Perception of my youth prose

The boss found me a “next job”

After graduating from college, I worked as a clerk in a foreign trade company and was promoted to secretary to the general manager a year later. However, I gradually discovered that I was not suitable for administrative work, which scared me.

I majored in Chinese as a normal teacher in college, and passed the teacher qualification certificate in my senior year. The reason why I chose to work in an enterprise was that I wanted to fully explore my potential in a new environment. But it turns out that my attempt was a failure. I think I am still more suitable to be a teacher.

So, one day in August last year, I submitted my resignation to General Manager Chen. Mr. Chen was a little surprised and asked me why I resigned. I answered truthfully. He persuaded me a few words, and seeing that I was determined to leave, he was silent for a while, and then asked: "Have you found a job? Which school in this city is it?" I smiled and said, "I just asked you today. When you propose to resign, do you have time to contact your employer? The most important thing is that I must get your permission before I can resign and start looking for a job. Of course, if you need it, I can. I can work for a few more months until you find a new secretary." Mr. Chen was a little surprised: "You mean, you haven't been looking for a job?"

Mr. Chen smiled. , shook his head: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! Several people who resigned from our company before found their 'next job' before leaving. There were also a few who were in the probation period and disappeared without saying a word. It's not easy for you to do this! How about I don't force you to stay, just help me for another month?" "Okay!" I replied readily.

One month passed quickly. At noon that day, I handed over the last piece of work to the new secretary. Thinking that I was about to rejoin the job hunting army, I was confused and also felt a little scared. At this time, Mr. Chen called me and asked me to go to a restaurant near the company. It should be to see me off. Thinking of this, I feel warm in my heart. In the private room of the hotel, I unexpectedly found a middle-aged man sitting there. Mr. Chen introduced me to him as Mr. Chen’s college classmate and Vice Principal Liu of Zilong School in this city. Mr. Chen smiled and said to me: "Don't you want to be a teacher? You have to perform well in front of Principal Liu today and drink a few more glasses of wine. I specially recommended you to him!" I was surprised and happy.

You know, Zilong School is the best private high school in the city. It is not easy for an undergraduate like me with no teaching experience to become a teacher. Why does Mr. Chen take such good care of me?

One week later, I passed the written test and interview at Zilong School. A few days later, under the guidance of Vice President Liu, I successfully passed the trial lecture and was just waiting to sign the contract. On this day, Mr. Chen called me. After chatting for a few words, I couldn't help but express my doubts. Mr. Chen said half-jokingly: "If people respect me, I have to repay them, right? I don't want to owe others any favors!" I also laughed.

I put down the phone and thought a lot. Sometimes, if you respect others and help others wholeheartedly, even if you don't ask for anything in return, the rewards will come unexpectedly. (Chen Guilian/Recommended)

The stingy boss

Ah Hua has not been able to find a satisfactory job since arriving in the city. On this day, he saw a "psoriasis" advertisement posted on a telephone pole. A small restaurant was eager to recruit people, and the monthly salary was two thousand yuan. This was a good thing. A Hua was afraid of being snatched away by others, so he immediately tore up the advertisement, put it in his pocket, and ran quickly to apply for the job.

This is a small restaurant selling wontons, with only two or three tables. When someone came to apply for a job, the boss came up to him. After a few words, Ah Hua officially took up the post. At this time, a man in his thirties handed a few pieces of tattered work clothes to Ah Hua, pulled him aside, and whispered: "Finally, someone has come to take over my shift. Young man, be careful."

It turns out that this person is Ah Hua’s ex, who he no longer wants to be with. But the boss has a rule, don't wait until a new person comes to take over, and don't want to pay your salary and leave. Ah Hua asked the other person: "This job is not tiring, and the salary is not bad, why don't you do it?" The man said: "This boss is not human, he is very stingy, and I can't tolerate it anymore.

"Ahua thought, let's see how stingy this boss is!

That afternoon, Ahua was busy. The boss said that there was a flour mill in the suburbs with cheap flour, and asked Ahua to accompany him. Let’s go and have a look. Ah Hua asked: “What car should we take? The boss said: "It's not far, only a few miles. Let's walk." "But they walked for more than three hours, and they were so tired that they were sweating profusely. Ah Hua calculated that it was at least ten miles away. He thought to himself: What age is this? The transportation is so convenient, this boss It's really embarrassing.

