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Chapter 81 New job encounter
During the week when I was looking for a job, I got up early every morning to wash rice and cook, choose vegetables to wash and cook. I have to say that as a member of the Taurus foodies, we are really born with a way of cooking food without a teacher Self-taught.

In the past few days, I changed my ways to cook delicious and nutritious food for myself. Cucumbers, carrots, grass heads, mushrooms, leeks, cauliflower, every ordinary vegetable, under my careful consideration and ingenious matching with some meat dishes , have made their best taste.

Occasionally, I would order some drinks on Meituan’s takeout, drink some food and eat delicious food. After the meal, I would cut some fruit and make a fruit platter. I lived my single life in a bourgeois and romantic way.

Every time I post my dishes on WeChat Moments, it will attract countless likes.

But I also know very well that in the current epidemic situation, such a comfortable life may not last for a few days, because I will change my job soon, and if my job is not nearby, I will also prepare to change my house.

In order to reduce rent expenses, I plan to re-rent a small shared room of several hundred yuan, which means that I will no longer have a separate kitchen to cook for myself, and I will no longer have a spacious big room to live in, no big bed to sleep in, and no more There is no large wardrobe available, and all daily life can only be kept simple.

Sure enough, during the week, on the BOSS direct recruitment, several interview calls were received one after another, all of which were job opportunities from other areas in Changzhou.

In fact, I really hope that the new job can be in the same area as the male god, but it is a pity that the weather is not good, and several interview notices are from Z area. I searched the map of Gaode, and those units are not only far away from where I live. , I'm a little frustrated that I'm farther away from the place where the male god works, but I have to bite the bullet.

Because of the impact of the epidemic, many units have lowered the wages and salaries for our graphic design industry.The salaries offered by most units are very low. Among the few relatively "high-paying" interview units, I chose the industry that I have worked in the past, and I am familiar with and good at.One is the health industry, and the other is the electrical lighting industry.I estimated that these two industries are currently less likely to be impacted by the general environment, and they still have considerable development prospects in the next few years.

In the column of salary and treatment in the recruitment notices of the two units, it is written above 1w and 7.5-9k respectively.

When I went to the company in the health industry for an interview, the boss was quite satisfied with my interview performance, but after the interview, they gave me another advertising theme, requiring me to go back and design a series of advertising screens for Moments (a series of four screen).

The advertisement design test question is about the publicity pictures of whole grains. Such a theme is not unfamiliar to me, because I have done graphic design for the health industry when I was in Nanjing.

Back home, I turned on the lights to fight at night, and very seriously expressed the four pictures in a very innovative and creative way of layout.

As soon as the HR manager who interviewed me received my design draft, he showed great appreciation, but when it came to salary, the other party got stuck and said he wanted to ask the boss for his opinion.

I was looking forward to it, but the answer I got was: the epidemic is serious now, and many colleagues in our company are still working remotely at home. We really need experienced design talents like you to join our team, but in the past one or two months, you can give You can only get the same salary as these staff who are still working remotely at home, that is, you only get a basic subsidy of 2000 yuan per month.After the epidemic is over and everyone officially goes to work, the boss said that we can satisfy your monthly salary of 1 or more.

Hearing such a reply, I was already shaking my head like a rattle on the network side.I said: I’m sorry, I can’t afford this kind of salary. In the few years I just graduated, I had already earned four to five thousand dollars. This amount of money was not enough for my basic living expenses when I rented a house outside for the past two months.

Besides, if the salary is not finalized at the beginning, it will be even more uncertain after two months, and it is not certain when the epidemic will really end.

I thought to myself that your boss is too insincere, but I didn't pierce the window paper. After all, if we can't cooperate this time, it doesn't mean that we won't be able to cooperate in the future.

It is not easy to find a job during the epidemic. After being hit by such a blow, I gradually have no expectations about whether I can find a good job in this special period, because even if I can produce good works to prove my strength, The company can't give me the salary and treatment I want.

As a result, before I went to another lighting company for an interview, my heart was full of pessimism.

One is that the location of this lighting appliance unit is very remote, almost close to the countryside of Changzhou, and the other is that the salary offered by this company is much lower than that of the previous company.Generally, the amount written in the recruitment advertisement is the salary that the employer cannot offer in reality, and after the actual recruitment, it will be discounted on the basis of that number.

So sitting on the bus, watching the scenery outside the window slowly change from a group of modern high-rise buildings to a noisy and chaotic town street scene, my heart gradually began to be confused.I followed the navigation, shuttled through rows of merchants, and asked several passers-by before I saw the unit I was going to interview——

A three-story building with a big billboard on the side wall, the red wall and black characters, and the company's name written in calligraphy: Qimingxuan.From a distance, it looks like a huge red envelope. I just finished the New Year at home, and I feel a little bit of festiveness for the New Year when I see this.

When I got downstairs, I told the front desk what I wanted to do, and they signaled me to go to the second floor to find personnel.On the second floor, I saw a big office inside. In the office, 15 desks (combined desks with partitions) were placed in three rows, and the seats on the north side were full. The seats on the south side are relatively empty, and there are several vacant seats that are not occupied.

