A few days ago, I saw in my circle of friends that the notice issued by the store manager of a gym I used to visit was affected by the situation, and the gym stopped operating due to poor management, which means it went bankrupt. The collapse of this gym is both unexpected and expected.
Because this gym is quite large and has many members. However, because it is in the main urban area, once there is a situation, it will be affected first. The intermittent business hours have been less than four months since the beginning of this year. The turnover is not optimistic, which makes the boss physically and mentally exhausted. The store is closed every now and then, and the members are complaining. Although they can understand each other, the member absorption rate of gyms is getting worse and worse, and even half of the rent turnover cannot be completed. Therefore, its fate can be imagined.
Fortunately, this gym is very conscientious. After closing, it did not run away with money, but instead transferred the unexpired members to the store of the same company, protecting the rights and interests of members. Because I used to be a member of this gym, I am very familiar with the store manager. I asked him what work he would do next, and the store manager said in a daze that he didn't know that he had old parents and young children. The gym has been in a loss since this year, and his monthly salary is only 2,000 yuan.
is really under a lot of pressure for a middle-aged man. He has always been optimistic and even said: "Life is too tiring. I have never been as tired as this year."
saw a small business owner sharing on Zhihu :
"The company that has been running for seven years has gone bankrupt. At first, I thought I could still hold on. The company had no money, so I took money from Jiebei and helped the emergency. Later, I couldn't hold on. I used the house to mortgage the loan to pay the employees' wages and rents, and those high-interest platforms paid back.
looked for a job, but no one wanted it, so I couldn't find it. What's funny is that the company recruited people before, and I had to pay the basic salary. 7k, now I can't even find a 5k job. I went to takeout again. I ran for a while, and I was more than 100 a day, so I was exhausted. I looked at the security guard's expression. I submitted countless resumes, but most of them didn't reply.
didn't even get back the money I used to lend to others. Most of them became deadbeats. After the lawsuit was completed, the court had no choice, and the execution was also fooling people. I lay on the body at home every day, no socializing, and no hope. Maybe one day I left like my friend. "
I hope he can survive these difficult years and try his best to survive.
I know this is a very chicken soup, but I still hope that he, as well as countless people like him, can survive the cold winter of life.
My elder sister worked in a textile factory for 19 years. She had been in this company before she got married, and later got married and had children, and then her son went to high school. She has been working here. She is a veritable old employee.
However, in recent years, due to the sharp decrease in foreign trade orders and even zero, the factory has been losing money, and the factory where she works has begun to lay off employees significantly. There are only 30 people left in the factory with 400 people at the beginning of this year.
In August, the eldest sister and other last employees bid farewell to their "old boss". My sister said that on the day she delisted, she saw the boss's wife in her sixties crying, and couldn't help but wipe her tears...
The eldest sister spent half of her life in this factory and must have had feelings for it. She could not help feeling uncomfortable as it grew from prosperity to decline until it completely collapsed.
The eldest sister also had to find another way out. She is born in the 1980s and is already forty years old. She wants to find a satisfactory job. The difficulties can be imagined. She worked as a female worker in the factory over the years. This step-by-step job has allowed her to spend 19 years of peace of mind. Now she has to get up early and work in a breakfast shop. My sister said that she would have to live her life in the future, and her two children were still behind when they spent money...
When I heard my sister say this, I couldn't help feeling sad. My current job is to load and unload in the factory. Since I resigned in May and lost my job for three years, I have not long been doing this job. While working, I looked for other suitable careers. I had a job from my old business some time ago, but I missed it because of my social security problems.Since I was a child, I felt very dangerous and did not dare to quit easily. Although the income of transporting and loading and unloading is not high, I finally have some food to eat. However, I also have to be prepared for unemployment at all times, because the factory will also plan to lay off employees after the New Year.
(The message I saw in Changchun Cat's Sky City Bookstore guest book⬆️)
Several friends repeatedly reminded me that no matter what kind of job you choose, don't forget to think and don't give up recording, because this is one of the ways to not be blunt by reality.
I understand that many people choose to lie flat, but I don’t have the courage to lie flat with capital. I have responsibilities that need to bear and reality that need to face. No matter how busy or tired I am, I also keep in mind the motivation of my friends, think endlessly and record endlessly.
Whether it is the collapse of the gym or the sharing of Zhihu netizens, whether it is the "old boss" of my elder sister, or my current job, it is actually a microcosm of this era and this society. Everyone is living with difficulty, some are so collapsed that they can't hold on, and some are suffering and still grit their teeth and persevere. I dare not be too ambitious and dare not live alone. Although it is very difficult at the moment, I must first ensure that I can survive so that I can pursue other ideals and have the opportunity to realize those wishes that have not yet been realized.
Many times, no one is stronger than anyone, and no one is weaker than anyone. With the good route of fate, we have to continue. The cold winter is coming, and it is getting colder and colder. I want to tell all friends who are at the bottom of the house like me, will work hard to survive. Only in this way can we wait until the arrival of spring .
