Zhang Yifen, an employee of Foxconn Longhua Park. She is petite, dressed in ordinary clothes and often face up to the sky. She walks in the crowd without being conspicuous, but she is unique to Foxconn.
Zhang Yifen shared 33 years of Foxconn career before retirement
As the only employee who continued to serve Foxconn for the 33rd anniversary, Guo Taiming was called Foxconn’s "rare species" by the founder of the group. During the 30th anniversary of the investment in the mainland, the founder of Guo Taiming also gave her 1 million yuan worth of stocks on the day of listing of Foxconn Industrial Internet Company. She had been silently glowing, and suddenly became a celebrity of the group.
18-year-old girls don’t want "iron rice bowls"
Fate is a very wonderful thing. Zhang Yifen never thought that he would "love at first sight" for Shenzhen Ocean Precision Computer Connector Factory (Foxconn's first production base in the mainland) because of a name, and would give up the iron rice bowl for him, and forge an indissoluble bond with him. .
Zhang Yifen's life photo
"Working at grain bureau, although relatively stable, but the salary is very low, there is no challenge." After graduating from high school, his family sought a position in the local grain bureau for Zhang Yifen , But the 18-year-old Zhang Yifen yearns for "poetry and the distance."
Since childhood, Zhang Yifen has not had any special feelings about the beautiful skirts that little girls like, except for snacks. Instead, she has been very interested in electrical appliances. Under the guidance and company of her father, the cheapest electrical appliance in the house, an electric light bulb, became her focus of research. The light bulb didn't light up, she volunteered to go to the drums, although she performed the "splendid lamp" episode from time to time, but she still enjoyed it.
1988,The Labor Bureau of Fengshun County organized a group of companies to recruit workers locally. In the various recruitment information of garment factories, shoe and bag factories, etc., the Shenzhen Ocean Precision Computer Connector Factory made Zhang Yifen's eyes shine. The tall buildings and brightly lit Shenzhen also fascinated her, who had never traveled far. "A computer is a kind of electrical appliance, which makes people feel very tall." For Zhang Yifen, who doesn't like red outfits and loves electrical appliances, such a choice may have long been doomed. She made up her mind: went to Shenzhen Ocean Factory to pursue her dream by herself from Fengshun County, Meizhou City.
Foxconn’s 30th anniversary celebration, Zhang Yifen took a photo with an old colleague of Ocean Factory
As the youngest of the seven children in the family, Zhang Yifen has always been the heart of his parents. Her sudden act of rebellion caused a major earthquake in the family. Worried that she would not be able to eat enough or sleep well when she was out, and worried that her working environment would be dangerous, the family members who were responsive to her unanimously opposed her leaving her home. The Zhang family, which has always been warm and peaceful, was full of "sorrows and mists". In the end, the family agreed to her decision, and the stubborn Zhang Yifen had the last laugh.
On the morning of October 17, 1988, Zhang Yifen and more than 40 fellow villagers took a bus from Fengshun County to the Ocean Factory in , Xixiang, Shenzhen. Ten hours later, it was late at night, and the bus was changed at Nantouguan in Shenzhen. The closer you are to the ocean factory, the more desolate the environment is, the road becomes a yellow mud road, and the street lights gradually lose their tracks.
"It's almost the same as my hometown." "It looks like a high slope of loess!" The reality has dealt a heavy blow to everyone, and many people were emotionally broken. For a while, the car sounded one after another sobbing. Amidst the enthusiasm, the stubborn and independent Zhang Yifen did not shed tears. The thought of "not letting down the family" suppressed the loss caused by the huge gap between dreams and reality. "My family won't let me out, I must be strong. No matter how painful and tired. , And work hard."
This work is 33 years.
Learn, learn, and learn again
Like a bird that just came out of its shell, it loves the same kind that it sees at first sight.Zhang Yifen cherishes her first job very much. The grassroots employees who assemble the connector from the production line become the supervisor. Zhang Yifen learns and works in the work, trying to "charge" and grow through experience.
In 1997, Zhang Yifen was transferred from the manufacturing unit to the education and training department as an assistant. This position requires new skills in computer typing. Zhang Yifen is worried. She writes reports by hand when she is in the manufacturing department, uses a calculator to settle accounts, and has no access to a computer. After thinking about it, Zhang Yifen spent more than 600 yuan. She applied for a crash course in computer typing for one month's salary.
