Sales Manager

Let’s be honest here. This corporate life is probably not the ideal life for you. It’s slow and dull, the only work you do here is maintenance. You really wished you can be doing something more... interesting for a change. But hey, the job pays. The company has a convenience store for you to buy meals to bring home, and even pet food for your dog at home. Not to mention the office building is literally right there, across the street, just opposite to your house. It was a bit off-putting seeing your colleagues are robots (almost everyone actually) and your manager is a chicken but you quickly got used to it.

And then, came today. Morning routine went as usual: you ate breakfast, you fed the dog, you got dressed, and you went to work. As you entered the building and the entrance doors slid close, you greeted the first Office Worker you see standing there. But out of nowhere, he immediately accused you of quitting and attacked you for it. You had no choice but to fight back and ended up ripping out his big red eye and crushing it, causing him to explode. Shocked and confused, you went up to Lily, the receptionist there, and asked about it. She also thought you are quitting and simply told you to go ask HR about the issue. And you did exactly that.

When you stepped out of the elevator and entered the HR Department, you found out that everyone there believed you are quitting and attacked you. Armed with nothing but your briefcase, you were forced to destroy every single robot there as you made your way to the HR Manager’s office. On the way, you found a girl named Momo and an old man who you scared the bejesus out of and got a heart attack. He would’ve died if not for Momo’s resuscitation and you fighting off the angels from taking his soul to Heaven. They both seemed to be the only humans in the department.

Once you made it to the HR Manager’s office, you found the HR Manager berating Momo for wasting time saving the old man instead of just leaving him be and went on with her business. The bastard even threatened to scar her face with his cigarette to teach her lesson! You swooped in to intervene and he told you that it was the General Manager who wanted him to lay you off, but doing so would be too costly. Instead, he chose to spread rumors that you’re resigning and let the robots take care of you automatically. You did battle with him and his dog-like wage slaves and gave him a well-deserved ass-whooping. It was from that point on, you decided that you will QUIT and leave this ridiculous company. But you will need the stamp of approval from all of the department managers and the General Manager himself on your resignation form to officially quit.

You took the elevator up to the MIS Department and found that your egg-bot colleagues are surprisingly not hostile towards you like you expected. You went through the doors and came straight to Mr. Cluckington, your manager, at his desk. He inquired you as to why you were late for work and you told him that you are quitting. He... approved and gave you his stamp of approval instantly. He explained that he has been waiting for this day and has been meaning to quit this company himself but no one wants to hire a chicken. So he was forced to stay and watch the company he knew and loved since it was founded be corrupted over the years. Now with you being the one to spark the rebellion, him and the egg-bots fully supports your road to resignation.

Skipping over some parts, you now also have the HR Department and Finance Department on your side as well. Your friends, Momo and Ming, have been assigned to become their respective department’s new manager after the previous one has been defeated by you. You’re currently at the Sales Department and wow does this place feel like everything Japan in one floor. They got bamboo forests, a shrine, shoji office walls, sorihashi bridges, and most of all: bars filled with salespeople drunk on sake and any other kinds of drinks they desire.

While fighting through some Sales Ninjas, you ran into Chen, your best friend since... probably when you first joined or maybe even way before that. Coincidentally, he was on his way looking for the Sales Manager like you, but with a different purpose. When you two reached the bar, the Sales Manager herself was there and revealed her reason for calling Chen is to test how much he could drink - and since you are also present, she had you two compete each other to see who can drink more (despite whether you do drink or not). You ended up beating Chen, but the Sales Manager was impressed with how much he can hold regardless and decided to make him her assistant. You congratulated him on the promotion but he could only muster out a quick “thank you” before sprinting off to go puke in the toilet.

Later on, you ran into Chen again at the bar and he said he has something important he must share with you... over a drink. A drinking contest. Again. You beaten him a second time, though now Chen was red in the face and you were just absolutely hammered. He revealed that he found out why the department has so many orders is because the manager would send off employees to have intimate contacts with clients. So his promotion to her assistant wasn’t as simple as it might have seemed. You can confirm this, as you did earlier overhear the Sales Manager on the phone with a client discussing about sending Chen over to accompany him. Chen would stand for that and rushed out to spread the news to the rest of the department.

You followed after him to the sales office where he was in the middle of sharing his discovery to some Sales Ninjas. At first, they were in shock to hear it, like even they weren’t unaware of such practice taking place behind their backs. But then, as if lightning struck down on them for wrongthink, their singular large eye instantly turned from green to red and what human emotions they were expressing got reverted back to apathetic programming. They invalidated his claim by saying they got sales bonuses out of it, so dignity is an acceptable sacrifice. Left with no other choice, Chen stormed off to confront the Sales Manager herself.

Eventually, you made it to the Sales Manager’s office. Standing outside the doors, you can overhear Chen yelling for help - and through the glass, you can see him bound in the air with red ropes. The Sales Manager below could not care less how much he screams and squirms.