On the way back, they passed by a restaurant. Ah Hua and the boss were already hungry. After they went in, they each had a bowl of noodles. When paying for the meal, Ah Hua thought: I am. It's a wage earner hired by your boss to help you contact the flour mill. It's been a hard journey. You, the boss, should pay for the meal. Moreover, your recruitment notice clearly states that you are in charge of food and housing. Thinking of this, Ah Hua did not take the initiative to pay. As for the boss, seeing so many people in the restaurant, he reluctantly paid for Ah Hua.

, it was already dark, Ahua quickly took out the flashlight the boss gave him when he left, and followed the boss. But the boss was still angry about the meal money just now, he thought to himself: You are an ungrateful country bumpkin. , if you don’t flatter the boss, you still have to pay for your meal. It’s so outrageous: After thinking about it, the boss used the topic and turned to Ah Hua and said: "You are walking behind with a flashlight on, how can I Can you see the road? "When Ah Hua heard this, he was right. He quickly ran to the boss with a flashlight to light the way.

Unexpectedly, the boss yelled: "You are a country bumpkin who really doesn't know how to behave. You asked me to follow you. Behind the scenes, do you still think of me as your boss? "When Ah Hua heard this, he quickly took a flashlight and walked with the boss. Unexpectedly, the boss became even more angry: "I am older than your father, how come you, a wage earner, don't know etiquette, how dare you walk side by side with the boss? Is this how you behave? "

Ahua looked helpless and could only lower his head and asked: "Boss, it's not right for the flashlight to be used in front of you, it's not allowed to be used behind you, and it's definitely not allowed to be used parallel to you. What on earth do you want me to do? Where to fight?

Unexpectedly, the boss rolled his eyes and said, "As long as you give me the money for the meal just now, you can use your flashlight wherever you like." ”

Exchange of opinions

The manager announced the decision to arrange for me to work in a foreign liaison office for at least half a year. I don’t want to go. My children and wife are all local, and it would be too uncomfortable to work abroad. It was convenient. After the meeting, I came to the manager's office and put forward my idea tactfully.

The manager said with a smile: "Lao Zhang, you are a family man and want to stay and work locally. I can understand the idea. But don’t forget, you are the backbone of the unit and have to take the lead. The newly established liaison office is very important. If others want to go there, I won’t let them go! We must put the overall situation first! "The manager thinks so highly of me that I can't refuse anymore.

When I got home, I told my wife about my transfer to another place. My wife said angrily: "Your manager is too much. You are really stupid, why don't you exchange opinions with the leader?

I said helplessly: "Exchanged."

The wife asked sharply: "What will be the result?"

I sighed and said: "I entered the manager's office with my opinions, and then walked out with the manager's opinions." ”

Fire the factory director

After Liu Ping graduated from Southwest Metallurgical College, he volunteered to work at Yuanquan Smelter. He has done an outstanding job in the five years since he joined the factory and has been a member of the factory every year. Advanced.

In 1996, the factory director was transferred to the county, and within two years, the factory’s economy began to decline. Some cadres and workers were talking privately: " Luo Huaren did all the shameful things. He built his own building and all the government money went into his pocket. "Liu Ping was dubious after hearing this, so he secretly observed and found that Luo Huaren spent all day eating, drinking and having fun, taking women on sightseeing tours, and spending his family's money lavishly without any scruples.

Liu Ping was a straight-tempered person, so he expressed his opinions to Luo Huaren directly. Unexpectedly, Luo Huaren got angry after not hearing a few words: "Hey, you, a small cadre, still take charge of the factory director? Are you smarter than the leader?"

Soon, the factory tried out the employment system. Unexpectedly, Liu Ping and some people who usually like to give opinions and suggestions to factory leaders were rejected. Later, the factory began to reduce staff and increase efficiency, and all those who were not hired were laid off.

After being laid off, Liu Ping, like other laid-off workers, had to do odd jobs in the society. Although he felt hesitant and lost, he always felt reluctant to leave the factory. They are always concerned about the production and operation of the factory, hoping to prosper as soon as possible, and waiting for the day when the factory will issue a notice allowing them to work again.

