來函照登:易趣老員工緻eBay CEO的一封信

剛剛收到一份易趣老員工寫給eBay CEO惠特曼的一封信,在這封信中,原易趣員工對eBay與TOM在線的交易中,員工的利益被漠視表達了強烈的不滿。據這份郵件透露,eBay要求易趣員工今天必須簽署與eBay終止勞動合同的協議,並且不提供任何補償。但員工的不滿並未得到eBay方面的任何迴應。

 附1:在發給我的郵件中的附言:

2006年12月20日,eBay和TOM在線聯合宣佈了兩家公司將攜手組建一家合資公司的消息,我們在這個對外宣佈的消息中沒有看到對eBay中國員工的任何安排。

同一天,公司也組織了員工大會,再一次顯示了對eBay中國員工的不公平:對於公司賣給TOM,如何安置員工方面,公司進行了簡單介紹和答疑,對於員工的一些疑問,公司代表含糊帶過,或者會場不做任何明確的表態。之後也沒有派專人做進一步的解釋,也沒有任何正式公開的文件出來。

對於這樣的處理方式,有些員工在答疑會上當場提出疑問,很多員工當場表示反對,但是公司高層管理者之後都藉口度假,要到2007年1月4日纔回來,對eBay中國員工的不滿都置之不理。而據可靠消息,2007年1月4日,該合資公司的批覆就會由外經貿委下發。

公司的這種做法是對中國員工極不負責任的表現,更不用提公司代表在員工公開會議上作出虛假和誤導的陳述。

eBay作爲國際知名的網絡公司,一直宣導並要求員工遵守EBAY的文化,即五個價值觀:

  1. 我們相信每個人都是“性本善”
  2. 我們尊重每個人,每個人都是獨一無二的
  3. 我們相信每個人都在某些方面對公司有貢獻
  4. 我們鼓勵員工“你想別人怎麼待你,你就先怎樣對待別人”
  5. 我們相信一個誠實、開放的環境能爲員工帶來最好的價值

作爲弱勢羣體,作爲eBay在中國的員工,我們一直深信公司的這種價值觀,從來沒有產生任何懷疑。但是公司這次的處理方式,使中國員工都無法理解,eBay公司對中國員工的承諾以及對中國市場的承諾怎麼可以在一夜之間全部改變??因此我們希望公司對於這次合併以及善後事宜給中國員工一個明確的答覆和妥善的安排。

我們再次強烈呼籲:

  1. 公司派專人給eBay中國員工明確詳細的書面解釋;
  2. 爲eBay服務多年並深信eBay理念的員工,希望公司能給予中國大陸員工一個妥善的處理:

作爲eBay中國的員工,長期以來,我們一直在eBay倡導的文化和價值觀中工作着,我們也深信公司會給予我們一個合理的解釋和安排。同時,我們也殷切期盼社會,政府,IT互聯網各界支持我們,爲中國互聯網營造一個積極健康的環境!

所有eBay中國大陸員工(475人)

附:這封公開信我們發給MEG已經3天,沒有收到任何回覆。

今天客服近300人已經接到HR通知,今天必須簽訂和eBay終止勞動的協議,如果不籤,就沒有任何補償。明顯在恐嚇員工。

附2:易趣老員工緻eBay CEO的一封信

尊敬的Meg,

這封郵件來自原易趣家庭的老員工們,自從2002年eBay併購易趣後,我們這批人就全身心地、勤懇並忠心地爲eBay工作着。

首先,我們祝你節日快樂!其次,我們也想讓你知道,對於你爲了確保eBay業務在中國的持續成功而和本土公司如TOM結爲合作伙伴的舉措表示感謝!並且,對於你在這個艱難的轉換期爲了我們的遣散費而做的努力,我們也深表感謝。

然而,對於公司目前對員工的安排和處理,我們都心存憂慮,而且,我們中國員工都清楚地認識到,在新的合資公司裏,我們將面臨各種困難和潛在的風險。

在過去的幾年中,儘管eBay中國的高級管理層一直在變動,我們中的許多人始終很努力地爲eBay中國工作,四年過去了,我們一直被這些高層盲目地指引着。然而,在不斷出現的艱難和挑戰中,我們一直堅持着,因爲我們對於這個業務模式充滿熱情,也堅信通過我們的能力最終可以讓eBay的中國業務得到發展。在過去的幾年中,我們不認爲您聽到了我們的心聲和擔憂。現在,我們最後一次懇請你聽一下我們目前所處的困境。

從技術層面上說,eBay選擇和TOM合資一個新的公司,本質上說就是停止了eBay易趣的市場業務。根據中國的法律,eBay應該公正合理地給予員工補償,這意味着:

  • 從遣散費的最低底限來看,所有的eBay中國大陸員工可以得到一個“工作年限+1”的補償,eBay也計劃提供這個最低遣散費,我們對此也表示感謝。但是,作爲美國一個知名跨國的大公司,並一直對外宣稱“最在乎員工”的企業文化,我們覺得eBay應該有更大的社會責任心,給予中國員工比這個最低底線再多一點的補償。
  • 而且,所有的eBay中國大陸員工的有效勞動合同是到2007年8月底終止,既然我們是被迫終止和eBay和勞動協議,我們所有的eBay中國大陸員工還是願意繼續爲eBay服務。(不是因爲我們大家工作業績不好,而是因爲eBay公司自己決定結束eBay易趣的業務),所以對於勞動合同中剩下的幾個月,我們應該得到合適的補償。

針對eBay要廢除當初給予我們的員工期股,我們也想強調幾點:

