Forty has a hurdle

Chapter 3 Layoffs
"I have crossed mountains and seas, and I have also crossed mountains and seas of people. Everything I once owned is like smoke in the blink of an eye."

Inside the car, there was singing, which was a song that Zhao Hongming liked very much.

His Skoda is already six years old. Zhao Hongming usually pays more attention to maintenance and drives carefully. Until now, the performance of this car is still relatively good.

The high-speed speed limit is 120. Generally, he drives to 100 and stops going up.

It's not that he can't drive fast, it's just that he doesn't think it's necessary.

For no reason, Zhao Hongming remembered the disappointed look in his son's eyes when he left home.

He works in Qingyuan, and usually has no time to accompany his son, so Zhao Huan is not particularly close to him, and has a faint sense of alienation.

When I was in elementary school, some classmates even joked that Zhao Huan was a child without a father.Because of this incident, Zhao Huan ignored Zhao Hongming for quite a long time.

Zhao Hongming himself knew that he owed his children a lot in the past few years, but there was nothing he could do about it, as there were gains and losses.

In order to let his children have a better life in the future, he chose to come to Qingyuan.

"I have crossed mountains and seas, and I have also crossed mountains and seas of people. Everything I once owned is like smoke in the blink of an eye."

The chorus sounded again, and Zhao Hongming also hummed along.

"Work hard and earn hard."

After the singing was over, Zhao Hongming cheered himself up
In the night, the lights of Wanjia are like stars, making the whole city shine brightly.

"Snapped!"

Zhao Hongming sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and let out a long breath.

The ashtray on the coffee table in front of him was full of cigarette butts.

At this moment, Zhao Hongming is completely different from when he just returned to the company three days ago.

At that time, he was full of vigor, but now he has a shaggy beard, his eyes are bloodshot, and the fatigue visible to the naked eye is engraved on his face.

Amidst the smog, he seemed to have returned to the scene from yesterday.

"Hello, Zhao Hongming, we don't need to introduce you."

In the spacious conference room, two rows of people were clearly separated and sat on both sides.

On one side is the head of the personnel department, Mr. Shen, and beside her are the company's financial and legal affairs.

Zhao Hongming was alone on the other side.

"Mr. Shen, who is this?" Zhao Hongming had a guess in his heart, but he still couldn't believe it.

"The company's situation in the past two years is not good. You know this. In order to have better development in the future, the company decided to lay off some employees. Zhao Hongming, you are one of them."

Shen Jing announced the layoffs to Zhao Hongming with a blank expression.

"No, Mr. Shen, could this be a mistake! I have been in the company for six years. I have worked with Mr. Liu since the company was first established. I...I want to see Mr. Liu!"

Zhao Hongming stood up abruptly and was about to walk outside the meeting room.

"Mr. Liu is on a business trip to the capital, so you don't need to look for it." Mr. Shen's voice came from behind, "Mr. Liu also signed and agreed to the list of layoffs this time."

Zhao Hongming turned around abruptly, took out his mobile phone and dialed Mr. Liu, but there was a prompt to shut down the phone.

"Mr. Shen, I know the company's difficulties. Otherwise, you can tell Mr. Liu that my salary can be adjusted, or I can go to other departments. I really can't lose this job. "

Zhao Hong was obviously a little incoherent.

"Old Zhao, you are also an old employee of the company. Before Mr. Liu left, he also specifically explained that there is no way to add one month's salary to your salary. The company must survive!" A flash of light flashed in the company's financial eyes. The color of sympathy.

"Mr. Zhao, according to relevant laws and regulations, you have worked in the company for six years. According to this working period, the company will give you a compensation of 45114 yuan. Because the company did not notify you 30 days in advance, it will give you an extra month's salary In lieu of notice, plus Mr. Liu’s promise to pay you an extra month’s salary, and the salary that was not paid last month, so in the end the company will give you a total of 67716 yuan in compensation.”

The company's legal affairs began to settle accounts with Zhao Hongming.

"No, no. You can't do this. I don't want any compensation. I won't leave my job. I have to wait for Mr. Liu to come back."

Zhao Hongming roared and went straight out of the meeting room.

"Must leave the company this weekend."

"Notify the next one."

The moment Zhao Hongming left the office, he heard Mr. Shen's cold voice.

"Ring bell bell!"

The ringing of the phone on the coffee table brought Zhao Hongming back from his memory.

"Hello, Brother Zhao."

"How is it, Big Liu? What does your friend say?"

The caller was Da Liu, a colleague who was also laid off.

Da Liu has not been in the company for a long time, less than a year, and he is also very angry with the company's temporary layoffs, so he went to ask a friend who knows the law about the situation.

"Brother Zhao, there is no other way. My friend said that although the company's current practices are lacking, there is no legal problem in terms of compensation."

On the other end of the phone, there was helplessness in Da Liu's voice.

"That is to say, our job is indispensable." The last glimmer of hope in Zhao Hongming's heart was completely extinguished.

"Yes, Brother Zhao, but it's okay, the world is so big, we don't need to hang ourselves in this company. There are many companies in the provincial capital, and I plan to go to the provincial capital. Are you going?"

Da Liu cheered up quickly, and immediately thought of a way out.

"Well, I'll think about it again. You kid should also go for it. If there is any job that suits me, brother, don't forget to let me know!"

"Okay, that's it! Brother Zhao."

Da Liu on the other end of the phone readily agreed.

Zhao Hongming smiled wryly.

Da Liu is only in his twenties, and it is a good time to venture out.

But I'm already forty
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Hongming leaned back on the sofa, staring at the ceiling blankly.

A few days ago, regarding the layoffs, he had sworn to his wife at home that the layoffs would not fall on him.

So what if you start from scratch with your boss, after all, you can't match the cruelty of reality.

"One hundred thousand."

In a trance, his son's question seemed to ring in his ears, "Does our family have that much money?"

Without a job, what will happen to the monthly mortgage?
The reserve fund at home is only 3 to [-] yuan, how many months can it last?
The company's compensation is only enough for Zhao Huan's two years of tuition.

One thing after another flashed across Zhao Hongming's mind.

It's like a piece of weight, pressing the balance of life to the burden side little by little.

His son got into a key middle school, but he lost his job. Zhao Hongming felt like he was riding a roller coaster. He rushed to the top excitedly, but found that he was afraid of heights.
(End of this chapter)