"Post these job openings."
"Yes, I will have the HR department issue the announcement immediately."
Chen Meilan took away the empty coffee cup that Han Fei had drunk from.
Han's Group has issued a recruitment notice to the public.
The positions of dismantling crabs and making fruit candies are open to people with disabilities who have a disability certificate.
There are also many other positions, such as truck driver, warehouse manager, human resources, logistics staff, administration...
"Captain Zhang, the Han Group is hiring. The salary is pretty good. Shall we go check it out?"
A junior employee handed the job posting to Zhang Qi.
The former employer disbanded the team, and Zhang Qi's title of Captain Zhang was undeserved; he was just a pathetic figure leading a dozen or so unemployed old men to find work.
“3000?” Zhang Qi frowned. “That’s not a high salary.”
"Captain Zhang, the current economic climate is not good. Many companies are laying off employees due to poor performance. The first to be laid off are middle-aged people like us who are over 35 years old. It is very difficult to find a new job. It is already very good if we can start with 3,000 yuan, and they also have commission!"
Zhang Qi looked down and nodded in satisfaction: "I've been a truck driver for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen overtime pay specified in a job posting."
For their kind of work, how long a trip takes depends on you. If you're unlucky and get stopped for inspection, the time wasted is yours to bear.
They're already being a conscientious company by calculating the cost per truckload.
Some companies give you an order every morning, and you have to complete all the routes on the order and deliver the goods.
They don't care what happens during the delivery or how long it takes to move the goods to the delivery location. Even if it's the early hours of the morning, they still have to finish all the work on the order.
Finishing the tasks on the order only counts as completing your work for the day; there's no such thing as overtime pay. They work more than eight hours a day, but what can they do? Earning money is hard.
"Overtime pay? Hey, I've been driving for over ten years and I've never heard of such a good deal!"
An elderly man who was smoking threw away his cigarette butt and came over to watch the commotion. When he saw that there was indeed overtime pay, he exclaimed in surprise, "Eight hours a day, and overtime is paid? Is the company owner an idiot?"
"Is this for real?" A dozen people gathered around, passing the message on their phones around.
"3000 a month, plus meal allowance, transportation allowance, and fruit allowance?"
What are fruit stickers?
“I have a relative who works in Gangcheng. They have fruit stickers there, and they make about 2,000 fruit stickers every month.”
"What? 2000!!!" The middle-aged men were all stunned: "Isn't it too easy to make money over there?"
"I don't even eat fruit, so I can still save up this money!"
"2,000 a month, that's a year's salary, plus a little more, and it's enough to make up for all the hard-earned money I make every month!"
"Comparing yourself to others is truly frustrating!"
"Why wasn't I born in Hong Kong? Even if not Hong Kong, any first-tier city would be fine!"
"It's too bitter. Some people are born in Rome, but people like me are born as beasts of burden, and will be someone else's beasts of burden for the rest of our lives!"
"That's right, our drivers are just like the oxen and horses of ancient times!"
"The job posting didn't specify how much the fruit stickers would cost. How much do you think this stupid company can offer us?"
"Even if it's not as many as Hong Kong City, removing a zero should still leave around 200, right? Otherwise, what's the point of writing it out? Are you kidding me?"
"I'm not greedy. I can make a hundred or two hundred a month, just enough to buy cigarettes!"
"Is it true that overtime pay is given for working more than eight hours? If so, won't some people deliberately prolong their time outside to get extra overtime pay?"
"This..." The dozen or so people looked at each other in bewilderment.
A voice inside everyone says: If it were me, I definitely would!
A man spat out his cigarette: "Pah! I feel like I'm a complete jerk. No wonder those bosses were unwilling to pay overtime; they probably saw through the inherent flaws of people like us!"
“We don’t have any money on hand, and we’ll just be bothered by our wives when we get home anyway, so we might as well stay outside a little longer and earn some overtime pay.”
"If you have money, who wouldn't want to go home to their wife and kids and a warm bed, rather than stay out there and suffer through overtime pay?"
"Yes, we are indeed not good people, but isn't it because of these hard times that we are forced into this situation!"
"If he's capable of writing down overtime pay, he must have thought of everything. Since he's not complaining, why shouldn't we make that money? It's free money!"
"I can't even pay my rent! That's shameless and has no sense of decency!"
"Let's go, brothers, let's go check out this Hanheng Group and see what kind of company they are that they're paying overtime to truck drivers. It's really strange!"
How many people is he hiring?
"With so many of us, can we take them?"
"I've looked into it; they're hiring 100 people."
"So many people? How big of a business is this?"
