"Having a boss like him is not necessarily a bad thing."

Brother-in-law patiently advised his young sister-in-law, imparting genuine wisdom: "Don’t you think a boss like him is quite easy to understand? For example—when he will make certain decisions, what thoughts he has when facing difficulties, or even when he might mess things up."

"Knowing these, we can profit from him while enriching our own experience."

The legal director exhaled deeply: "Although I left, any stock options after the company’s IPO might be gone, so financial freedom... will have to wait longer."

"But leveraging the platform of Tongping Software, I’ve garnered more cases, met more people, and obtained more resources."

"Once I switch jobs, my compensation will be even better than now."

At this point, the legal director had a smile on his lips.

Although the legal director has been at his current position for a while, he had hopped quite a few jobs before entering this company.

Red Glasses listened bewilderedly. While brother-in-law was imparting real knowledge, for Red Glasses’ age and limited experience, she couldn’t absorb much.

The legal director saw this immediately and didn’t elaborate, merely sighed.

"Of course, my way of doing things is still challenging. At your age, without me guiding you, I reckon the days ahead would be tough."

This statement Red Glasses understood. Although brother-in-law’s words carried a hint of teasing, calling her a "silly child," Red Glasses didn’t mind.

"So, brother-in-law, you have to take me with you," Red Glasses stated matter-of-factly.

The legal director waved with a smile: "Go do your work, gather the information as I said, and come ask me if you need help."

"Moreover, you should use this opportunity to learn more." The legal director sighed deeply, "Even for me, it’s hard to have a stable life in the market."

"Although I sound optimistic now, I also don’t know if the next company’s boss will be as foolish as this one."

"You’re still young and have choices. If you don’t want to live your life ’entrusting everything to a guy who might be a fool,’ later on... consider getting a stable government job or becoming a civil servant."

"If there’s a chance, I might be able to find something out for you."

Saying this, the legal director suddenly thought of something.

"The intern you’re mentoring, guide her more in your work. No matter what she wants to do, teach her. Anyway, you’re proficient in legal matters."

Red Glasses blinked: "...Alright."

...

As the legal director returned to his office and started planning his future career path,

the HR director stood at the elevator shaft, pursing her lips.

She instinctively pulled a makeup mirror from her handbag to touch up. Her lipstick had mostly faded after being in the boss’s office.

Soon returning to the HR department, she couldn’t let her subordinates see her distressed.

Meanwhile, she involuntarily pricked her ears to catch the conversation between Nan Zhubin and Chen Lizhou from afar.

As a management member of the administrative department, the information channels were always the HR director’s priority.

"Recently... I have some special thoughts... but it’s less than a week since my last consultation..."

The HR director heard Chen Lizhou say this.

She scoffed inwardly.

Just having experienced a highly pressuring scene in the boss’s office, Chen Lizhou’s first thought wasn’t to devise a plan or collaborate with the EAP Project Team, but to consider psychological consultation?

Initially, she thought highly of Chen Lizhou. After all, he’s a veteran in the company, capable of sustaining a small business and feeding dozens of employees solely by his resources.

Yet now it seems he’s quite mediocre, failing to distinguish priorities.

"Of course you can," the HR director then heard Nan Zhubin reply.

Although "weekly sessions" are extremely important in psychological consultation ethics, even forming the basis for effective treatment.

Indeed, overly frequent appointments might break the consultation framework, causing the visitor to lose space to independently cope with emotions between sessions and making it harder for the consultant to maintain professional boundaries.

However, when visitors clearly express they have urgent needs, consultants can flexibly handle this based on professional judgment.

For instance, evaluating and confirming risks of self-harm, suicide, or acute trauma crises, or if the visitor is at a critical treatment stage, and when the visitor’s real-world pressure is severely overloaded.

Under such circumstances, temporarily adding a session can provide important support.

The key is to clearly define this "breaking exception" as a temporary arrangement. Consultants must evaluate risks while agreeing to the appointment, setting clear boundaries and using this interaction itself as material worth delving into in subsequent work.

Nan Zhubin scoped out Chen Lizhou’s expressions. At least in his current evaluation, it’s feasible to make an "exception" for Chen Lizhou.

Moreover, Nan Zhubin is absolutely equipped with the necessary professional boundary skills, not merely "soft-hearted" as a consultant and forgetting his ethics.

But, the HR director naturally didn’t understand this and had no interest in knowing.

After ensuring her makeup was flawless, checking her emotions through the small mirror and confirming everything was perfect,

she pressed the elevator button. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Clack, clack, clack—

The crisp and clear high-heeled shoe sounds echoed in the HR office.

Upon returning to the office, the HR director immediately poured herself a cup of water. After several deep breaths, she finally relaxed completely.

Thinking of the tasks the boss had assigned earlier, she immediately summoned her assistant.

"Notify every manager and supervisor-grade staff to come to my office now."

Soon enough, the HR director made arrangements, roughly consisting of formulating new attendance management supplemental notifications, clarifying penalty standards for posting and execution, and establishing internal self-examination plans and related templates, organizing departmental self-checks and report submissions, etc.

These were what she just thought up or remembered—regarding "internal instability during company downsizing," the HR director had encountered and resolved numerous times before.

Yet path dependency is unacceptable, and the HR director was well aware of this.

Thus, after outlining her thoughts, she briefly described the company’s current situation to her subordinates without revealing key information, and required every employee to present at least one solution before the end of the day.

Finished. Meeting adjourned.

...

However, after all the attendees had left, one person stayed behind.

Shi Chuxin gently closed the office door, hesitatingly: "Sister Zong..."

"Oh, little Shi."

No matter what Shi Chuxin intended to say, the HR director preemptively greeted friendly.

"Recently, how’s the optimization work in the sales department going?"

This is also one of the workplace social skills.

Shi Chuxin paused. With makeup covering her face, it was unclear whether her complexion showed white or red.

But with her wealth of experience, the HR director could already discern enough.

"You heard my earlier message; I just returned from the boss’s office," the HR director earnestly cautioned, "The state below has been somewhat unstable recently, be careful in your work."

"But while being cautious, the progress mustn’t lag," she added.

Shi Chuxin was momentarily speechless.

HR director, as if recalling something, said: "If work is hard to handle, you can try seeking help from the EAP Project Team. They have plenty of ideas—and aren’t they your juniors?"