He had considered immigrating before, but he was always afraid of places that were too far away. It wasn't that he didn't want to go to other big cities, but the travel expenses were quite expensive, and he was unfamiliar with the place.
I don't know where to stay or whether I can find a job.
During the Chinese New Year, his second brother told him that he had heard from people working in Fucheng that several large factories had been built in the suburbs of Fucheng, saying that large-scale recruitment would take place after the new year. It was expected that there would be thousands of workers.
Moreover, they are all large companies, and the welfare benefits must be in accordance with government standards, which is much better than working in other small factories.
After thinking about it, he decided to go to Fucheng, and also invited a few friends who were in similar situations to go with him.
Naturally, the walk was not easy. In order to save money, they did not even take a public carriage, but walked here. This was dozens of kilometers long, and it took them three days to walk.
After arriving in Fucheng, it was getting late. They didn't want to stay in an inn. They simply found a sheltered place to spend the night. After simply buying something to eat the next day, they found a place on the outskirts of the city while asking around.
industrial area.
When they arrived at the industrial area, they saw a lot of people queuing up!
After asking, I found out that this was a machinery factory in the industrial zone that was recruiting workers, and this factory was also a government factory with good benefits in all aspects. That's why so many people came to line up early in the morning.
Seeing this situation, they will hesitate and line up directly.
While queuing up, I briefly chatted with the people in front and behind me, and found that many people were like me, coming from surrounding counties and towns to look for jobs. During the chat, I learned more about the situation, saying that it started last year.
The imperial court supported local development of industry and commerce, and Fucheng also received policy and financial support. An industrial zone was built, branch railways were laid, and infrastructure was built, and many factories were introduced.
We already recruited a group of workers last year. Just after the Spring Festival this year, major factories are continuing to recruit workers.
However, although there are many factories recruiting workers, there are more people applying.
After Jiang Xiaodong queued for more than half an hour, he found that there were more than 200 people lining up behind him.
And there is more than just one queue. In fact, there are many companies recruiting workers. In front of each company's recruitment booth, there are hundreds or even hundreds of people queuing up.
Looking around, there are at least 2,000 people queuing up.
However, although there were many people, the whole scene was not chaotic at all. Everyone queued up consciously, and there was no sign of anyone jumping in line.
The concept of queuing has basically been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty. In the eyes of today's people of the Tang Dynasty, cutting in line is quite unqualified. In today's situation, if someone dares to directly jump in line, the factory will
People who saw it just didn’t want it anymore.
Not to mention jumping in line, not many people spoke loudly, everyone queued up and waited for their turn.
After queuing for an hour, it was finally the turn of Jiang Xiaodong and more than thirty others. In front of them were several staff members wearing professional attire, with two words embroidered on the front of their professional attire: Lincheng.
This is exactly the name of the recruitment company, Lincheng Third Machinery Factory, which is directly a branch of Lincheng Machinery Company.
Lincheng Machinery Company is a relatively large machinery company in the empire. It mainly produces various types of hardware products. It is a wholly-owned enterprise owned by the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises. It is the strongest among the local companies introduced and also has the largest investment scale.
, the company with the largest number of scheduled employees.
The staff took them to a temporary board room nearby and said to the many tables and chairs inside: "Go in and fill out your resume, and put your graduation certificates and letters of recommendation on the table.
We’ll check them all!”
After Jiang Xiaodong and others copied it, someone naturally came over to check his graduation certificate and the recommendation letter written by his teacher and village chief. Then they picked up the resume he filled in and briefly read it before putting it down.
More than ten minutes later, someone took away the resume and took away Jiang Xiaodong and others. After Jiang Xiaodong followed the others to another hut, he saw someone preaching about wages and benefits!
"Our salary and benefits are strictly in accordance with legal standards. Even for ordinary jobs, the basic salary is four Tang Yuan per month without discount, three days of paid leave per month, and ten hours of work per day!"
"In terms of overtime pay, the daily overtime pay is 1.5 times the pay, and the statutory holiday pay is double the pay. At the same time, our factory will also provide additional subsidies every holiday, and some harder positions will receive subsidies."
"We provide free dormitories, and a certain amount of food will be deducted. But don't worry, we purchase the ingredients ourselves and supply them at cost price, so the food expenses are very cheap!"
"In addition, we have many technical apprenticeship positions currently recruiting people. You can try to apply for these technical apprenticeship positions. If you can apply for them, I don't need to say more about the benefits. You should know it yourself!"
After hearing this, Jiang Xiaodong, like almost everyone else, chose to try to apply for a technical apprenticeship.
Because everyone hopes to learn a technology and then become a technician.
It’s just that the selection standards for technical apprentices are relatively high, and they also need to take a written test. After the written test, they need to conduct an interview. Later, they will also conduct practical operations to assess their practical ability.
After passing many level assessments, most of them failed after being passed, but Jiang Xiaodong successfully passed.
In the end, a senior master who was responsible for interviewing him said: "It seems that your brain is still relatively flexible and your hands-on ability is not bad. Follow me and learn hard from now on!"
Jiang Xiaodong naturally nodded in agreement.
The next step is to go through the entry procedures, allocate dormitories, etc.
After finishing all this work, he found several fellow villagers who came with him. Unfortunately, five of them came to apply. He was the only one who became a technical apprentice, and the other four were ordinary workers.
During this conversation, the other four people naturally envied him.
But what’s more, I still have imaginings about the future.
One of them said: "I asked, the production tasks in the factory are very tight now, and there are a lot of orders. I am afraid that I will have to work overtime every day. If I work too much overtime, even if the food expenses are deducted, I will get at least one in a month.
There’s still five yuan left!”
"After this year, I can save at least fifty yuan!"
"After working for a few years, I will be able to start a small business of my own!"
While we were chatting, one of them suddenly asked: "Brother Dong, you are a technical apprentice, your salary should be higher!"
Jiang Xiaodong nodded. He never mentioned his salary.
The man continued to ask: "How much is it? I heard that the salary of your technical apprentice is five yuan."
Jiang Xiaodong scratched his head and said: "The basic salary is five yuan!"
"Basic salary? Is there anything else?"
Jiang Xiaodong said: "Well, there are some subsidies, but we don't have overtime pay, so it's almost the same as you after you get overtime pay!"
Jiang Xiaodong was talking about the salary during the apprenticeship period, and the work contract he signed was for five years. The first year was the apprenticeship period, and the second year would be full-time employment. By then, his salary would start at ten yuan.
Of course, there is no time to talk about these things, otherwise the boat of friendship will capsize at the drop of a hat!