"What exactly does this company do? Other bosses are disbanding their fleets, why is he doing the opposite? Is his company doing very well? In this kind of environment, how can he still make money?"
"We make frozen products. Due to the lockdown a while ago, many people who didn't used to stock up on food in their refrigerators have started doing so. As a result, many frozen food companies have benefited from the changing environment and are now thriving!"
"Let's go, guys, we're definitely going to make a killing on this overtime pay and this fruit bonus!"
"Sigh, I still think it's a bit too little. The basic salary is only 3,000, while I used to earn 4,000 a month!"
“We didn’t have meal allowances, vehicle allowances, or fruit allowances before. We’ll ask about the specific amounts later. If it adds up to 1000, it won’t be less than what we earned at our old company!”
"My former employer was a total rip-off! I couldn't finish all the orders until the early hours of the morning! Especially when delivering to big online malls, there were queues and a lot of time wasted!"
"Don't even mention it. Once I was delivering goods to a newly opened shopping mall, and there was no one there to meet me. I waited for three hours before anyone finally came. I didn't finish my work until after 2 a.m. that day. If it weren't for the mall causing the problem, I could have finished work and gone home by 11 p.m.!"
The group arrived at the entrance of the Han Group and spotted many familiar faces.
The trucking community is so small; everyone delivers to roughly the same destinations. When queuing up, they'll offer each other cigarettes or go out for a boxed lunch together.
"Old Zhang, your racing team has disbanded too? Are all these people from your team?"
"Yes, Lao Chen, your company is doing well, right? Why did you disband the fleet?"
“Hey, other companies disband their fleets because business is bad, but we’re doing too well. The boss’s brother-in-law started a transportation company, so the boss disbanded his own fleet and handed the business to his brother-in-law. He’s practically feeding him!” Chen Hai said indignantly.
"Everyone has their struggles, but luckily this company hires a lot of people, otherwise our two teams would have to go toe-to-toe," Zhang Qi joked.
Chen Hai hooked his arm around Zhang Qi's shoulder, their buddy-buddy saying, "He's recruiting 100 people, and we only have a little over 30 here. We're all experienced, we'll definitely pass! Old Zhang, we'll be colleagues from now on!"
He leaned close to Zhang Qi's ear and whispered, "Old Zhang, is the boss of this company stupid? How could he write something like 'overtime pay for working eight hours overtime'?"
"Do you make money here?" Zhang Qi asked, squinting his eyes.
Chen Hai sighed: "We want to earn this money, who wouldn't? But we're afraid of losing our jobs again, so we'd better stay put. I was thinking, should I remind our future boss that we can't get overtime pay for this kind of work? Paying by the truckload is already considered fair."
"Don't you dare tell anyone!" Zhang Qi said in a deep voice.
Chen Hai was taken aback, then realized what he meant, and his expression turned somewhat unnatural: "You want to make money off this?"
Zhang Qi nodded: "The brothers haven't been able to find work for three or four months. Now that there's money to be made, they'll naturally want to earn it. Even if it only takes two or three hours to deliver the goods, they'll definitely drag their feet and wander around outside to earn the overtime pay."
Chen Hai sighed: "You guys have it tough too. We're a bit better off than you because our former employer was unreasonable. They laid off employees just to support my brother-in-law, so everyone got severance pay. We're doing a bit better than you."
The HR staff gave each truck driver a form to fill in their basic information.
Just as they were filling out the forms, a young man they didn't recognize suddenly exclaimed, "Ten thousand! Ten thousand every month!"
He seemed to lose control of his emotions and suddenly exclaimed. Realizing he had attracted everyone's attention, he immediately covered his mouth, looking very regretful.
"Young man, you look unfamiliar. Did you used to work in the trucking industry?"
"I just got my driver's license not long ago. I used to deliver goods to convenience stores."
"What were you looking at just now? Where is it that you can earn ten thousand a month?"
"Ah, this..." The young man was embarrassed and unwilling to speak.
“We’re all just trying to make a living, and it’s not easy for anyone. If you find a good job, don’t keep it from us. If they’re only hiring a few people, we won’t blame you. But if it’s like the Han Group, hiring a hundred or so people at once, you can’t keep it from us.”
"Yes, young man, it's not easy for anyone to make a living out here. If you find a good place to go, please let us know. We'll remember your kindness!"
"Come on, young man, have a smoke and tell me, what kind of great place is this?"
"this……"
"Here, have a cigarette! This is a good one!"
The young man had a cigarette stuffed into his mouth and found it hard to refuse. "You can see for yourselves. It doesn't specify how many people they're hiring, but it says they need a lot of truck drivers."
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