Coincidentally, the first person I met when I entered was not the personnel manager or the department manager, but the boss, who just came out of the conference room inside.

Because I saw his "cartoon head portrait" on BOSS Zhipin (it seems that someone specially drew a stick figure for him based on his appearance), so I recognized him as the boss at first sight.

The boss is about the same age as my mother, in his 60s, with a square face, small eyes, and light eyebrows. I greeted him politely and said, "Mr. Liu, hello, I'm here for an interview. You talked."

Because I also uploaded my real photo on the platform, Mr. Liu took a look at me and recognized me immediately, and said: "Hello. It's Cheng Yifei, isn't it? You go in and sit for a while." meeting."

After I went in, I saw a girl with braids stuck her head out from the first seat in the front row and asked, "Are you here for an interview?"

I said "hmm", and she quickly took out a resume form from the folder and handed it to me for me to fill out.The boss followed me in, motioned me to sit down in the conference room next to me, and called another male colleague to sit down in the conference room together.

In the past, when I went to other companies, I had to go through interviews with the HR manager and the department manager first, and then they would recommend to the boss after they were satisfied.But because I was lucky, I met the boss at the first time and explained my purpose, so it became a direct interview with the boss himself.

And in the BOSS direct recruitment, it was indeed an "olive branch" offered to me by the boss. He left a message saying that after reading my resume, he felt that I had rich planning experience and was very suitable for their company's graphic design work.

It can be seen that their company is currently in short supply of graphic designers, and the empty space on the right-hand side of the office area is a good "hint" of this point.

The boss is very straightforward, and took the lead to introduce to the man next to him: "Manager Page, this is a treasure I dug up on the recruitment platform. She is the same age as you. She has more than ten years of work experience. The work experience is very good. Rich."

Manager Page, with a round face and a height of 180M, looks a little bit strong, with a few sparse bangs stubbornly floating on his forehead, exposing the real work and family pressure of middle-aged men born in the 80s.

He looked up at me quietly, smiled with his lips pursed, and said politely: "Oh, I can't tell, so we are still the same age, lucky to meet, lucky to meet."

I smiled, too, as a sign of friendliness.

The boss said: "Cheng Yifei, please briefly introduce your past work experience."

I said: "Okay. I graduated from Division H in 06 with a major in art design. I have worked in lighting companies, the health industry, and the medical beauty industry. In the past few years, I was mainly responsible for graphic design. Graphic design covers a wide range of areas. , including the company's advertising material design, brochure sample design, poster design, website design, WeChat official account picture design, H5 small animation design, etc. In the past four or five years, because of my strong writing skills, the company found that I have The talents in this area gradually let me handle planning work, that is, not only in charge of graphic design, but also in charge of company brand planning and event planning.”

In fact, after the introduction here, they are already very satisfied with my work resume.Because after I entered this company, I gradually realized that all the skills I am good at are exactly what the company is currently recruiting for this position. During the epidemic, they interviewed more than N designers. Someone can meet these application requirements at the same time.

I saw a little satisfaction on the faces of the boss and the page manager, but judging from my experience, because the employer has to negotiate salary with the interviewer, even if they are very satisfied in their hearts at this time, they will only be satisfied on the outside. Show three points.

But the details don’t lie. When I was introducing myself, the boss signaled Manager Page to go out and pour me a cup of tea.

Manager Page came over, and the boss was worried that I might not be used to drinking this kind of tea. He said: "The tea made by Manager Page is not the kind with a lighter taste. If it is a bit strong, you might not like it." He asked me several times "Do you want to change it for you? Shall I go and change it for you?" I waved my hands repeatedly and said, "This one is very good, there is no need to change it specially."

Regardless of whether this move was to "win over" people's hearts or to respect the interviewer's psychological feelings, such a "corporate of courtesy and virtue" behavior made me feel a lot of impressions of the boss's amiability, politeness and easy-going.

Because the regular interview unit is a high-ranking and condescending posture of "you are looking for a job, you have something to ask of me", and they don't even bother to pretend to be polite to you. The HR manager or the boss can remember to use it for you once. Pour a glass of mineral water into a sex paper cup, which is already supreme respect, let alone make you a cup of good tea, and care about whether it suits your taste.

In my opinion, making tea for customers or interviewees just reflects a high-level quality of the company and respect for others to a certain extent.

We all know that the employer will rate the interviewer during the interview. In fact, the interview is also a two-way selection process. As an interviewer, he will also silently rate the leader of the unit that interviewed him.

Just imagine if the leader is too difficult to deal with, thinks too much of himself and does not know how to show compassion and respect to his subordinates, it will be hard for you to believe how good the leader will be to you after you actually enter this company.

