"It will only be sung to the boss's circle of friends. The leader will say casually, please follow it immediately, and the project will start immediately, regardless of the consequences."
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65438+1On the evening of October 24th, at the annual meeting of New Oriental, the video of six employees singing "Free Yourself" (adapted from "Desert Camel") was screened wildly. Lyrics spit out "big company diseases" such as poor user experience and managers' inaction, which attracted many people to ridicule. "It is estimated that you will be fired directly after the performance." 65438+1On the morning of October 25th, Yu Weibo, Chairman of New Oriental Education Group Co., Ltd. forwarded the video. He also said: "Creative performers who dare to expose the problems of New Oriental and create this program will receive a reward of 6,543,800 yuan."
Zhao Yuhuan, an employee of Beijing New Oriental School who participated in the performance, recalled in an interview with the media that during the performance, Yu Hongmin smiled from ear to ear and finally took the lead in applauding. The reporter learned that New Oriental will also vote on the annual meeting program, and the results will be announced at the end of this month. Many employees speculate that the plan is likely to become the "best of the year".
Xiaohong (a pseudonym), an employee of New Oriental, voted for her freedom. She told reporters that New Oriental has such programs every year, and this kind of "spit" is a corporate culture. Du, the former teacher and founder of New Oriental, also publicly commented in the circle of friends: "New Oriental and Mr. Yu have always advocated this kind of' teasing' culture, and employees and employees, leaders and leaders can ridicule each other, so that many jokes are born like this."
In addition, for many problems in the lyrics, Du said that these problems are not just the problems of a company in New Oriental, but a common phenomenon, commonly known as "big company disease", but no one has interpreted it this way in the past. "I don't think it's the first time that New Oriental executives have learned about these issues. How can we change them? In fact, it is a more' specific' problem. Otherwise there will be a sequel next year. "
The reporter noticed that after "Free Yourself" was screened, many people speculated that the program was deliberately planned by the top management. This speculation is related to the internal management of the last five internal emails.
"Our managers, from the middle to the top, some people have become people who have no innovation, no vision, gangs, lazy politics and no sense of crisis." In the internal mail, Yu severely pointed out the problems existing in the company's operation and management, and said that in the natural year of 20 19 and the fiscal year of 2020, the "three modernizations" (standardization, systematization and informatization) of New Oriental will be vigorously promoted, and the management personnel at level 6 and above will be rectified. Yu himself will be the head of the "three modernizations" working group of New Oriental. Yu also mentioned in his speech that he will focus on the management of New Oriental in the future.
As the "leading brother" in the education and training industry, New Oriental seems to have a hard time recently. 654381The financial report for the second quarter of New Oriental fiscal year 20 19 released on October 22nd shows that the company's net loss this quarter reached US$ 25.8 million, down 750% year-on-year, which is the biggest quarterly loss since 12 went public. The insiders believe that this has something to do with the company's own problems, external competitive pressure and policy environment. In 20 18, the government severely rectified off-campus training institutions, and standardized the qualifications of running schools, training time and teachers, and some campuses of New Oriental were also required to rectify. On the other hand, the competition in the education and training industry has become increasingly fierce, and institutions such as VIPKID and Hujiang have risen rapidly. Nowadays, Internet giants such as Headline, Tencent and Netease have also laid out online education.
65438+10.25, after "Free Yourself" became popular, New Oriental responded on the official WeChat public platform: "Heart is like a mirror, self-examination; Let go and do it, and the future can still be expected. "
Attached to the lyrics of "Free Yourself":