Actually, this is the first time I heard this sentence from a friend, because I told her that I went back to my hometown to take the provincial exam last weekend. Then she told me that her husband and her husband's cousin all participated and took the exam on the same day as me. She sent me this sentence before the conversation ended, expressing confusion about the phenomenon.
’s confusion is not directed at me. After all, I am an unemployed person and I will be forgiven for any attempt I make. Her confusion is actually about the whole phenomenon, why the ultimate goal of many people around her is to go ashore as a civil servant.
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She returned to Chongqing three years ago and joined a small company with five insurances and no fund. Later, the person I was talking to got married, and her work was criticized by her husband's family because it was not part of the staff.
At that time, she complained to me that in the eyes of her husband’s family, except for civil servants, any other job was not called work. People of the same generation as her husband have either already landed or are on their way to take the public examination. At that time, my cousin, who had graduated for a year, was not working and stayed at her house for two months to concentrate on preparing for the public examination.
Her husband’s attitude was the same. Before I left my job, my friend specifically asked me about my five insurances and one housing fund, and then told her husband, “It’s not just civil servants who have such high five insurances and one housing fund.”
But this did not change the other party's attitude. My friend's husband is still fighting on the front line of preparing for the public examination. He was 31 years old that year, and now he is 33 years old this year. He doesn't have much chance left if he wants to continue taking the exam.
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This friend also has a high school classmate who is a teacher. He is a high school teacher, a well-established one. It is said that he is also working very hard to prepare for the public examination. The idea of the person involved is that no matter how difficult it is, he must take the exam for a public institution.
My friend didn’t understand very much and complained to me, “I can understand the unemployed who are taking the public examination; I can also understand the graduates who are preparing for the public examination. After all, it has been difficult to find a job in the past two years; I can also understand the people who are working as part-time workers and are taking the public examination. Well; but I really can’t understand this. There are already teachers here, so why should we fight against civil servants? "
I am not the person involved, so I don’t know why she fights against civil servants, but I know that she is not alone. Fight to death.
03
A friend in Shenzhen works as a contract worker on the street. Among her colleagues, she is already older and the one who is least enterprising because she thinks contract workers are pretty good too. There were five people who joined the company at the time, but now only two are left.
A young girl who came from Wuhan planned to take the postgraduate entrance examination. Because her boyfriend was in Shenzhen and she thought it would be easier to work as a contract worker, she came here.
A small girl from Shanxi, who is the same age as me, has been preparing for the exam but has never been able to pass it. Later, I quit my job in a company and took the contract job exam specifically because I could get familiar with writing internal materials, which would be helpful for the public exam in the future. Last year she resigned naked and went back to her hometown in Shanxi to prepare for the exam, and was shortlisted for the interview. This year she signed up for a guaranteed course at a training institution, and she probably got the exam.
A young man from Henan has a very clear goal: to pass the provincial examination and return to his hometown. It is said that he stopped working after working for half a year and was the first of the five people to leave. What will happen next is unknown.
The fourth person is still employed. He has the same aspirations as his friend, but he is a native of Shenzhen, and there are people in the village who pay dividends. I took the exam as a contract worker just to pay the five social insurances and one housing fund, and to work in my own village. I felt happy just thinking about it.
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In fact, like my first friend, I thought civil servants were nothing special and they all worked part-time. Because of this idea, I was shortlisted for an interview when I was a senior and then gave up. After that, I was never shortlisted for an interview again.
So the question is, why do everyone have such high enthusiasm for civil servants? I understood it before, but now that I have been unemployed many times, I understand it somewhat.
First, the range of choices is small
Most of the people in the above cases come from the countryside or small counties, commonly known as small towns. And it is very unfortunate that those in small counties usually have only children, while those in rural areas usually have one son and one daughter.
When these small town writers are nearly 30 years old, most of them will want to stay closer to home to take care of their parents. So if they want to return to their hometown, what kind of job is their optimal solution? The answer must be obvious.