Hope and wait, but the factory's operations have never improved, and some workers are laid off from time to time.

Sometimes when Liu Ping passes by the factory gate, he always looks affectionately into the factory, and when he meets fellow workers in the factory, he always greets each other warmly. Sometimes I can't help but walk into the factory, and it's like returning to a home after a long absence. Once when he met Luo Huaren, Liu Ping greeted him affectionately. He glanced at him, raised his head, and snorted. When Liu Ping passed the factory gate again the next day, he saw a notice posted: The factory is an important area and non-workers who are not employed by the factory are not allowed to enter.

Liu Ping felt a chill in his heart, like a ladle of cold water being poured on his head. Not long after returning home, several laid-off workers came over. When they talked about the notice at the factory gate, everyone was very chilled. Liu Ping comforted everyone: "The state encourages laid-off workers to re-employ, let's find a project."

Everyone said in a hurry: "Besides smelting, what can we do?" Liu Ping said. My own plan: "I have thought about it again and again. Let's invest in shares, absorb the laid-off workers from our factory, and build a new smelting plant."

"Yes! We must do something good for Luo Huaren Look, we are better off without him."

Everyone elected Liu Ping to take the lead. Everyone scraped together their savings, went to the bank for a loan, and contacted the local government. After receiving support and attracting funds, within three months, Xinxing Factory was established.

Because they have established a strict management system, timely adjusted their production and operation strategies in view of the market, and produced marketable high-quality products, their economic benefits have been unexpectedly good. The Yuanquan Factory led by Luo Huaren not only has a single variety, but also has low-quality products and no market. The more it produces, the more serious its losses will be. In this regard, Luo Huaren did not work hard on strengthening management, adjusting product structure, improving quality, etc., but blindly laid off workers in an attempt to increase efficiency by reducing headcount. The result was a dead end.

The factory workers were dissatisfied with him for not receiving wages, so the bank took him to court to collect the loan. Seeing that he could no longer hold on, Luo Huaren changed his tactics and went to the competent authorities. He said that he wanted to promote the reform of Yuanquan Factory and find a way out for the laid-off workers, and asked the government to merge Yuanquan Factory and Xinxing Factory. The competent authorities convened the two factories for negotiation. Liu Ping said: "According to the current view of enterprise reform, it is not a merger but a merger. I have worked at Yuanquan Factory for many years and I have a lot of affection for it. If our Xinxing Factory merges, it will complement each other's advantages."

Luo Huaren disagreed. He said: "Xinxing Factory is a small factory. No matter what, Yuanquan Factory should merge with Xinxing Factory. Besides, the cadres and workers of Xinxing Factory are all laid-off employees of our Yuanquan Factory. I decided Let them return to the factory to work. After the closure of Xinxing Factory, the assets and personnel will return to Yuanquan Factory; as for Liu Ping's position, he will serve as the deputy director of Yuanquan Factory."

Another cadre of Xinxing Factory immediately. Objection: "If you lead like Factory Director Luo, Xinxing Factory's little fortune will be wiped out in less than two years. If you then praise your reduction in staff and increase efficiency, won't you have to lay off us again?"

Due to the huge differences in opinions between the two parties, and the unanimous opposition of the cadres and workers of the Xinxing Factory, the negotiations between the two factories came to no result.

Soon, the Yuanquan Factory was involved in an economic lawsuit. The little capital the factory had was frozen, and it had no liquidity to reproduce, so it had to stop production. After liquidation, the company was seriously insolvent and the court declared it bankrupt to repay its debts.

When the news came, many workers at the Xinxing Factory cried. They looked at Liu Ping with tears in their eyes and said, "We built the Yuanquan Factory with our own hands. We really can't bear it to be auctioned off at such a cheap price and fall into the hands of others. Come forward and buy it, otherwise, the unemployed in the factory will be The workers will suffer!"

At this time, Liu Ping was in such a difficult mood, so he listened to the workers' advice and managed to raise money to buy the Yuanquan Factory and take over the factory. unemployed workers. One night, not long after Liu Ping returned home, he heard someone knocking on the door. He opened the door and saw that it was Luo Huaren standing in front of him. Liu Ping did not express his enthusiasm and blocked the door and said, "Is this Director Luo?"

