Some graduates are now reluctant to work in railway companies. Why is this?

I have been working at the station for 33 years. I started working at the station in January 1985. I have been working as a switchman along the railway line and in the Gobi Desert. In January 1987, I worked as an assistant station attendant. In 1990, I worked as a switchman. I have been working as a station attendant until now. Let me tell you about my situation. When I first started working, the adobe house built by the unit I lived in leaked air everywhere, and it leaked again when it rained. The water I drank was brought by the train water tanker and put into the railway. In the large water cellar next to it, rats and toilet paper garbage often fall into the water cellar. At that time, the drivers usually cooked their own meals, using kerosene stoves and iron stoves to light the house in winter. They worked in three shifts. They studied every morning from Monday to Friday. There were only 12 people at the station. Most of the study contents were probably accident reports. I asked my superiors for safety requirements, and I could go home only after studying. However, the local train came over at around 6 o'clock in the morning. If I didn't dare to get on, I asked the old attendants to help me with the key points. They couldn't tell me the key points (later I worked as a station attendant). I often give key points to others because I understand other people’s difficulties. In fact, those dispatchers are quite humane. They also understand the difficulties of workers along the railway line. Those old station attendants live along the railway line. Their homes are along the railway line. People don’t understand our young people’s desire to go home. They are so bad that they don’t want to give us young people some points.) So we take trucks, cabooses or steam locomotives to back up everywhere. When we have time, it’s already four or five o’clock in the afternoon until we get home. In fact, we leave home. It was only a few dozen kilometers away, so I went home for a meal. At around eight o'clock in the evening, I picked up the vegetables my father had bought and took them to the station to cook. There was no refrigerator at that time, so my father was afraid that the meat I brought would not be able to be stored, so he fried it at home in advance. I cooked my own food at the station. When I returned to the station at night in winter, because I was young and didn’t know how to turn on the stove, the water in the dormitory was frozen into ice pimples. I quickly lit the stove and put on my clothes when the stove was hot. sleep. When I went to Jiuquan in 1999, I was chatting with my second brother (he had been working in a local hardware factory in 1968). The second brother said that his salary was high that month, about 60 yuan. When he asked me how much, I said It cost me 110 yuan that month. The key is that I feel proud. At that time, the signals were all powered by kerosene lamps. The lamps had to be lit an hour before dark in the afternoon, the lampshades were washed with washing powder, wiped clean with a clean towel, and the kerosene lamps were covered and placed inside the signal lamps for adjustment. Observe and adjust it if the flame changes. If you are afraid that the signal will go out at night, hang it on the signal before dark. The signal is about 6.5 meters high. It is easy to hang only one light on the outbound signal. But I am afraid of getting on the signal when entering. Because there are five lights on it, and each light weighs about three pounds. We climbed up and hung two lights on the left hand and three lights on the right hand. Because it was too high and because we didn’t hold the signal firmly when we hung it, it fell off the signal machine. Someone fell to death. At that time, the railways did not have protective nets. Almost every year, people were hit and killed by falling on the railways. I dealt with a few cases almost every year. The first time I saw someone crushed to death was when a woman was beaten by her son-in-law at the door of the switch room. I couldn't stand it, so I got under the train. The woman was crushed into several pieces by the train. I called the station master and told me to pick it out myself. It was very scary to pick it up. I gradually got used to seeing more dead people. . Nowadays, the railway conditions are much better. The apartments we live in have been converted into apartments with bathrooms and food groups at the stations. We work at the station for four days and have four days off. When we work at the station, we have two people working shifts, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Get off work at half time, take over at 2:30 in the night, get off work at 9:30 in the morning, and then get off at 7:30 pm, get off work at 2:30 at night, and then get off at 9:30 in the morning, and get off at 7:30 pm, take over at 2:30 in the night, and get off at 9:00 , I take over the shift at 7 o'clock in the evening and get off work at 2:30 at night for two days of rest. I almost take a few hours of small slow train to get home from work. There are seats when there are few passengers. If it is a holiday or tourist season, or there are many people during the Spring Festival, this is a must. We were standing because our commuter tickets didn’t have seat numbers and we couldn’t compete with passengers for seats. We were all used to this kind of life.