In this way, in the pleasant and harmonious communication between the two parties, the one-hour interview passed quickly, and finally I returned to the "topic" and mentioned the requirements for salary and treatment. I bluntly said that the salary of the previous company has reached 1W in January Other benefits are not included.Although the salary can be reduced due to the impact of the epidemic, I still hope that the minimum salary cannot be lower than 9K.

After hearing this, the boss was thoughtful, silent for a while, and said: "Actually, based on the current salary positioning level of the graphic design position in Changzhou alone, you should also understand that Changzhou is no better than a first-tier city. Your position is in The salary in Changzhou is generally around 5000, and it can’t be higher. You have to have work experience to get this amount. If you don’t have work experience, our family has visited one or two before, and we can only give it to 3000. monthly salary. Because our company usually has very little demand for advertising design, it is mainly responsible for the production of project bidding documents, and some illustrations and P drawings will be used. Others such as material design are available but relatively few, brochure design, website design Classes are rare once or twice a year."

Actually hearing this, my mood is already very DOWN, this amount is obviously far from my expectation, I smiled wryly, and said: "It is true that the salary level of graphic design in small and medium-sized units in Changzhou is almost around 5000, but In fact, 5000 is just my salary level six or seven years ago. When I was working in Suzhou a few years ago, I already got this amount. Because of my personal ability level, comprehensive strength in all aspects of work experience, I never just get this salary .

I see that you are still recruiting assistants to the general manager. In fact, I can do all the work that the general assistant needs to do, especially writing is my strong point, because when I was in Nanjing before, I was not only the planning and design manager, but also the general manager. Manager's daily administrative office support work.If I can hold two jobs at the same time, can the company meet my expected salary requirements? "

After hearing this, Manager Page said on the sidelines: "If your strength is really what you said, that is, if you are good at all the tasks you just introduced, the follow-up salary will be negotiable."

After listening to the boss, he added: "That's right. The salary can be negotiated again. If you are really qualified for both jobs, we can fully satisfy the salary you proposed. But there will inevitably be a trial period in the early stage. Because after all, we have never cooperated before, so I don’t know what level your ability is. You should go back and think carefully about whether you can accept this job. You can talk to Manager Page about the salary.”

The boss’s last words were more tactful. Although he didn’t clearly respond to whether the probationary period would give me the salary I expected, he agreed in a different way. I immediately said: “Since Mr. Liu trusts me so much and thinks highly of me, I Let me also express my opinion here. Although I have not officially served as a general assistant before, but I have reached the age of jumping four, and I am indeed thinking about gradually shifting from a graphic design technical job to an administrative office management job. Transformation. If the leader is willing to give me such an opportunity, I will definitely live up to your expectations of me and hand over a satisfactory work report card."

In the end, everyone said their words very politely, but I always felt that they were a bit rushed and suspected of "empty checks", but no matter what, I think both sides left a way out for each other.

For me, if it is only 5000, which is lower than my salary level in the past few years, I would not be willing to go to work if I was killed. Look at other units; for enterprises, if I can't satisfy them with both jobs, they are not willing to easily give me a high salary of 9000.

As a result, the two sides stalemate for three days.I went out to interview two more, and I heard that they were not idle. The boss later said that they had never given such a high salary level to employees in this position, so they also wanted to find other interviewers.He received three or four hundred self-recommendation letters on the platform, and compared them, he felt that none of the hundreds of designers could find a more suitable candidate than me.

Because the production of project bidding documents is an important and key link in the company's project engineering, in addition to basic office software, you must also have certain writing skills and strong text editing skills to be competent for this job.And most designers are not good at writing and copy editing, but those happen to be my strong points.

In addition, my joining can also save the company from hiring a position of assistant to the general manager. Clerical work is a small case for me, and I can handle all of them by the way.

As for me, as I get older, I no longer adapt to pure design work, because design not only requires a lot of mental work, but also requires super physical fitness to cope with staying up late and working overtime. , will have an impact on my health. At this stage, it is a good opportunity for career transition for me to develop in the direction of office clerical management.

So in the end, I took the initiative to lower my profile and leave a message to the boss on BOSS Direct Employment, expressing that after careful consideration, I am willing to accept this offer, and proposed that the trial period can be discounted, and the 9K salary is 9% off during the trial period. After the trial period expires, I can reach [-]K per month is enough.

But the boss didn't reply me, he just clicked on and glanced at the message I sent.

I remembered that the last sentence he said was the salary requirement, which can be discussed with the page manager.So I made a phone call to Manager Page, and Manager Page gave me the reply: The trial period is 7500 yuan. After the trial period expires, you can meet your requirements. I will calculate my salary based on an annual salary of 10 yuan.But our wages are not paid in place every month. We pay a part of it and make up the rest at the end of the year. We have to work for a full year to get the salary promised by the boss.If you think it's okay, apply for employment as soon as possible tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, is that okay?
I thought to myself that the probationary period is 7500. Isn’t that equivalent to a salary of 9000 with a [-]% discount? In other words, the boss agreed to my salary request, and I was naturally very happy at the moment, so I agreed to go to the unit to apply for a job the next day. formalities.

(End of this chapter)