years. After all, it is meaningless to be too short.
Of course, the content of the agreement cannot be written too broadly.
For example, a company wrote in the competition agreement that employees are not allowed to join any domestic and foreign Internet companies within two years after they leave their jobs. This is too much because the concept of Internet companies is too broad. Wouldn't this prevent employees from going to any company with coders?
Therefore, it is generally accurate to a specific field, such as social software, shopping websites, etc.
For example, game companies often indicate that they are not allowed to join other game companies, nor are they allowed to start game companies.
Or, it may state that you must not join a certain company, and clearly write down the company name. These companies are often large companies in the industry. Although their main businesses are different, there is a competitive relationship, which is normal.
After signing the competition agreement, employees are restricted, so the company must also provide certain compensation: after employees leave, they must continue to pay monthly, generally more than 30% of the original rated income, which can be regarded as "hunt fees" and "compensation fees" for complying with the competition agreement.
If the company does not pay for several months, the restrictions on employees by the competition agreement will be invalid.
But Dayak Group is a serious big company, and these aspects are definitely extremely formal.
If Eric really signs a competition agreement, it will be a little troublesome.
To poach people, you have to pay a penalty for liquidated damages. The situation of each company is different, but at least it will cost millions.
The key is that the system may not necessarily allow Pei Qian to spend the money to poach people.
Eric nodded: "There is a competition agreement."
Pei Qian felt a little fucked.
How to do this?
Let Eric talk to the senior executives of Dayak Group and cancel this competition agreement?
Isn’t that equivalent to telling others that I am going to switch to a competitor’s company?
The senior executives of Dayak Group are not stupid, so how could they agree?
It's a bit difficult to deal with.
Eric pondered for a moment and said, "But if I really want to change jobs to Tengda, this competition agreement may not necessarily limit me."
Pei Qian: "?"
For a moment, he couldn't think of a person with a specific background that could say such words.
Why, is it possible that the European justice is your relative?
Seeing Mr. Pei's slightly surprised expression, Eric knew that he must have understood it wrongly and quickly explained: "Of course I cannot violate the content of the competition agreement itself, but if I want to change jobs to Tengda, I will not be restricted by this competition agreement."
"Because Tengda does not meet the conditions agreed in the competition agreement."
Pei Qian still doesn't understand.
Tengda's GOG and the ioi of the finger company have created a competitive relationship. Is this an ironclad fact?
So, as the person in charge of ioi, Eric switched to GOG. No matter how you look at it, it will trigger a competition agreement, right?
Eric explained: "My situation is a bit special."
"In fact, whether it is in Dayak Group or in the finger company, there is a competition agreement."
"The competition agreement on the finger company states that senior management and core designers are not allowed to join any other game company within two years after leaving the company, including Tengda."
"But I am not an employee of the referring company, so I did not sign this competition agreement with the referring company."
"As for the Dayake Group's competition agreement, the situation is different from the finger company."
"Dayak Group's main business is in water, transportation, energy, media and other directions. Although it bought some game companies, it is not the main business at all."
"And, my original department was a media department, so my competition agreement mainly restricts the participation of other European and American media companies, as well as water, transportation, energy and other companies that have direct competition with the Dayak Group."
"In addition, it is also restricted from joining some internationally famous Internet companies, such as several large companies in Silicon Valley."
"Although this scope is very wide, Tengda is indeed not included..."
Pei Qian was shocked.
Can this still be done?
He thought about it carefully and it seemed that he was not affected!
In fact, there are also some senior executives in China who change jobs between major companies. Anyone who signs a competition agreement can basically not escape, and they will be correct every time.
After all, whether the two companies are competitive is obvious at a glance.
But Eric's situation is obviously very special.
He was not originally in the game industry, but was responsible for some affairs in the media company of Dayak Group.
After acquiring the Finger Company, Dayak Group hoped to strengthen its control over the Finger Company, and on the other hand, it also wanted to better expand iOS's business in the national service, so it sent Eric to be the person in charge.
Although Eric was responsible for the game business first, he did not write it in his competition agreement.
Just like a company that develops mobile phones, it will not state in the competition agreement that it is not allowed to work as a designer in a game company, let alone to write, and you cannot brush plates in a restaurant or be a waiter.
Because even if an executive changes job, he still has to jump to his main business.
The so-called competition agreement means that employees do not jump to the same industry to form a competitive relationship with themselves, and to prevent large companies from maliciously poaching each other and destroying the employment environment.
If others have changed industries and still don’t let others work, isn’t this a hooligan? The law will not support it at all.
But Eric just crossed the industry because of his business expansion, which led to the contents that were originally bound by the competition agreement not taking effect...
Of course, this agreement also named many large companies, including in all fields, but Tengda is not listed here.
Because Tengda is a Chinese company, and its real rise has only been in the past two or three years. Dayake Group has never heard of it, so how could it be possible to write Tengda's name into the competition agreement without any idea?
Pei Qian never expected that this would be possible.
Moreover, he suddenly realized that he and Eric were actually seriously exploring the possibility of job-changing...
This made Eric fall into silence, and he felt that something was wrong with the topic.
Perhaps it was because Mr. Pei's desire for talent was too thirsty, which made Eric unconsciously infected.
Pei Qian's voice suddenly became louder: "That's easy!"
"Brother Ai, when will you get started? It will take you a few days to go back to go through the resignation procedures, right?"
Eric was a little shocked, so he wasn't so anxious, right?
Mr. Pei is really unrestrained and has no airs of leadership at all.
But isn’t this the personal charm of Mr. Pei?
Eric pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Pei, this matter is too sudden. I am not mentally prepared yet. I have to let me think about it carefully."
"And... if I really want to join Tengda, I have a small request."
"Can you also dig up Mr. Zhao from Longyu Group?"
"I have a good understanding of him and I hope to continue working together."
"Of course, if you think Mr. Pei, you don't have enough ability, then forget it. Moreover, Mr. Zhao is probably really carrying a competitive agreement on his back, and this matter may not be easy to deal with."
Pei Qian nodded immediately: "Okay! No problem!"
Pei Qian was impressed by Zhao Xuming and was deeply impressed by him.
He seems to have no ability, and his only outstanding ability is not to take the blame.
If such a person can continue to combine with Eric, wouldn’t the possibility of losing money increase greatly?
At that time, let Eric be responsible for the overseas market and Zhao Xuming be responsible for the domestic market, one is responsible for the outside and the other is responsible for the inside, and work together!
Of course, if there is a really competitive agreement on Zhao Xuming, Pei Qian really doesn't know how to solve it.
I can only think of a little bit of a solution to see if I can reach some kind of interest cooperation with Longyu Group and exchange Zhao Xuming for it.
If it really doesn't work, then forget it, it can only be said that there is no fate.
If there is only one Eric, although it is not particularly perfect, it should be enough.
Chapter completed!