In 1988, Zhang Yifen took a photo under the dormitory of the Ocean Factory.
Zhang Yifen, who thought he would be able to get started soon, was soon dumbfounded. In learning Wubi Typing, the first level is to memorize the roots, but it took her three days and she couldn't memorize it anyway. "Wang Fangqingtou on May 1..." These character combinations are like swimming fish in the water, and the fork of memory cannot accurately hunt them. Under tremendous pressure, Zhang Yifen took a unique approach. She skipped the memorial link and directly practiced fingering. There are only two computers in the training class, and there are many trainees in line, so there are too few opportunities to touch the computer. After get off work every day, Zhang Yifen spontaneously stays in the office and uses the company's computer to practice. If the first-level shortcode can't be typed, just type the second-level shortcode. It was midsummer, and the whistling fan in the room and the sound of typing on the keyboard accompanied Zhang Yifen until late at night.
At that time, Zhang Yifen rented a place nearly half an hour away from the company. After training on the computer, Zhang Yifen walked home alone with the light from a nearby factory. Although she had been robbed before, she had forgotten to be afraid when she was all thinking about typing. After practicing for more than half a month, Zhang Yifen can finally type with the Wubi input method.
In addition to self-study, asking colleagues for advice is also a way for her to do a good job. "My curiosity is very heavy, and my face is very thick. Come on, I don't know this, can you teach me?" Zhang Yifen will ask frequently when she encounters something she doesn't understand. Even as a supervisor, she doesn't. Baggage of thought.For her, "face is precious, self-esteem is more expensive, if it is for work, both can be thrown away."
"Of course there are difficulties. The secret to overcoming difficulties is learning." With such energy, Zhang Yifen is competent for different positions in manufacturing, education and training, supply chain, customs and other departments, and has been awarded the titles of "excellent line leader" and "excellent supervisor". The founder of Guo Taiming has issued honor certificates to her many times. Recalling the past, many details have been blurred, but Zhang Yifen’s first line leader Yang Fangzhu firmly remembered, "Yifen is a pragmatic, proactive, and responsible person.
Is it to leave or stay?
has gone through 33 years, there are bitterness and sweetness. At the hardest time, Zhang Yifen spent counting her days every day. Few people know that she also wanted to leave Foxconn.
Foxconn 30th anniversary Celebration
In 1993, Zhang Yifen and Qiu Canghuai, who entered the ocean factory, got married and formed a happy family, and soon had a pair of lovely children. On April 26, 2007, her husband Qiu Canghuai was in the group. Business needs to be transferred to the Yantai Park, and the couple began to live separately in the two places for 11 years. Yantai and Shenzhen are thousands of miles apart. Except for the Spring Festival and the National Day holiday, Qiu Canghuai can only see the stitches and use the opportunity of a business trip to Shenzhen to go home. Look. The former "house chief"-Zhang Yifen, who was in charge of washing clothes and cleaning, also took up the important tasks of children's learning, safety, and communication with the school, and started to be both a father and a mother. His face sings a red face career again.
's son's academic performance is like lift . If he is more strict, he will make rapid progress. When he relaxes, he will swish down. The son who doesn't like learning has become Zhang Yifen's focus. "Object". After she finishes work during the day, she does not have time for her own entertainment when she returns home at night. She has to continue to "go to work", accompany her children to do homework and learn English vocabulary. Sometimes the children's learning tasks are heavy, accompany them late at night, homework Not finished yet,Zhang Yifen would wake up on the sofa early the next morning-for fear that her mother would continue to "squeeze herself", the child did not dare to wake her up and went to rest secretly.
The founder of Guo Taiming presented Zhang Yifen with the award
Zhang Yifen was transferred to Wuhan and Tianjin Park for half a year. In December 2009, Zhang Yifen received the task of supporting the construction of a factory in Wuhan. At that time, her mood was very contradictory: her husband was far away in Yantai and the children were still young. Who would take care of the children when she left? She thought about it, and finally decided to put the group's interests first and put the child in the care of her sister. Wuhan is a long way from Shenzhen. From the end of the year to the middle of 2010, Zhang Yifen could only return to Longhua to visit her children every other month during the construction of the factory in Wuhan. My sister is very busy at work. Zhang Yifen, who is uneasy, has to make several calls at home every day, asking if the child is eating, and reminding the child to go to school and sleep. Colleagues feel sad for her, jokingly that she has changed from a loving mother to a "devil" for work and children.