“You are my property. I have to teach you a lesson before sending you to my client.” She coldly stated before gesturing an arm upwards to Chen, as if he were a product himself. “I have a client, and you are just his type. Just accompany him for one night, then we have another order. Don’t you think it’s a good deal?”

Of course, seeing your best friend in this state and treated like this boiled your blood. You busted through the doors and objected.

“No one taught you to knock before coming in?” She remarked. Haughty as ever.

When you demanded she let Chen go, she shouted back “None of your business!” before galloping away with her four mechanical centaur legs, planning to attack you from afar while calling in her employees to assist her.

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You’ve done it. You’ve defeated all of the department managers and brought down the General Manager. It was difficult. You didn’t expect the final showdown to be on the rooftop, facing him piloting a massive mechanical 7-eyed Chinese dragon made from the many metal corpses of fallen robot employees. But with the help of all the friends you made along the way, you’ve beaten the mecha monstrosity and ended up using its own mechanical claw to pin the dragon’s head down, breaking the glass dome and revealing the tiny General Manager panicking in his cockpit. He desperately pleaded for his life and tried to offer becoming an investor in your entrepreneurial business, even offered to give you a 100 times raise on top of that.

Tempting... but you refused. There’s no way you can run a business with him still around. Knowing him, he’ll be pulling the strings from behind the scenes and plotting to betray you some day. You curled the mechanical claw into a fist and started punching him down repeatedly, cracking the concrete rooftop with every impact. Channeling your full power, you delivered one last powerful punch that sent both of you come crashing down through every single floor in the building, all the way till you cratered the ground floor. The General Manager has been crushed - his reign of terror finally put to an end. Your friends rejoiced to celebrate your victory, and you finally got all the stamps of approval needed on your resignation form to officially quit.

And yet... you feel like you can’t just leave the company in the state it’s in now. They need a leader - and I mean a leader, not a boss. All your friends have already been appointed as the new department managers - that leaves you with becoming the new General Manager and owner of the company. You made an oath to restructure the company into a friendlier work environment, to steer it towards nobler goals, and no employee shall ever be dehumanized again, regardless if they’re human or not.

It’s been a year since that day. The company is currently still under remodeling, but things have gotten exponentially better. No more casinos, no more bars, no more jails - those three especially have no place in a company and their associated departments have been remodeled into appropriate workplaces. Some traces of its past design are still left but the harmful elements have been removed. The General Manager’s office, once a grand throne room, now made humble and an actual office as per your request. You’re not here to bark orders while flaunting your wealth and power. You’re here to work just like everyone else.

But the most important change is the treatment of employees. They now get paid well, reasonable workload, more personal freedom, break time, annual leave and above all, basic human rights. They may be robots, but they were once humans too. You can’t exactly ’reprogram’ them but you can re-educate them about ethics, self-worth and empathy. The employee modification cannot be reversed, unfortunately, but anything just to make them feel more human again. You can even see it on each of their faces as their one singular large eye turned from a hostile red to a passive green.

After monitoring you for a while, Lee, the interviewee from that day who turned out to be an undercover agent sent by the Labour Department, deems you fit to run the company and entrusts you with it before taking his leave.

Mr. Cluckington would be so proud of you if he could see you now. Unfortunately, the former General Manager turned him into chicken soup right before your final confrontation. You unknowingly ate him when you were paying him one last visit, much to your egg-bot colleagues’ horror. I’m sure they understand, they won’t hold it against you. I’m sure Mr. Cluckington understands too.

You are now currently in your office, sitting at your desk, overseeing the company on your computer and waiting till your help is needed. Then, an Office Worker came in with a trolley - and on that trolley is the former Sales Manager, rebuilt and currently off. Now why did you decide to have her rebuilt? Who knows! Maybe you convinced Chou that it would make an inspiring sight for the workers to see you riding on one of their former tyrants like a war steed.

Anyways, the Office Worker dumped her in front of your desk then promptly left the office. You went over to her side and circled around to inspect every detail on her - checking for loose screws, that is, not ogling her breasts... maybe. Eventually, you found the hidden switch on her back and flipped it on as she slowly whirred back to life. When she awoke, the first thing you noticed is that her three eyes still glows bright red, since she has yet to rehabilitate. However, she does not immediately attack you upon seeing you - in fact, what she did and said next was what really surprised you.

“G-General Manager!?“ she gasped in shock as she immediately got on her knees, hands on the ground and head bowed low to you. “Please have mercy! I regret everything I did to my employees, and almost did to your friend too!”

The once domineering madam is now submitting herself towards the one who she tried to kill a year ago. Seems like she no longer considers you an enemy, but her superior instead - and yet, she still retains memories of all the things she did before her destruction, including the battle between you and her. You theorized that it must be the programming telling her to obey the General Manager, but it didn’t say specifically the pig - so she is programmed to obey no particular person, but whoever currently holds the title.

“I only did what I did because... I didn’t want to be turned into scrap metal! He expected us managers to forgo the well-being of our workers if it means bringing him maximum profits!”

Either you believe what she’s saying is true, that she was just an unwilling tool to the former General Manager or she’s lying, that she enjoyed the money and power just as much is entirely up to you.