As for the nature of the work, we do not have the right to take holidays and reunite with our families. We must have a high sense of responsibility and mission, and always put safety first, because the safety of many passengers and cargo is under our control. When working at the station, we only have Only by implementing the rules and regulations in a down-to-earth and conscientious manner can I not hurt others, nor let others hurt me. When we work, our conversations are recorded, operations are monitored by video, and no mistakes are allowed in the homework. Almost everyone They are assessed and deducted money every month. Railway workers all know that when they are criticized by their leaders, they cannot explain. To explain is to dissatisfy, and to be dissatisfied is to confront. Confrontation means deducting money. As long as you do your job well, don't complain, stay away from the leader and chat with your colleagues. Because too much talk leads to mistakes. There are too many people who spread rumors and cause trouble and talk nonsense, which makes me hard to guard against. People like me who don’t engage in conspiracy should stay away from them, study the business seriously, and fully master the skills that a station attendant should have. , I was admitted as a senior station attendant in 2000, and as a worker technician in 2004. I don’t want to change my career in this life, and I may not be used to doing other jobs. Now my boss takes care of me and transfers me to work on the Dunhuang line. Here we have eight days of work and four days of rest. When you get home by train at noon, it will be around eight or nine in the evening. On the Dunhuang Line, there are about 23 trains arriving and departing in one day, and the workshop even sends a person to accompany you there. , I was afraid that I would suddenly fall ill while working alone and call an ambulance. When I went to work at the station, I brought enough food and other food and drinks for nine days. When I went to work at the station, I used the time between trains to cook. , you can alternately make lazizi, noodle soup, dumplings, steamed buns, rice, and stir-fry. You can adjust your life by yourself and live a peaceful life with your wife and children. It will be fine in six or seven years. I retired in 2007 and I really like my job as a station attendant. This is how I, an ordinary railway worker, went from bitterness to happiness with the development of the railway.

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As a product of the last century, railways are very large in China. It can be said that they ensure the country’s transportation of materials and personnel. Today in the 21st century, railways have become aorta"! This requires a lot of people to maintain these arteries!

Trains must be driven, lines must be maintained, signals must be maintained, stations must be manned, and passenger transportation must be serviced! Therefore, the team of railway employees is particularly strong. Previous data shows that there are 2.2 million railway employees in the country! It is also considered the largest company in the country!

Although there are so many employees, employees now do not have any sense of superiority. There are too many industries to choose from now, so why choose a railway career? The welfare benefits for railway employees are not high. Compared with other state-owned enterprises, it is really pitiful!

Compared with the 1990s, the status of railway workers is in the sky and on the ground! In the past, I was very proud to say that I was a railway worker, and others looked at me with envy, but now I don’t even dare to say that I am a railway worker!

Everyone must know that the railway has always been in a state of loss. Why? It has a lot to do with the workforce, but it also has something to do with the current "Great Leap Forward"-style construction of high-speed rail. More importantly, the railway does not have the right to set prices. It is understood that the price has not been increased for 20 years. Compared with passenger transportation, freight transportation It’s to make some money, but it’s just a drop in the bucket! Passenger transport is at a loss!

Judging from the above, where do company employees need to pay their wages? Liu Shidai proposed that "three generations of employees should be sacrificed to build the railway." This is evident from the slogan. After Liu's fall, employees' wages have increased to a certain extent! The one my company got was 5,00. Having said that, you can find such a job anywhere, as long as you are willing to endure hardships! Apart from stability, there is nothing else to think about!

I have been working on the railway for more than six years, and many people are lost every year. Why? It’s so bitter, so tiring, so far away from home! You can't get rich or hungry on the railway. Many people on the railway front line have to endure hardships. There are a lot of night shifts, and the cadres of the agency are really good! Junior college students basically don’t think about it. Undergraduate students are okay for now. After a few years of front-line training, they will have the status of cadres!

It’s not easy to do front-line work. Where there are railways, people are needed, and they can’t all be in the city, so most people are assigned to small stations along the line. The environment is good! Like the mountain railway, you can't get out after entering it, the transportation is inconvenient, and you have to be far away from your hometown. No matter how much money you want, or if the conditions are slightly better, you won't be able to stay long, and you will have to resign sooner or later!

