Chapter 53 Welfare

Shui Qinghal is not a top student in a prestigious school, she has the ability to write shorthand, and her handwriting is beautiful.

When everyone finished speaking in turn, she didn't bother much, it only took ten more minutes to sort out the discussion, and she also polished and supplemented everyone's speeches.

This not only made Chen Liquan and Lan Zhaodi, who were not good at words, particularly satisfied, but also surprised Hong Yanwu, Xiao Heping and Yin Guangming. When Zhao Honglin came back, he was also very appreciative.

Because according to his ideas, it would be nice to have an accurate record of the discussion. After that, it would have to take another hour or two to put it into writing. Where did he think that Shui Qing actually had such a strong writing ability.

If this is not a talent, then it is a loss. So he quietly made a record in his notebook and gave Shui Qing a high evaluation.

Next, Zhao Honglin arranged an education class on factory rules and discipline for everyone. By the time the class was over, everyone was in a very happy mood.

But I have to make it clear first, this is not because the factory rules and discipline are very relaxed, but because Zhao Honglin also introduced the welfare of the factory by the way after talking about the discipline requirements.

You must know that in this year, the autonomy of the factory has not been completely liberalized, and the income of workers is roughly the same. That is to say, since this year, there is a bonus system, and the factory with higher efficiency can have a large income higher than that of other factories.

Before that, the key criteria that can really be controlled by each unit itself, and even the quality of a unit, is actually in the welfare package.

However, this point not only depends on whether the leaders are willing to think about the majority of employees, but also depends on the importance of the unit itself and its own efficiency level.

Some units are small, and the products they produce are not effective. Like kettle factories, towel factories, cloth shoe factories, switch factories, light bulb factories, match factories, and candle factories, these are not products that the people urgently need.

Then for these units, the social relationship of "mutual help" is a shortcoming. It's no wonder that the welfare can be good.

On the other hand, the key central enterprises that are vigorously supported by the state are not worried about the problem of funding. Many material needs are specially approved by the state and belong to privileged units.

Household appliance factories such as televisions, cassette recorders, and refrigerators, as well as food factories such as "Polar Bear" and "Yili", have reached a "friendship" of "mutual benefit" with many units because their products are popular and in short supply. Of course, the employees will be able to benefit greatly because of this.

So specifically, what are the benefits of "polar bears"?

First of all, we have to talk about the basic benefits that each unit basically has. The order followed here is in decreasing importance from production to life.

Workwear and protective equipment are essential for production. The state has regulations that what kind of work clothes will be issued for what type of work, and new work clothes must be issued once in a certain time.

Some people dress very carefully and carefully, a set of work clothes can be worn for several years, and the new work clothes saved are worn as daily clothes, or for their own children.

At that time, everyone was like that. Especially in "extraordinary times", workers are in the position of "big brother". For a while, they had to form a propaganda team to take care of the school. Belong to the absolute leadership class.

Therefore, wearing labor cloth work clothes to school and shopping, not only do you not feel shabby, but even have a sense of pride. Because this treatment is not something that anyone can enjoy, it means that the family component behind it is rooted in red seedlings.

In this regard, the clothes issued by the "Polar Bear" and other factories are the same. The biggest difference is that for daily consumables such as soap, towels, gloves and socks, more than twice as much is distributed to other factories.

And depending on the situation, the factory has also distributed additional water cups, lunch boxes, aluminum pots, thermoses, washbasins, bed sheets, quilt covers, mirrors, pens, school bags, shirts, toilet paper, these items are not included in the "regular standard".

It's all kinds of things.

On the day they came, like Hong Yanwu, they caught up with nylon stockings. Two pairs for both men and women. They just pick up the labor protection supplies in the afternoon.

But even if the work clothes and labor protection supplies are distributed no matter how good they are, they will still be buried in stinky sweat after work. Therefore, public baths are also an indispensable benefit.

It's just that most units at that time didn't have this condition. Often, they can only try their best to issue some bath tickets and let employees go to the public bathhouse outside to line up to take a bath.

Like Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan in the past in "Tianxingju", one person sent one a week. But they are used to taking a shower every day after work, so they can only pay for it.

There are also some units, through every possible effort, reluctantly set up a bathhouse, but the conditions are not good.

Maybe there is only one room, maybe the boiler can't keep up, or maybe it's reluctant to burn coal and water. As a result, male and female employees have limited bathing time.

This joke that circulated at the time is particularly illustrative. Saying that the festival is approaching, a unit organizes to go out to visit the exhibition in batches, and at the same time opens the unit's bathhouse during working hours. The director of the factory said, "This morning the gay men took a bath and the lesbians visited. In the afternoon, lesbians take a shower and gay men visit. ”

As a result, there are very few units that can actually open public bathhouses that meet the conditions. And there are still some petty and inhuman requirements in it.

For example, some units are still open for a limited time, either simply refusing family members to enter, or requiring family members to take a bath and need to buy a bath ticket. It belongs to the category of doing good things and making employees not read good.

And in this regard, the "polar bear" is particularly in place. The two large bathhouses are particularly large, with fifty or sixty shower heads in each of the men's and women's bathrooms.

In addition, the situation of the factory is relatively special, the production task is heavy, and the production workshop works in two shifts all year round. Therefore, the bathhouse of the "polar bear" is also closed all year round, with hot water twenty-four hours a day, when to come and when to wash. There is no restriction on the family at all.

That's too much of a real problem. Not to mention that workers are usually covered in stinky sweat after work, how comfortable it is to take a shower and go home. And in view of the general difficulty of bathing in society at that time, this also benefited many employees' families.

Of course, the workers praised each other, and no one did not think about this factory.

Next, let's count down in terms of practical importance. I'm afraid it's a publicly-funded medical and welfare room.

At that time, all enterprises and institutions that paid wages within the state budget. All of them enjoy a publicly-funded medical system, and medical treatment is 100% reimbursed. There's really not much to say.

However, due to the lack of medical resources, the problem of "difficulty in seeing a doctor" is becoming more and more serious in society, and it is generally known as the phenomenon of "three long and one short". That is, the time for registration, waiting, and taking medicine is long, and the time for seeing a doctor is short.

From registration, waiting, treatment to bargaining, payment, and medicine collection, there are many procedures. The masses of the people complained that "seeing a doctor starts with five watches, registration is a one-stop, waiting for a few hours, and seeing a doctor for a few minutes." ”

Then there are two internal medicine doctors and one orthopedic doctor in the "Polar Bear" factory-run hospital. It plays a particularly significant role in solving the difficulty of employees in seeing a doctor.

By them, together with several professional nurses, they can fully meet the needs of the workers in the factory for some common diseases. Now that Lan Zhaodi is here, the infirmary must be better at the treatment and diagnosis of some eye diseases.

And one thing in particular is worth mentioning. "Polar Bear" is 100% reimbursement for the medical expenses of the children of dual-income workers. Reimbursement of 50 percent of medical expenses for children of single workers. This is also much more considerate than other units.

Temporary additions, and then there are complaints about the disconnection. I won't add it next time.

The second group has been opened, group number: 608640021

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