When I went to junior high school from the countryside to the county town, I actually felt that there was a difference between them. But when I went to work in Shenzhen, I found that my hometown and the county town can be classified into the same category - remote and underdeveloped economies.
The classification of workplaces in the county is actually very simple. They include schools, hospitals, banks, government agencies and some state-owned enterprises. There are very few private enterprises and of course there are many self-employed people.
For those test takers in small towns who have already passed the exam, if they want to return to their hometown, taking the public exam is definitely the first priority, because there are really too few choices.
Second, the welfare policy is good
In fact, I didn't know this at first. Later I found that although my salary was higher than that of my friend who was a contract worker, her social security provident fund was higher than mine, especially provident fund. . For many years in Shenzhen, I paid 5% of the minimum wage, while she paid 10% of the actual salary, and there was also supplementary provident fund .
Last year I changed jobs from Shenzhen to this company in Guangzhou, which was barely considered a large factory. Only then did I understand why big factories are tiring but workers still love them because the benefits are good. My provident fund after working here for one year is three times what I earned after working in Shenzhen for six years.
A few years ago, I heard from my mother that the teachers in our village’s primary schools, the unestablished ones, had a pension of more than 4,000 yuan a month, and the principal’s pension was more than 8,000 yuan. I used to travel a lot and met many retired people. Without exception, they were state-owned enterprises or employees. They are the true representatives of those who have money and leisure.
Although I don’t know the actual data on civil servants’ five insurances, one fund and pensions, this does not prevent us from inferring that they will only be better.
Third, a stable "iron rice bowl"
I was still earning an enviable salary last year, but this year I was forced to resign and am still unemployed. It's not that I don't want to work, it's that I can't find a job. I really haven't gotten a single offer.
Let’s talk about my last job. I thought I would not leave my job unless the company went bankrupt, but I didn’t expect this day to come so quickly. When the epidemic broke out in 2020, the company lasted until May and then closed down. I didn’t even receive my last month’s salary. It was the kind of thing that even arbitration couldn’t handle.
I worked for the last job for three years, and finally the company closed down. In the job I took the next job, I was on vacation, but my boss called me and told me that he had lost an internal fight in the company. The entire project was cut in half, and the project staff lost their jobs overnight...
Really, with my luck, no solid company can really protect me. In this comparison, civil servants are really awesome. No wonder I went from disdainful to wanting a piece of the pie now.
Fourth, a decent job
I did take the exam in previous years, but my mentality changed this year. This year, I really imagined that I could stand out from the thousands of troops. Well, even though it is a fantasy, there is a reason for it.
I am 31 years old this year. After my resignation, I felt that there was no hope. Being without hope really makes people despair.
There are a lot of news about layoffs this year, and there are a lot of unemployed people. I am one of them. It is quite difficult to find a job this year. There are few positions, high requirements, and low wages.
In the few interviews I have had, no matter how small the company, I have to interview two or three people; after passing five hurdles and six companies, I will reach the last two or three companies. After asking about the salary and expected salary of the previous company, No news; many headhunters pushed their resumes but nothing happened; there were also HR interviews to review performance, and the interviews ended in 10 minutes or even 3 minutes because the resumes did not match...
One of the biggest feelings I have about applying for a job this year is that , very disgraceful. It is very dishonorable for the recruiter to be condescending, and it is very dishonorable for job seekers to be manipulated. This is not as good as the decent job that the elders boast about during the holidays.
So this year I thought about taking the public examination and naively wanted to go ashore. Firstly, the exam may be the best for the question-answers in our town; secondly, this exam should be the second fair exam after the college entrance examination; thirdly, as a migrant worker, this job is really decent.
Since they are all working part-time, who doesn’t want to find a job that is decent, has good benefits, and is stable? Even if there is a one in 10,000 chance at this time, everyone will rush for it, because after all, there is still a chance and hope.