In addition, the current situation of the railway is not good. It is necessary to reduce the number of employees. How to reduce the number of employees? It will not tell you that you have been laid off! It is also not in line with the original slogan. The places that used to implement paid holidays were changed to weekend holidays. In this way, a large number of people whose homes are far away cannot return home. If they can't bear it, they quit their jobs! Now there is a mismatch between the people being recruited and the retired people. There are fewer and fewer people, but there is still so much work, so the work still has to be done. There are still so many tasks to do when there are few people. As time goes by, another group of people who cannot bear the hardship will leave!

In short, railway jobs are no longer as popular as the "iron bosses" of the past. Those who have joined the railways now understand that many people do not earn much money and do not take care of their families. It is really sad. status quo!

As far as career development is concerned: It is easier to get promoted in the railway sector if your family has a connection with the railway. If you don’t have a connection with the railway, you can still get promoted if you are eloquent and can write. Of course, if you have some talents that can be used It will also be increased. If none of the above conditions are met, the most practical thing is to rely on technical competition. Of course, if a girl is pretty and not too lazy or stupid, she will have a good position. Therefore, there are some college-educated people working in departments in the railway, undergraduates and even graduate students who have been on the front line for several years. These highly educated people will definitely leave if they don’t see opportunities for advancement

In terms of salary income: The railway department in Guangzhou is divided into regular railway and high-speed railway. The wages of high-speed railway workers with the same job type and the same salary are about double that of ordinary railway workers. The average monthly income of most ordinary railway employees is around 5000_7000, and that of high-speed railway workers is around 8000_12000. With such an income, if you want to buy a house or a car in Guangzhou, you will definitely be in debt.

Many people on the Internet say that the railways have housing allocations, but have you ever thought that the railway land is limited, and railway people come in batches, so after 2010, the possibility of entering the railway housing allocations is almost zero, and you can get one The dormitories are pretty good. Nowadays, many new railway employees live in hotels at the expense of their employers. Therefore, railway employees have no house, no sense of belonging, and have to bear the pressure of high housing prices in Guangzhou. The first requirement for a woman who wants to get married is to have a few apartments in Guangzhou. When it comes to buying a house in Guangzhou, do you think railway employees in Hunan are much happier than those in Guangzhou with the same salary? In this case, some of them will go back to their hometowns to start a business or change jobs to other railway bureaus.

Speaking of marriage earlier, here are a few tips on finding a partner. Except for station ticketing and crew, the male-to-female ratio at other stations on the railway is 100:1. It is also more difficult for men to find a partner, so many go back home to meet on blind dates and get married. If two people work in different places, one of them will always have to sacrifice, which will leave another group of railway people missing.

There is also the issue of rest time. Front-line railway workers do not have holidays. Others are the sweat days of the railway during the Golden Week. Basically, it is rare to go home for reunions during the holidays. Of course, the railway has annual leave and family leave. However, for basic annual leave, you will not choose to take rest on holidays, because people are reluctant to bear overtime pay on holidays. Although family leave is vacation, it will still deduct more than 1,000 yuan. Therefore, it is easy for employees in Guangzhou to resign if they do not have a house in Guangzhou.

This is the problem of railway employees who have graduated in Guangzhou in recent years.

I am a senior railway youth worker and the bar server of the Railway Forum. Let me tell you about my personal experience! I am a motivated person with ideals and ideas. I graduated from the Northern Railway College a few years ago and voluntarily signed up for the Guangzhou Railway Station. I was assigned to a special-class station that is the best and most tiring on the Guangzhou Railway. It is thousands of kilometers away from home. On family leave, I have to go to and from work all day long, and I am so busy at work that I have no time to go to the bathroom. Housing prices are ridiculously high, and I rarely have the opportunity to have a girlfriend. Of course, because I am good enough and keep learning, and I have a wide social network, I have many friends in the north and the south. I want to start a business in partnership outside. I plan to go back to my hometown to take the civil service exam. I am very fulfilled in Guangdong and my life...

I feel sad when I see the problem...

If I had to start over again, I would never join the railways

1. There are too few opportunities for you to climb up

Railway enterprises are closed and nepotism is complicated. Compared with officialdom, railways are worse than officialdom. It feels really uncomfortable to step on you

2. I really have no humanity at all towards the employees

I assess my mood and allocate the assessment indicators, and I never take the employees' health as a priority What's going on, high-intensity work, strict identification of work-related injuries, usually you can't pass it

3. The working environment is bad and the conditions are poor

You will not be able to get a good position, you will be too busy, and you will be idle Die idle

4. Income is not directly proportional to work

Safety requirements are high, but the income is not worth the backbreaking and highly concentrated work

Nepotism in railways is particularly serious. The railway wage distribution is unreasonable and the railway treatment is not good. Many parts of the railway do not comply with national laws. For example, they do not have holidays on Saturdays and Sundays. They are busy all year round. In short, it is still the age of coolies. There are many people and it is very tiring. Die, die in leisure.

