Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 116 Rewards for the Brave

With the early guidance, everyone is already familiar with Jiang Chen's research and development process, and they are becoming more and more comfortable working together.

Although this is just Jiang Chen copying the machine tool from space, it is also a normal research and development process.

There is discussion, there is experimentation, there is trial and error, and of course you will eventually return to the right path.

Jiang Chen estimated that he would be able to produce the first batch of sample machine tools before New Year's Day.

With a one-and-a-half-month development cycle, this is definitely quite explosive.

Due to the limitations of the industrial base, Jiang Chen did not fully pursue the limit. The overall efficiency will be slightly worse than the prototype provided by the space, but with the productivity doubled based on the castrated version of the big brother machine tool, there should not be a big problem.

Compared with conventional machine tools in the West, productivity is probably 20%-30% higher.

On this day, Jiang Chen had just finished a meeting when Xiao Yang came over: "Director Jiang, people from the Ministry of Industry are here. The factory director asked you to go to his office to communicate something."

Jiang Chen nodded: "Okay!"

He was thinking, what are the people from the Ministry of Industry doing here at this time?

This project has only been launched for 20 days, so they are not in such a hurry.

However, the training work for the first batch of trainees in the training department has come to an end. In addition to letting the workers practice their techniques, the focus is now on imparting the training skills of comrades from the Ministry of Industry.

At this time, people from the Ministry of Industry came over, most likely related to this.

After Jiang Chen briefly arranged his work, he came to the factory director's office.

The person who came over was Qian Cheng.

When Qian Cheng saw Jiang Chen, he smiled and said, "Comrade Xiao Jiang, I'm really sorry. I know you are busy with research and development work, but I still come to disturb you."

Jiang Chen said: "Director Qian, you're welcome. If you need anything, just call me and I'll just come over."

Qian Cheng said: "How can that be done? You are doing something big, and my time is not as valuable as yours. It would be more appropriate for me to make this trip."

"I came to see you today because I have something to consult with you."

Jiang Chen said: "Director Qian, please tell me."

Director Qian said: "Okay, I won't waste your time. If you have anything to say, tell me directly."

"Now the training of the first batch of trainees will be completed soon. We asked comrades from the Ministry of Industry who came to participate in the training before, and they all said that the training was very effective and that the comrades workers have made great progress, which fully illustrates this The huge role of the system.”

“But once this model is rolled out, it will face a huge problem, that is, the levels of comrades workers are rising too fast. This will not only put huge pressure on the finances, but also cause problems to the existing eight-level worker system. Shock.”

"I wonder what Comrade Xiao Jiang thought about this issue when he set up the training system?"

The rapid improvement of workers' grades means high wages.

But getting a high salary may not produce matching results.

Of course, this is not because everyone is not skilled enough, but because the raw materials are insufficient.

Originally, the Ministry of Industry planned to allocate corresponding workers to steel rolling mills across the country according to the processing of 1070 tons of steel.

With the support of the training system and new techniques and increased productivity, this group of workers is expected to be able to process 1500 million tons of steel.

But forget about 1500 million tons now. Only 800 million tons are of qualified quality, which is almost half the difference.

Everyone has become a high-level worker, earning high wages but being restricted. This is a huge waste.

At the same time, after one month of training, you will be a level 2, 3 or higher level worker. What do you want those workers who have been working at their jobs for several years to think?

What's more, when everyone can quickly upgrade their levels, the current level 8 worker system will definitely be impacted.

The 8-level worker system is the bottom line and must not be touched.

Therefore, they approached Jiang Chen, the founder of the training system, for advice.

Jiang Chen glanced at Qian Cheng: "The answer to this question was actually given when we first communicated." Qian Cheng was stunned: "Has the answer been given?"

Jiang Chen said: "During the pilot, I didn't just put forward conditions. The children who were the pilot and the first batch of workers to be trained were the pioneers of this model."

"So, when they register for assessment, they are not restricted by length of service. This length of service is the answer I give."

Jiang Chen originally thought that the Ministry of Industry should have been aware of this problem long ago and come up with a solution early.

That's why he made this request at that time.

But now Qian Cheng came to ask this question. Apparently he didn't notice Jiang Chen's words at that time.

Qian Cheng remembered that Jiang Chen or Tao Yuan had indeed mentioned this when communicating with the Ministry of Industry.

Qian Cheng said slowly: "So, you mean to upgrade based on seniority limit?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "You can understand it that way."

Qian Cheng said: "Can you elaborate?"

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment: "Then I will talk about it according to my ideas. It is the Ministry of Industry that decides how to implement it in the end."

"My idea is that after training, workers are only qualified to be admitted as first-level workers. Promotions between levels 1-3 must be at least one year away from the last promotion; promotions to levels 4-6 must be at least two years apart; Level 7-8, at least 3 years apart.”

"In this way, it will take workers at least fifteen years from the completion of training. This is a relatively reasonable time point."

Qian Cheng nodded: "This is much more reasonable and will have less impact on the current system."

"But there is also a problem, that is, some workers with outstanding talents, who are already at level five or level six, are stuck at a lower level because of their seniority. This seems a bit unfair to them."

Jiang Chen smiled and said: "Exceptionally outstanding workers can do special things and be promoted beyond the norm! It's just what conditions need to be met to be promoted beyond the norm, that's what you need to consider."

"This matter does not need to be announced through regulations. It only needs to be approved within the Ministry of Industry, and then qualified talents can be selected and promoted in accordance with these rules."

Qian Cheng said: "Will this affect everyone's enthusiasm for work and make them less productive?"

Jiang Chen said: "In fact, I have said this before, that is to limit the number of people who plan to be promoted every year. During the planned promotion period, the worker level is also planned to be improved!"

"When multiple people pass the assessment, the comrades who have worked most actively and with high production efficiency in the past year or six months will be selected for promotion, while other comrades will have to wait for the next year."

"In this way, we can always mobilize their enthusiasm for work and do their best to invest in production and construction."

"Of course, the risk of this approach is the possibility of comrades working together to cheat in order to advance. The Ministry of Industry must consider how to eliminate this risk."

Jiang Chen uses production and construction to avoid the possible exploitation of workers.

You are active in your work, which shows that you are skilled and have high awareness.

If you have good skills and high awareness, of course you should be promoted.

Qian Cheng nodded: "Okay, I understand. I will go back later and report this method to the leader. If it is passed, we will have a meeting to discuss the details."

Jiang Chen nodded: "Yes, but it's best to issue a charter as soon as possible, because after this batch of workers have been trained, the training of the next batch will begin soon."

"By the way, I have applied before. There is no seniority limit for the grade evaluation of this group of workers at the end of their training. That means they can get to as many levels as they want."

Qian Cheng nodded: "I know this."

"You have made your own rules, but you are living outside them."

Jiang Chen laughed: "It's not that I live outside the rules. This is a reward for the brave."

(End of this chapter)