Luo Huaren wanted to go inside, but Liu Ping stopped him at the door, "If you have anything to say, just say it! "

Luo Huaren hesitated and said, "I am the director of the factory, so I feel sorry for you..."

"What are you talking about?" Liu Ping said coldly.

Luo Huaren whispered: "If I join your factory, if I become..." At this point, he hesitated and asked: "How much will it cost to be the deputy director?"

Liu Ping He laughed: "Oh, you want to buy a deputy director? You are wrong. Our factory has democratic elections. If you want to be the deputy director, who will vote for you?"

A few days The next night, Luo Huaren knocked on the door again.

When Liu Ping opened the door and saw him, he said seriously: "If you want to buy an official position, you have gone to the wrong door!"

Luo Huaren shook his head and said: "I am not a cadre, I am a worker in your factory. A worker, okay?"

After hearing this, Liu Ping was surprised. "Are you kidding? Are you willing to be a worker? Besides, with your big belly, can you shovel coal on the stove? I don't have the use of sitting in an office."

The news that Luo Huaren wanted to be a worker spread quickly Throughout the factory, some people were against it and some were in favor of it, and it became a topic of discussion for everyone. Those who objected said: "What can he do as a worker? He might as well raise a dog to guard the door!" Those in favor said: "That's fine. It can also serve as a negative teacher for some people. Don't just worry about harming the country." Once the company goes bankrupt, he will not end well."

After repeated discussions among the workers, Luo Huaren finally entered the factory and became a cleaner who sweeps the yard and flushes the toilets. Although he has become a worker, his attitude as an official has not changed. He left the job of sweeping the courtyard to his wife, and he only occasionally flushed the toilet. At other times, I put on a suit, show off my style, and stand at the gate of the factory pretentiously, as if I was inspecting work. From time to time, I hold my mobile phone in my hand to show off, as if I still have the power.

One morning, a Crown car drove into the factory. Luo Huaren lowered his head and saw that it was a Hong Kong businessman whom he had not seen for a long time. He smiled and greeted him. When the Hong Kong businessman got out of the car and saw him, he shouted happily: "Director Luo, I'm looking for you!"

Seeing that there was no one else around, Luo Huaren acted like the factory director: "Long time no see. Are you talking about business?"

The Hong Kong businessman said with a smile: "I guessed it, I want to talk to you!"

Luo Huaren thought about it and said, "If you want to talk, first Talk to my subordinate Factory Manager Liu."

The Hong Kong businessman was a little confused: "This...oh, I understand, you have been promoted, you must be the chairman!"

Luo Huaren nodded in acquiescence and whispered: "You have an agreement with Factory Manager Liu. Follow the old rules for kickbacks. Keep them confidential. We will call you again."

Hong Kong Businessman and Factory Manager Liu After talking for two hours, we finally reached a long-term supply contract that both parties were satisfied with. Near the end, the Hong Kong businessman raised his thumbs up and said with a smile: "Director Liu is a talent. Chairman Luo did not mistake you!"

"Chairman Luo?" Liu Ping was a little confused. , "Our factory does not have a chairman!"

The Hong Kong businessman was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved, "No more, you mainlanders like to keep little secrets!"

Liu Ping thought for a moment, suddenly thought of Luo Huaren, and seemed to understand something in his heart. After he sent the Hong Kong businessman out, he immediately exchanged views with Director Zhao in the factory office.

In less than an hour, Liu Ping obtained evidence that Luo Huaren defrauded Hong Kong businessmen of NT$10,000 in kickbacks. He immediately convened a meeting of workers' representatives to report the situation and discuss how to handle the matter.

The next morning, Xinxing Factory held a meeting of all factory cadres and workers. Liu Ping announced a decision on behalf of the factory: In view of Luo Huaren pretending to be the chairman and defrauding Hong Kong businessmen of 10,000 yuan in kickbacks, the reputation of Xinxing Factory would be damaged. It caused damage to the company's image and decided to expel it from the factory.

As soon as the decision was announced, the audience immediately burst into applause.

From then on, the joke story about "laid-off workers fired factory director Luo" became a favorite among workers after dinner.