  1. 許多易趣老員工的工資都是低於中國其他跨國公司的平均工資水平線,因此eBay給的員工期股被認爲是這個差別的補償,如果eBay把當初給予員工的期股拿走,我們認爲這是掠奪我們的應得的收入;
  2. 而且,許多易趣老員工拿到的是吸引人的期股價格,但要到2007年9月1日才能全部授權拿到。雖然員工期股被認爲是公司給予員工的特別待遇,而不是公司義務,但是我們覺得公司不能因爲要新成立一個合資公司,而拿走當初承諾給予我們易趣老員工的特別待遇。我們在新合資公司中的工作內容和職責都將和之前相同,因此,公司給予我們的補償應該保持對員工的吸引力,而不是削減。我們感覺到新合資公司將給予的補償安排,或者說,到目前我們聽到的,是很少的。公司沒有理由要廢除之前給予我們的目前授權實施的員工期股,爲此公司應該給予我們一定的賠償。

我們也瞭解到新的合資公司爲了保留eBay中國大陸員工,有一個保留計劃,但是我們認爲這個保留員工的計劃充滿了不確定因素和風險。TOM的文化完全和eBay不一樣,我們認爲這會影響到我們的工作士氣。保留計劃中我們也看不到任何承諾關於新合資公司的管理層不會終止和我們的勞動協議。在新的合資公司中,我們的勞動安全和職業發展都將受到嚴重的影響。因此,我們認爲,對於我們將面臨的新增的風險,eBay公司應提前給予適當的補償。

總得來說,我們大家對於現在公司的安排很傷心、生氣,非常地失望,不管我們在過去的幾年中,一直對eBay組織忠心耿耿地服務,並遵守我們對eBay的承諾,但是我們還是被eBay拋棄了。eBay對中國員工的承諾以及對中國市場的承諾怎麼可以在一夜之間全部改變了??這樣的情況下,我們很多人無法全心地爲新的合資公司服務,而且也將會導致eBay在中國新的戰略的一個風險隱患。

對於廣大eBay中國大陸員工來說,進入到新的合資公司中,儘管我們將面臨很大的不確定因素和風險,但是我們還是願意幫助eBay努力工作,但是也希望您能理解我們的狀況。我們希望你能夠真誠地考慮一下我們這些多年來一直全心全意服務於eBay中國業務的員工們的請求!

真誠地向您致敬!

所有易趣老員工

附3:A message from the Eachnet staff to Meg

Dear Meg,

This email comes from the marketplace employee members of the Eachnet family who many have served whole-heartedly, diligently, and loyally since the eBay acquisition in 2002. Firstly, we would like to send you well wishes during this holiday period. Here, we are writing to inform you that we are grateful you have taken steps to ensure continued success of the eBay business in China by partnering with a local entity such as TOM. Additionally, we thank you for making efforts to compensate us with a severance package through this difficult transition period. However, we have concerns about the current offer and believe that the potential risks that we will be facing in the new JV are not fairly factored into it.

Many of us have worked very hard in these past years through the numerous changes of often inadequate leaderships in China. Four years have come and gone and we feel, at time, we have been blindly guided. However, we stuck through the difficult and challenging time because we believe and are passionate about the business and our ability to make it work in China. We do not believe our voices have been heard and our concerns have been addressed in the past years. Now, we are making a final plead for you to hear our plight.

Technically speaking, by eBay choosing to form a JV with TOM, it is essentially closing down its eBay Eachnet marketplace business. According to Chinese law, it should compensate its employees appropriately and fairly. This means:

  • At a minimum, all employees should receive a severance package of one month pay and additional months based on each employee's year of service here. eBay has offered this and we appreciate it. But, as a large U.S. multinational company which has always preached that it takes care of its employees, we feel eBay should have greater social responsibility by offering more than just the minimum.
  • Also, all employees currently have an effective employment contract with eBay that lasts until August 2007. Since we are forced to terminate the contract with eBay (not based on our poor performance but due to the company's own decision to close down ), we should be appropriately compensated for the remaining contract terms.

Regarding the rescission of our eBay options, we would like to highlight the following points:

  • Many of the old Eachnet staff's base salary are on average ranked far below those at other multinational companies in China. The eBay options were viewed as a way to make up for that deficiency. If this is taken away from us, we feel we are being robbed of our income.
  • Furthermore, many Eachnet employees who have received grants with very attractive strike price will lose the remainder of their options into September 2007. Even though options are viewed as a privilege and not an obligation to employees, we feel that this privilege should not be taken from us just because the company decides to form a new structure. Our job responsibilities will remain the same and therefore the compensation scheme offered to us should remain attractive and not be downgraded. We feel that the new JV compensation scheme, or what we have heard of it so far, is sparse. By rescinding our unvested options for unfounded reasons, eBay should properly compensate us for this.

We realized the new JV has put forth a retention package for all marketplace employees. However, we believe the proposal contains many uncertainties and risks. TOM has a very different work culture ( extremely hierarchical) and management style (very bureaucratic) which we believe will impact our work morale. There are no guarantees that the new management team will not terminate us at will. Our job security and career development are highly vulnerable in the new JV. Hence, we believe the added risks we will face should be adequately compensated in advance.

In summary, many of us are sad, angry, and very disappointed by the current proposal. We feel we are being abandoned despite our commitment and loyalty to the eBay organization in these past years. You had faith in us when you first decided to enter China. But, it would be extremely difficult for a lot of the employees to get motivated by the new JV and thus this would put another eBay China venture in jeopardy. We want to help make it work but we hope you will understand our plight as well. We ask that you find it in your heart to seriously consider our requests given our many years of committed service to the eBay Eachnet business in China.

Sincerely,

The Eachnet family

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