It depends on whether you are an undergraduate or a junior college student. For junior college students, being able to join the railway is already a very good choice. Although you work as a worker, you have to work shifts, and some of the working conditions are poor, you are at least a formal employee of the National Railway. The job is stable and guaranteed. After weighing it, there is still a reason to stick to it. If you work hard, you may have a good future...

For undergraduates, it also depends on the school. If it is 985, 211 and other key points College graduates probably look down on railway jobs and are unwilling to come because many of them feel that the management and development model of the railway is not suitable for them and may even curb their development. In the end, they will just dawdle around. This type of graduates have relatively more options. , I am more inclined to look for an industry that I like and is more suitable for my own development...

But if it is an ordinary second or third degree, you may not want to come here because of the feeling of "you can't do it at a high level, and you can't do it at a low level" Or maybe I don’t like the working model of the railway from the bottom of my heart. Another thing is that now when undergraduates enter the railway, they don’t directly stay in agencies and workshops as cadres like before... Nowadays, college students who have just entered the railway industry have to work at the grassroots level for 1-3 years. Years vary, and counting the assessment period, if you have the strength and luck, you will be promoted by then. Of course, it is also possible that you will be waiting at the grassroots level for a long time with no hope of promotion...

And now. Most undergraduates are born in 1995 or 2000, and have just emerged from society. Many of them have a sense of scholarly arrogance. In addition, due to historical reasons in the railway system, many front-line old employees generally have low educational levels, and the grassroots work is single and boring. These college students I was "unwilling" to work with him. I was afraid that I would not be promoted to the grassroots level for a long time. I studied in vain for more than ten years. Therefore, whenever I saw the recruitment unit saying that I would first go to the operation skills position, I would hide away. ...

In this era of explosive information and materialism,

The traditional big boss state-owned enterprises once grabbed the iron rice bowl that they wanted to get. Now most of the thinking of college students is that of the post-90s generation. I am more active, like freelancing, or working in a respectable profession, such as railways, where I work all year round, day and night. Although there are five insurances and one housing fund, the amount you get is only a few thousand. Team leader, section leader and so on are only 6000. If you don’t smoke, drink, or fall in love, you can save it. The problem is that you have someone to talk to you about! A hard request, unless you have a background and a way in, you can go to administrative management. Or those working in logistics support, these benefits are several times those at the grassroots level! And you are free to work night shifts during critical periods.

Although some people still go to work on the railway, because civil servants cannot find other good jobs and cannot pass the railway career, they still have stable food, food and housing, and they can save money and money. You can still buy a house,

I wish the railway workers good health again. hapiness. ! !

As long as you work hard to make money, there will always be a dawn, and the railways are also reforming. It's easy to seize the opportunity when it comes.

In fact, to be honest, if you are relatively alienated from the railway, or if you don't understand it at all, it is best not to pursue a career in the railway. This is because: first, most railway occupations are very dangerous. Working on the railway tracks every day, even if you are very careful to abide by the rules and disciplines, you will inevitably have emotions and distractions. If something goes wrong, you will die or be disabled. Every year It’s not a small number. Once you become disabled, you will be a drag on your parents, your wife and children, and no one will help you. Second, it is difficult. Not to mention the outlying stations along the line, even urban stations are mostly in the suburbs and are usually far away from home. Even if you have a commuter bus, you have to take dozens of minutes. There is no spring, summer, autumn and winter, and you do not get to and from get off work on time. The night shift is even more torturous. You are not allowed to do anything unrelated to your job. There are strict penalties for snoring, falling asleep, reading books, reading newspapers, playing with mobile phones, etc. (in order to prevent distractions from affecting safety). The third is that working hours are long, except for you sitting in the office (there are exceptions), and there are unlucky holidays. This happens every year, and you slowly grow old in a closed environment. There is only your professional circle, except for your relatives and your family. Family and friends will gradually become strangers.