Internal Job Changing Notes

After graduating from technical secondary school, where to find a good job became my biggest problem. Fortunately, my cousin had a plan. After some activities, one of his friends was willing to accept me. My cousin's friend is the manager of a group company, and he arranged for me to work as a mail and receipt clerk at the headquarters. Afterwards, my cousin quietly told me that the manager arranged this for his own sake and purely to take care of me.

Since then, I have been working in the company’s headquarters building. Before I came in, there was already a mailbox clerk in the office building. His surname was Sun, and he was as young as me. After just one week of working, I started to have doubts in my mind. I always felt that the work was too easy and I was afraid that the treatment would not be good. Unexpectedly, I got my first salary a month later, and it was even higher than the middle-level cadres in the workshop. When I showed my surprise in front of Xiao Sun, he laughed, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, since we can sit in this position, the company will certainly not treat us badly."

Only then did I realize that the level of care we received was indeed extraordinary. I work most of the time drinking tea and chatting. Occupying such a comfortable position, I should be full of pride, but strangely, my heart always feels like a big stone is pressing down, and there is an inexplicable heaviness. Before the year was up, I had the idea of ????changing jobs.

I heard that the factory wanted to recruit a technical sewage treatment worker. I immediately went to the manager’s office and put forward my request for this job, hoping that the manager would approve it. After I finished speaking, the manager was stunned at first, and then asked me puzzledly, why did I have this idea? I told the manager that I had studied sewage treatment when I was in technical secondary school. Now the branch factory needs such a person. Instead of recruiting someone from outside, it is better to find one in our own company. I can try it out first.

The manager was still a little worried. He stared at me closely: "Do you know how dirty and tiring that job is? You were originally from the headquarters. If you go to the branch factory, you will lose your status. Ah. Besides, when you go to the branch factory, your salary will definitely not be as good as at the headquarters..."

The questions raised by the manager are all realistic and serious. In fact, not just the manager, almost no one understood my choice. "Why are you doing this?" my cousin asked me angrily. In fact, there is one meaning that I haven't fully expressed, and that is my sense of crisis about my future. I don't believe that doing nothing every day can last long.

The manager approved my request. The sewage treatment work is indeed dirty and tiring. I work three shifts and it is very hard. However, the salary is half of what it was when I was a mail and delivery clerk. There was indeed a big psychological gap at the beginning, so I had to put all my enthusiasm into work. superior. A year later, my talents and work enthusiasm were appreciated by the director of the branch factory. He appointed me as the deputy director of the sewage treatment workshop. I worked hard to bring my career to a new level.

Soon, an internal news came to my ears. The company was planning to invest in a certain western province to build a coating branch factory, and it was currently considering candidates. I immediately ran to the headquarters office to ask about this matter, and the answer I got was yes, and the company was also having a headache about expatriates. The reason is very simple. The place we go to belongs to the western mountainous area. Compared with our Jiangnan plain, the conditions are much worse, and no one wants to go. I immediately applied to go to the west to work in the new factory. The person in charge of the establishment was very happy and immediately agreed to my request. When I got home from get off work that day, I received a call from my cousin asking me why I signed up to go to the West.

I told him that I was looking for my most valuable position.

That’s how I arrived at the western branch. To be honest, the working conditions there were worse than expected, and everything was made from scratch. It didn't take long for people to complain and complain, and some people deserted because they couldn't stand the hard work. Due to staff shortages, many things were left unattended. As a grassroots cadre, I was temporarily appointed as deputy factory director, responsible for worker recruitment and technical guidance.

After some hard work, the factory was successfully put into operation. Now a few years have passed, and the branch factory has already taken root and flourished, and has grown several times. I have also been transferred back to the headquarters and given the important task of deputy manager. In this company, I am the youngest of three deputy managers. Take another look at my former colleague Xiao Sun. Due to the downsizing of the organization, he went to the branch below to check on the gate.

Ah Hui’s story

After that, Ah Hui officially started the drawing work.

Section Chief Zhao thought that Ah Hui’s handwriting was more graceful than the other two tracers, so he gave full play to his strengths and first asked him to draw parts lists and standard parts lists that were full of words and numbers. Then Section Chief Zhao consciously arranged for him to draw complex parts drawings with more words, numbers and drawing lines; after more than ten days, he was assigned to complex assembly drawings that were more difficult.

