Chapter 3: Resignation and Handover

Chapter 3: Submitting Resignation and Handing Over Work

A flash of mockery crossed Jiang Yingxue's eyes. "I'm very grateful for the opportunities the company gave me. No matter where I go in the future, I will remember this period. Manager Zheng, let's talk about my resignation."

Zheng Wenli's smile, still trying to appeal to her emotions, froze. Her face darkened for a moment, anger rising within her. *This little Jiang is really ungrateful*, she fumed. But the next second, she put on her friendly facade again. "Xiao Jiang, is it because of the recent overtime that you want to resign? The company's been swamped lately. I hope you can understand. Think about it, if the company isn't busy, how would it pay all these employees? When the company does well, we employees enjoy better benefits."

"We have been putting in more overtime, but which company doesn't? Even if you resign now, do you think you'll find a job that doesn't require overtime? You may not find anything better than this. Your current workload is a bit heavy, but the company's already hiring. Don't worry, the overtime is temporary. Once your assistant arrives, you'll be all set."

"Why don't you go back and think it over. We can discuss resignation later."

Jiang Yingxue had no intention of letting this drag on. She wanted a result today.

Manager Zheng was speaking entirely from the company's perspective, believing that since the company provided the job, you should give your all. Putting in overtime was seen as an honor, and employees shouldn't complain.

Even without her specific reasons for resigning, even without the memories of her past life, she wouldn't last long in a job where the pay didn't match the workload at all.

And recruiting? They'd been talking about hiring someone for two or three months, but hadn't seen a single candidate come for an interview. Since her colleague left, the work had temporarily fallen to Jiang Yingxue and eventually became her permanent responsibility. Moreover, all the overtime was unpaid—no overtime pay, no comp time, nothing. The Jiang Yingxue of her previous life, remembering the kindness of the company leaders, endured the exhaustion and persevered. But the current Jiang Yingxue, who had lived through her trials, wasn't about to shortchange herself.

She said calmly, "Manager Zheng, my mind is made up. I must resign. I will send you a resignation notice in both written and email form. Please have a colleague take over or hire someone new as soon as possible. However, since you haven't managed to hire anyone in two or three months, I'll hand my work over to a colleague. Manager Zheng, one month from now, whether you've found someone or not, I will be leaving."

After saying this, Jiang Yingxue turned and left, pulling the office door shut behind her.

*When did Jiang Yingxue's personality become so tough?* Zheng Wenli had never been treated like this by a subordinate before. Two seconds later, reacting, her face darkened with anger and surprise. "What kind of attitude is this? Ordering me around!"

*Bang!* Watching Jiang Yingxue's retreating back disappear behind the door, she smacked the desk in anger.

Jiang Yingxue also heard Manager Zheng's angry voice, but she didn't look back. There was no need to argue; she'd made her position clear.

Returning to her workstation, the colleague at the next desk leaned in.

Hu Bingxuan asked curiously, "Ying Xue, what happened? Why is Manager Zheng so angry?" Although she hadn't heard the conversation inside, she had heard the sound of the table being slammed before the door closed.

"A small matter," Jiang Yingxue replied. In her memory, she and Hu Bingxuan got along well, often eating and shopping together. In her past life, Hu Bingxuan had also helped her after she was fired. Jiang Yingxue thought for a moment, then winked at her and added, "I submitted my resignation. If they can't hire someone, they might have you take over from me. Just a heads-up."

Hu Bingxuan was extremely surprised. "Huh? You resigned? That's so sudden. Why resign out of the blue?"

Jiang Yingxue smiled faintly. "Work's no fun. I want to go home and spend time with my family."

"Impressive, resigning just like that," Hu Bingxuan said. She had a mortgage and didn't have the courage to quit on a whim. She glanced outside and invited Jiang Yingxue to lunch. "Shall we go? It's lunchtime."

"Let's go." Jiang Yingxue had taken an appetite suppressant and didn't plan to eat, but she did get a cup of milk tea to go.

Jiang Yingxue thought she would have to hand over her work to Hu Bingxuan or another colleague. Unexpectedly, the day after she submitted her resignation, the company hired a new person to take over from her.

*

Tsk. So typical of this company.

At 9 a.m., Manager Zheng brought the new colleague, Qiao Huan, to Jiang Yingxue's workstation. "Xiao Jiang, this is the new colleague, Xiao Qiao. She will take over your work. Teach her carefully."

"Okay," Jiang Yingxue replied with a polite smile and a nod, while inwardly sneering. *They couldn't hire anyone for two months when I didn't resign, but as soon as I resign, they find someone. How convenient.*

After speaking to Jiang Yingxue, Manager Zheng instructed Qiao Huan, "Xiao Qiao, study hard. If there's anything you don't understand, ask Xiao Jiang or the colleagues around you. If no one can solve it, you can also come to me. My office is right there."

Qiao Huan nodded obediently. "Okay, Manager Zheng, I will study hard."

On the first day, Jiang Yingxue taught her some simple operations. The second day was simple document processing. Time flew by, and half a month passed. The handover was proceeding in an orderly manner. Jiang Yingxue planned to complete it within a month.

"Xiao Jiang, Manager Zheng is looking for you."

Jiang Yingxue put down her work and entered Manager Zheng's office.

Manager Zheng closed the laptop on her desk and looked up at her. "Xiao Jiang, try to finish the handover within a week. I've looked at your progress; one week is completely doable. I'm not rushing you, but your pace is really a bit slow."

It was now the middle of the month. If Jiang Yingxue used the entire month for the handover, she would receive her full attendance bonus and other hidden benefits for this month—something Manager Zheng did not want to see. Manager Zheng had no good attitude towards someone resigning.

"No need for a week. Let's make it today," Jiang Yingxue said. After a brief thought, she understood Manager Zheng's stingy idea. Since Manager Zheng wanted her to leave quickly, and she also wanted to leave quickly, then her gradual handover approach was no longer suitable. She just didn't know if Qiao Huan could handle it.

Returning to her workstation, Jiang Yingxue took a stack of files from her drawer and handed them to Qiao Huan. "Xiao Qiao, the top file is the operation guide. Past cases are in the drawer. You can work on these files this morning."

"Okay, Sister Jiang," Qiao Huan replied, taking the files and sitting at a nearby workstation to start working. She had just graduated this year and was one year younger than Jiang Yingxue, so calling her "Sister" was appropriate.

Jiang Yingxue sat at her workstation and quickly organized and packaged the files on her computer that needed to be handed over. She had started organizing these files on her first day back at work, and after the previous half month, she just needed to integrate and package them now, which was very quick.

Then she printed out two copies of the handover form.

Once Qiao Huan signed the handover form, her handover would be complete.