The cool breeze of summer is blowing, the sun is shining, and it should be a refreshing afternoon. In this office building, white-collar workers at the table are anxious and whispering. The reason is that their company recently announced that in order to save costs, it has started to implement a large and small weekly work system, and there will be no overtime pay on weekends.
This company has always been known for its competitive salary and benefits, and it recruits talents. For white-collar workers who used to work overtime all year round, the generous allowance brought by overtime on weekends is an important income for them**. Unexpectedly, even such companies began to restrict overtime.
When I heard the news, I didn't even dare to tell my family. Xiao Zhao of the finance department looked depressed, she had just taken out a loan to buy a house, and she was going to let her parents come and live with her. Losing extra income, her repayment schedule may be delayed.
I don't feel like the workload has decreased, and I can't finish it without working overtime. Xiao Zhang of the IT department frowned. He originally relied on working overtime on weekends to earn extra money and wanted to save entrepreneurial funds. This sudden new policy directly disrupted his plan.
Xiao Li listened from the sidelines, but he was not as depressed as others.
As a veteran employee of the company, he understands the management's intentions better than everyone else.
Don't worry, let's take a look at the effect of the new policy. He said to everyone earnestly.
Xiao Li explained that the company is facing an increasingly severe business environment and high cost pressures. Relying on overtime in the past was unsustainable and reduced employee efficiency. The implementation of "big and small weeks" can allow employees to concentrate more during working hours and improve efficiency. At the same time, it can also assess the reasonableness of the workload and avoid excessive fatigue of employees.
In addition, if you don't work overtime, you can take precautions. You can use the weekend to improve your professional knowledge and skills to prepare for a job change or entrepreneurship in the future.
Everyone nodded their heads after hearing this. It is true that the loss of overtime pay is worrying, but it can also show the company's determination to continue to grow and the need to change the way of working. If employees take the initiative to adapt to the new environment and face changes, the results may not be as bad as they seem.
A month later, the weekly work week was introduced. Employees have had to be more productive and try to schedule their work within normal times. Management has also adjusted the allocation of manpower according to the workload. Although the beginning was really hard, everyone gradually found the rhythm of work.
With more time on the weekends, some employees are focusing on family and personal development. Xiao Zhao signed up for an online education promotion program; Xiao Zhang began to learn programming systematically and accumulate his skills. While income has had a slight impact, quality of life has improved in other ways.
Half a year later, the company's efficiency and output have improved, and management is satisfied with the effect of the policy. Employees have also become more proactive. Xiao Li saw it in his eyes and secretly sighed that reform will always be accompanied by short-term pain, but it often also brings long-term progress. What matters is how to face change correctly and turn crisis into opportunity.