Through these three levels of practice, Ah Hui’s drawing skills have been greatly improved.

After a while, one more designer and four more draftsmen were added to the team. Among all the seven draftsmen, Ah Hui’s drawings were the most standard. Complex assembly drawings and drawing detailed lists are the main tasks.

After Ah Hui mastered the drawing technique, in addition to carefully and conscientiously describing it, he was also able to improve the original drawings handed over by the designers to make the layout of the drawings more standard, so after he traced The assembly drawing is much more beautiful and standardized than the original drawing.

Section Chief Zhao’s evaluation of Ah Hui’s drawings was in four simple words: fast and good. By this time, the masters and young comrades in the group had already looked at Ah Hui with admiration.

Since there are many drawing staff and few designers, it is often the case that the original drawing cannot be drawn and the drawing is not enough. At this time, Section Chief Zhao asked Ah Hui to help the designers draw some simple parts drawings; after he became more comfortable and standardized in drawing parts drawings, Section Chief Zhao asked him to draw relatively simple assembly drawings.

After these exercises, although Ah Hui is a draftsman, his working ability has surpassed that of a draftsman. Not only can he draw pictures well, but he can also draw mechanical parts diagrams and simple assembly diagrams.

Ah Hui’s biggest achievement in the design team is that he has sublimated drawing and tracing from a technical skill into an art, and developed a higher aesthetic sense in drawing. These basic skills created favorable conditions for him to study mechanical majors and engage in mechanical design work in the future.

Later, it entered the trial production stage of drilling rigs, and Ah Hui also participated in many production activities. Among them, the most special one is the trial construction of the drilling tower.

In order to actually test the accuracy of the dimensions of each part of the drilling tower, the unit decided to trial-build the drilling tower in the headquarters compound.

There is no crane or scaffolding in the construction of the tower. It relies entirely on manpower to lift the parts one by one with ropes and assemble them layer by layer. When the bottom floor was first assembled, everyone worked standing on the ground. When the second floor was built, they could step on other things. At this time, there was a large group of people who could participate in the assembly.

However, when building further up, you can only stand on the lower tower that has been built. There is nothing else to step on, and at this time, the working surface is already four or five meters above the ground. It was so high that many strong young men's legs trembled when they climbed up, let alone working while standing on high places. Therefore, the number of people who could continue to climb higher and build towers decreased sharply.

Seeing that most people could not go up, the master responsible for directing the trial production became anxious and asked everyone who else dared to go up? At this time, Ah Fai and three other colleagues stood up and climbed up the tower under construction.

So, Ah Hui and the other four people climbed up and down for several days in a row until the drill tower was built to a height of more than 20 meters. Only the last floor was left, and there was no obvious problem. installation problems, proving that the design data is reliable.

At this time, the master in charge was careless and felt that there was no need to test-build the last floor and that he should assemble it at the production site. So he gave the order: "Demolish the tower."

The tower became shorter layer by layer, and finally it was completely dismantled.

I didn’t expect that the commander’s carelessness would leave hidden dangers; I also didn’t expect that of all the parts dimensions calculated by Ah Hui, there was only one mistake, which happened to be the horizontal pull of the last layer. .

Because the drilling tower is larger at the bottom and smaller at the top, the columns are all tilted, and the angle between each horizontal brace and the column is not 90 degrees; however, the highest column is vertical. The angle between the horizontal pull and the column is 90 degrees. This small difference was ignored by Ah Hui, so the highest horizontal pull was considered too short!

Later, when the drilling tower was built at the production site, because the cross-brake size was wrong and could not be installed, the master in charge of drilling tower design from the design team was asked to handle it on site. Ah Fai had already gone to college at this time, so he did not participate.

This was the only mistake Ah Fai made in the design team.

Ah Hui joined the design team in the spring of 1977 and worked in the team for two years. He learned a lot of things both inside and outside of work. He did not leave the design team until he went to college in 1979. Collectively, we bid farewell to Section Chief Zhao, who had carefully trained us, and bid farewell to other masters and colleagues.