How do you evaluate "Free Yourself"?

“The work is exhausting, so what if there are results, but in the end I can’t do anything but write PPT”

“I only sing for the boss’s circle of friends, the leader said casually , please follow immediately, and the project will be launched immediately regardless of the consequences"

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On the evening of January 24, at the New Oriental annual meeting, six employees sang "Release Yourself" (adapted from Desert Camel) videos are flooding the screen like crazy. The lyrics complained about "big company diseases" such as poor user experience and manager inaction, which attracted many people to ridicule, "I will probably be fired immediately after the performance." On the morning of January 25, Yu Minhong, chairman of New Oriental Education Group Co., Ltd., forwarded the video on Weibo. He also said: "The creators and performers of this program who dare to expose New Oriental issues will be rewarded 100,000 yuan."

Zhao Xuohuan, an employee of Beijing New Oriental School who participated in the program, recalled in an interview with the media, During the performance, Yu Minhong laughed from ear to ear in the audience and took the lead in applauding at the end. The reporter learned that New Oriental will also conduct voting and selection of annual conference programs, and the results will be announced at the end of this month. Many employees speculated that the show is likely to be the "Best of the Annual Meeting."

New Oriental employee Xiaohong (pseudonym) voted for "Release Yourself". She told reporters that New Oriental has such a program every year, and this kind of "complaint" is a kind of company culture. Du Changxu, a former New Oriental famous teacher and founder of Langbo.com, also publicly commented in WeChat Moments: "New Oriental and Teacher Yu have always advocated this kind of 'joking' culture, where employees can communicate with each other, between employees and leaders, and between leaders. Ridicule, so many jokes were born this way."

In addition, Du Changxu said that these problems are not just New Oriental's company, but are actually a common phenomenon, commonly known as " "Big company disease", it's just that no one has interpreted it in this way in the past. "I guess this is not the first time that New Oriental's senior management knows about these issues. How can they be changed? Can they be changed? In fact, they are more 'specific' questions. Otherwise, there will be a sequel to next year's annual meeting."

The reporter noticed that after "Free Yourself" hit the screen, many people speculated that the program was deliberately planned by senior executives. This speculation is not unrelated to the recent five internal emails sent by Yu Minhong to address internal management issues.

“Some of our managers, from the middle to the top, have become people with no innovation, no vision, cliques, laziness and indifference in governance. They have no desire to make progress and no sense of crisis.” In an internal email, Yu Minhong pointed out sternly that there were problems in the company's operation and management, and stated that he would vigorously promote New Oriental's three modernizations (standardization, systematization, and informatization) in the 2019 calendar year and the 2020 fiscal year, and rectify the management of level 6 and above. Or, Yu Minhong himself will serve as the leader of New Oriental's three modernization working groups. At the annual meeting on January 24, Yu Minhong also mentioned in his speech that he would focus on the management of New Oriental in the future.

As the “big brother” in the education and training industry, New Oriental seems to be having a tough time recently. New Oriental's financial report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 released on January 22 showed that the company's net loss for this quarter reached US$25.8 million, a year-on-year decrease of 750, the largest quarterly loss in the 12 years since its listing. Industry insiders believe that this has something to do with the company's own problems, external competitive pressure, and the policy environment. In 2018, the government cracked down on off-campus training institutions and regulated various aspects such as school qualifications, training time, and teacher qualifications. Some New Oriental campuses were also required to make rectifications. On the other hand, competition in the education and training industry has become increasingly fierce, with institutions such as VIPKID and Hujiang rising rapidly, and Internet giants such as Toutiao, Tencent, and NetEase also investing in online education.

On January 25, after "Release Yourself", which complained about New Oriental's "big company disease", became popular, New Oriental responded on the official WeChat public platform: "The heart is like a mirror, so you can examine yourself and correct yourself; let go. Just do it, the future is still promising."

Attached are the lyrics to "Release Yourself":