Text / Wang Buliu (WeChat Official Account: Programmer's Survival Guide)
On November 23, 2020, on a winter night in Beijing, a girl was called back to work overtime on her birthday, and she broke down and cried in an online taxi. The girl said, "I have worked overtime for more than half a month. Finally, I got off work earlier, and he let me go back. So China Unicom and the bank sent me a message, wishing me a happy birthday."
This video aroused everyone's emotion. Lamenting that life is not easy. Many netizens also commented that this company is rubbish. Without humanity, stay away early.
This is pure keyboard man-style nonsense and can't solve practical problems. I think it is better to analyze this matter rationally.
Consider first from the perspective of the company.
The boss’s opinion is not specifically mentioned here, because different companies have different organizational structures.
For the company's operator, when he looks at the company, he sees that it may be a bunch of abstract numbers, such as signing orders, income, and payment.
When the operation of an enterprise is highly abstracted and only needs to face a bunch of numbers, a person will do excessive and even cruel things that he would never have thought of before. For example, a certain product line has continued to lose profits and layoffs; for example, a certain area has not been able to sign an order and replace the person in charge.
When he made this decision, he was only thinking about these numbers. In this way, he may be more concerned with economic gains, rather than favors, altruism, benevolence, long-term considerations, etc.
From the girl's point of view. I have been working overtime for a long time, and today is my birthday. I feel wronged. But work has to be done and life has to go on.
There is nothing wrong on either side. From business considerations, it is understandable for the company to do more with the least number of people. The employer and the employer are themselves a contractual relationship, which can be terminated at any time.
I saw a lot of theories in online discussions. The boss is a beast, the name of the company is exposed, the people at the bottom are exploited by lawlessness, etc.
I think this is too much. This is a trivial matter in life, there is no need to go online.
I am not without compassion. It's just that this cheap sympathy cannot be eaten.
Who has never experienced pain and grievance?
I am in the IT industry. In this industry, I believe everyone understands that 996 is the norm.
Can you experience the feeling of loneliness that the company has no support for working overtime day and night?
Can you experience that in the twelfth lunar month, waiting for a customer for a few hours at a train station?
Have you experienced a scene where you answer hundreds of calls a day and deal with faults day and night?
Can you experience the feeling that your lover is about to give birth and you are still on a business trip in a remote province?
There are no perfect things in life. Only the girl walks this way.
A little setback at work is really nothing. To change this situation, you can only rely on hard work and become a leader or boss yourself.
If you want to go home early for a birthday, that’s fine. In China, no matter how tired, the leader will always talk about favors.
But you have to take the initiative to say: "Leader, I want to go back soon. Today is my birthday."
I believe they will allow it.
How easy is the adult world. We may feel that giving is not directly proportional to what we get, and that it is not worth it! What if it is necessary for life? So what?
Girl, just cry as soon as you cry, and you have to continue your life after crying. But please be calm in the company, because tears are not believed in the workplace.
Still the old saying. Now that you choose to struggle, you must be responsible, and occasionally minor setbacks are also experienced. If you pass many tests and move towards success, the original crying nose is really not worth mentioning!
good luck!
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* About the author: Wang Buliu (WeChat: wbliu85), the little pawn who started running life at four in the morning.