"There is still one year, one semester, one month, and 10 days..." The years before the child graduated from junior high school was the hardest time for Zhang Yifen. She counted her days every day, but time It seems to be against her deliberately, walking very slowly. The hard life of the ocean factory without water and electricity, and the wave of resignations after the three-year contract expired in the factory did not give Zhang Yifen the idea of leaving. Taking the children alone while going to work, and being too exhausted, Zhang Yifen was shaken for the first time at this time, and she seriously considered the issue of leaving. With thoughts together, she tossed and turned every night, and finally she was reluctant to leave Foxconn. The company's working atmosphere, humanistic care, and various advantages make Zhang Yifen unable to give up. She comforted herself, "The company needs me, and I also need this job. This is a win-win situation. If you can't bear it, let's talk about it." Slow down. One day, a family of three sat eating together. The daughter stared at Zhang Yifen's stomach as if she had discovered the new world, and said "unsatisfactorily": "Mom, it seems that we are not at home and you will live more moisturized lives and have a little belly!"
"Mother loves me very much,Every time I leave, she always shed tears. "Zhang Yifen said that she also loves her two children, but due to the exhaustion of that time, when the children left home, she was more relieved than to give up.
or Zhang Yifen
The little-known factory has become a world-famous enterprise, and my biggest gain is to grow with it. "From an ignorant girl to a mature working woman, Zhang Yifen has been with the company for 33 years. For her, Foxconn is not only her own "host", but also the home on which she depends. Since registering on WeChat in 2012 At the beginning, Zhang Yifen’s avatar has not been changed: two flexible people form a love heart with their bodies, and the "heart" says "Thanksgiving." Such a WeChat avatar is exactly Zhang Yifen's silent confession to Foxconn.
Foxconn has never forgotten the people who have contributed to it. In 1999, the company allocated a house to Zhang Yifen’s house. key. "At that time, the house allocated to Longhua Century Huating was about 3,000 yuan per square meter. Now it has risen to 40,000 to 50,000. Zhang Yifen sold the house in Baoan, but has been reluctant to sell this set.
Founder and Guo Taiming A cordial photo of the old employees of the Ocean Factory and their families
(Founder Guo Taiming is Zhang Yifen on the right and Zhang Yifen’s daughter on the left)
At this year’s group mobilization meeting, Guo Taiming praised Zhang Yifen as a screw , Is a symbol of the company’s stability," and gave it 1 million yuan worth of stocks on the day of the listing of Foxconn Industrial Internet. Many people are wondering whether Zhang Yifen will become arrogant and "nostrils" since then. Will it be possible to go fishing for three days and two days on the net, and only go to work when you want to go to work? Zhang Yifen, who has capital "special" in the eyes of everyone, tells everyone with practical actions: No. Most of her time is still dedicated to Foxconn. Workdays , She gets up at 6 o’clock every morning, and walks to the company after breakfast.In the evening, I often work overtime until 8 or 9 o'clock, repeating the life of the workshop-office-meeting room at three o'clock and one line. "Actually, I can retire long ago and can leave work on time every day, but I still want to do more for the company when I can do it." The principle of "physical health". Excluding the family's daily expenses, Zhang Yifen and Qiu Canghuai generously donated their money and gave their hearts to them when they were building bridges and paving roads in their hometown. Every time they go back to , they will visit and chat with the childless elderly in the village. When he was young, Zhang Yifen would donate blood regularly every two years.
can steadily and step by step in a company for more than 30 years is an incredible thing for many people. But Qiu Yingying, Zhang Yifen's daughter, was not surprised by her mother's choice. "Because she is such a serious and down-to-earth person.
Foxconn Group held a retirement ceremony for Zhang Yifen
Now, Zhang Yifen will retire successfully. Although she is about to leave the big Foxconn family, her The legend will never end. She loves her job, is dedicated to work, is not afraid of difficulties, and perseverance will inspire generations of Foxconn people to continue to grow, and she will always be our role model! I wish Zhang Yifen’s seniors’ retirement life. (Foxconn People’s Daily)
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