Return To 1977 Chapter 606: Benefits

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Shui Qingzhen is indeed a top student in a prestigious school. She has the ability of shorthand and her handwriting is beautiful.

After everyone finished speaking, she didn't waste much time. It only took her ten more minutes to sort out the content of the discussion, and she also polished and supplemented everyone's speeches.

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

Because according to his idea, it would be good to accurately record the discussion. After that, it would take another hour or two to compile it into written materials. How could he have imagined that Shui Qing had such strong writing skills?

If this is not a talent, then it would be a shame. So he quietly made a note in his notebook and gave Shui Qing a high evaluation.

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

But let me make it clear first, this is not because the factory rules and regulations are very loose, but because after Zhao Honglin explained the disciplinary requirements, he also introduced the benefits of the factory.

You must know that in these days, the factory's operating autonomy has not been completely released, and the workers' income is roughly the same. That is to say, starting from this year, there will be a bonus system, and only in factories with higher efficiency, the income of employees can be significantly higher than that of other factories.

Before this, what could really be controlled by each unit, and even the key criterion for examining and comparing the quality of a unit was actually welfare benefits.

But this point not only depends on whether the leader is willing to consider the 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 efficient. Such as thermos 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.

So for these units, the social relationship of "mutual help and mutual assistance" is a shortcoming. It would be weird if the benefits were good.

On the other hand, key central enterprises that are strongly supported by state funds do not have to worry about funding problems at all. Many material needs are specially approved by the state and belong to privileged units.

As for home appliance factories that produce televisions, cassette players, and refrigerators, and food factories such as "Polar Bear" and "Yili", because their products are popular and demand exceeds supply, they have reached "mutually beneficial" "friendships" with many units. ". Of course, employees will benefit greatly from this.

So specifically, what kind of benefits do "polar bears" have?

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

Work clothes and labor protection supplies are necessities for production. The state has regulations that require workers to be issued different work clothes for each type of work they perform, and new work clothes must be issued at certain intervals.

Some people dress very carefully and carefully, and a set of work clothes can last for several years. They use the new work clothes they save as daily clothes, or for their children.

At that time, everyone was like this. Especially in "extraordinary times", workers have the status of "big brother". For a period of time, the work propaganda team formed by them had to manage the school. Belongs to the absolute leadership class.

So wearing labor cloth work clothes to go to school or go shopping not only does not make you feel shabby, but you even feel proud. Because this kind of treatment is not something that just anyone can enjoy. The meaning behind it is the family background of Gen Hongmiao.

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

And depending on the situation, the factory also distributes additional water cups, lunch boxes, aluminum pots, thermos bottles, wash basins, sheets, quilt covers, mirrors, pens, school bags, shirts, toilet paper, these items are not within the "regular standards" .

It can be said to be diverse and all-encompassing.

On the day Hong Yanwu and others arrived, they had nylon stockings issued. Two pairs each for men and women. They can just collect it together with the labor protection supplies in the afternoon.

No matter how many and good work clothes and labor protection supplies are distributed, they will still be worn out if they are smelly and sweaty after work. Therefore, public bathhouses are also an indispensable benefit.

It’s just that most units at that time did not have this condition. Often we can only try our best to issue some bathing tickets so that employees can queue up to take a bath in public bathhouses outside.

This was the case for Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan in "Tianxingju" in the past, each of them was issued one ticket a week. But they are used to taking a shower every day after get off work, so they can only pay for it at their own expense.

There are also some units that have managed to set up bathhouses through various efforts, but the conditions are not good.

Maybe there is only one room, maybe the boiler cannot keep up with the power, or maybe you are reluctant to burn coal and water. This results in limited bathing time for male and female employees.

A joke circulated at the time is particularly illustrative. It was said that the holiday was coming soon, and one unit organized groups to go out to visit exhibitions, and at the same time opened the unit bathhouse during working hours. The factory director said, "This morning, **** men took a bath, and lesbians visited. In the afternoon, lesbians took a bath, and **** men visited."

So there are actually very few units that can open public bathhouses that meet the conditions. And there are still some very stingy and inhumane requirements.

For example, some units are still open within limited hours, and either simply refuse entry to family members, or require family members to buy bathing tickets to take a bath. It belongs to the category of doing good things but letting employees not think about the good things.

In this regard, "Polar Bear" has done a particularly good job. The two self-built bathhouses are particularly large, with fifty or sixty shower heads in the men's and women's bathrooms.

In addition, the situation of the factory is quite special, with heavy production tasks and two shifts in the production workshop all year round. Therefore, the bathhouse of "Polar Bear" is open all year round. Hot water is available 24 hours a day. You can come and wash at any time. There are no restrictions on family members at all.

This is a great solution to practical problems. Not to mention that workers are usually covered in stinky sweat after get off work. It is so comfortable to go home clean after taking a shower. And given that it was generally difficult to take a bath in society at that time, this also benefited many employees' families.

Of course the employees praised it, and everyone thought the factory was good for this.

Then next, count down in terms of actual importance. I'm afraid it's the allocation of public medical care and welfare housing.

At that time, all enterprises and institutions that raised wages within the national budget. All enjoy the publicly funded medical system, and medical treatment is 100% reimbursed. There's really nothing to say about this.

However, due to the lack of medical resources, the problem of "difficulty in seeking medical treatment" has become increasingly serious in society, and is widely known as the "three long and one short" phenomenon. That is, the time for registration, waiting for treatment, and getting medicine is long, but the time for seeing a doctor is short.

There are many procedures from registration, waiting for diagnosis, treatment to pricing, payment, and medicine collection. The people complained that “it takes five minutes to see a doctor, one-stop registration, waiting for hours, and only a few minutes to see a doctor.”

Then there are two physicians and one orthopedic surgeon in the hospital run by the "Polar Bear" factory. It plays a particularly significant role in solving the difficulty of medical treatment for employees.

With them and several professional nurses, they can fully meet the needs of factory employees on some common diseases. Now that Lan Zhaodi is here, the clinic must be better at treating and diagnosing some eye diseases.

And there is one thing in particular worth mentioning. "Polar Bear" reimburses 100% of medical expenses for children of working parents. Fifty percent of the medical expenses for children of single workers will be reimbursed. It's also much more considerate than other units.