In the past few years of working in a state-owned enterprise, I have understood something

After graduation, I joined a state-owned enterprise. In the fifth year of working, our company merged with a brother company. The other company was an old company established for more than 30 years. In a loss-making state, the headquarters hopes to reverse this situation after merger and reorganization. However, the merger and reorganization is undoubtedly an internal reshuffle. Management departments are merged and personnel are streamlined and compressed. For a time, people are panicked. The headquarters issued a document on the internal retirement of employees. The internal retirement targets are all employees over 45 years old. It is precisely the above The elders and younger ones have worked in the same position in the same company for nearly 20 years. They are entering the society again. Without any skills, it is difficult to find suitable jobs. Some of them are temporary workers without formal establishment, and they are also part-time workers. Worked in the company for more than ten years.

After the merger and reorganization of a company, the first thing to do is to clear out the temporary staff without establishment. The eldest sister I know, Mai Mai, is on the list of people to be cleared. Before, she had been doing administrative work in the office. This time the staff was cleared. Retiring was something she had expected. She didn't go around asking for connections, looking for gifts from leaders, or crying to win sympathy like other people. Instead, she went through the formalities smoothly and prepared to open a beauty shop. She looked at the storefront. , contacted the supply of goods, and recruited shop assistants. I was very busy. Soon, the beauty shop was opened. I went to her shop once and the business was very good. From the first time I met Xiaomai, I knew she was a woman who loves beauty. At that time, she was thirty-seven or eighteen years old, but her complexion was more supple than that of a girl in her twenties. She had her own theory on beauty and beauty, and her work In addition, she is also engaged in micro-business for a certain cosmetics brand. On weekends, she often goes to surrounding big cities to participate in beauty professional training. During the long vacation, other people’s WeChat Moments are full of travel photos, but she is the only one who posts training photos. Photo, although life is hard, she enjoys it. She had long wanted to open a beauty shop, but she had never had the time. This staff diversion gave her the opportunity.

But not everyone is like Wheat, who has the ability, courage, and professional skills to regroup and open a store immediately after being dismissed. Most people have been in trouble in the company for a while. After a while, I started to go out to find a job. What’s the point of scolding the government, the company, and the leaders? Life always has to be faced. Children have to spend money to go to school, old people have to spend money to get sick, and everything has to be spent. Some people had to leave home and go to another city to make a living. Those who could endure the hardship set up stalls selling fruit, breakfast, or other small businesses. They could always make some money a day. In short, life suddenly became tense. No longer as relaxed as before.

?In the past few years of working in a state-owned enterprise, I have understood one thing: how important it is to build skills outside of work.

?In our jobs, we carry forward the spirit of driving nails and drill hard. There is nothing wrong with that, but we must not really train ourselves to be like a screw. It can only function when installed in a specific machine. There are too many young people around us. After entering the enterprise, they have worked in the same position for more than ten years. Those who have done outstanding work have been promoted to supervisors, while those whose performance has been mediocre have also found stable jobs. Their paths have become narrower and narrower. After working for more than ten years, the young man became an uncle, the young girl became an aunt, and everyone became a screw.

However, in this rapidly changing society, nothing lasts forever. The leadership position you have is just given by your unit and can easily be replaced by others. The stable job you covet is nothing more than boiling a frog in warm water. , making you gradually lose your fighting spirit. Who knows if one day the unit fails to perform well, and you will become a target of layoffs and diversion. When you re-enter society, what will you do to make a living? Some people are still leaders in the workplace. Suddenly, they have no position, but they have been comfortable for so many years. They are used to coming to class at 8 o'clock in the morning to drink tea, read the newspaper, and issue a few instructions. When they enter the society, there is a gap in status. , Putting aside the discomfort in my heart, I can’t find a way to make a living without any skills.

?Creating a skill outside of work will help you gain a foothold in society after you leave this unit and position. You can take it wherever you go and be recognized by others. . Always remind yourself that after losing our current stable job, what can we do to support our family, what is given by others, and what is owned by ourselves and can never be taken away by others.

? The easiest way to build a skill outside of work is to deepen your interests and hobbies, keep learning, and get closer to the professional level. After all, not all foodies can become gourmets. Photography enthusiasts can become professional photographers. This ancient proverb still has practicality in today's society. Maintain a sense of urgency. If one day you have to change your path, skills outside of work will be like a knife to help you cut through the thorns in front of you, allowing you to move towards the next journey of life with dignity and dignity.