Today, a high-profile ex-customer suddenly found me on WeChat, and after a few words of greeting, she suddenly mentioned that she was going to write a headline. I was a bit of a surprise because we weren't very connected. I began to wonder about her motives, perhaps just to take the opportunity to find out what I was doing in Toutiao, or even to find out how much I earned. Therefore, I deliberately avoided answering some sensitive questions. But she didn't seem to plan to hide it, and called me directly, saying that the company's project was about to be cancelled, and she, as a third-party labor dispatch employee, would lose her job in early March. The 45-year-old woman, a former project administrator who is now facing unemployment, is looking for a job, but women in this age group do not have a clear advantage in the competitive workplace. She relied on her relatives for job opportunities, lacked academic qualifications and other skills, and spent most of her career fishing. However, because her relatives have a decisive influence in the company, we have to solve her urgent problems on many issues. This made her even arrogant and even asked us to deliver the invoices to our home. Every time I deliver an invoice, I have to go out of my way to buy Starbucks coffee or mousse cake to maintain the relationship.
However, even so, she was not grateful for my efforts. Once, when I waited downstairs for half an hour, she was late, and when she saw my cold red face, she didn't apologize at all, but just took the roasted sweet potato from my hand and hurried away, leaving me grinning in the cold wind. This experience made me deeply angry, but in the workplace, I had to swallow my anger because the salary my boss gave me included not only business processing, but also acting skills to cope with various challenges. It's normal to be looked down upon in front of big clients, and many of your peers are happy to act as pugs.
However, it seems to me that she has become overconfident and mistakenly thinks that she can succeed with the original platform, which is a self-destructive perception. Especially in the current difficult environment, many people are in trouble, some have been cut in salary, some have been transferred, and some have even been forced to leave. But what are the middle-aged people who have the ability to willfully let go of their existing jobs? Without a steady income**, how can we resist the unexpected?
I have a colleague Xiaojiu, 49 years old, who relied on his parents to buy a house in his early years. But because his wife's salary was much higher than his income, he was blamed by his wife for a long time and did not even have a say in the family's car purchase. Every time I eat with him, I pay attention to his predicament, but I also know his stubborn character, he has become accustomed to keeping his voice low in the workplace, so he is not very famous. Recently, however, he told me that he had been promoted and his salary had risen to 6,500 yuan, and he was so happy about it that he even promised to invite me to dinner to celebrate. I'm happy for him, but I know it's a huge step forward for him. While some have achieved higher incomes, we also can't ignore those who are struggling. At such moments, we should understand each other and give support and encouragement.
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