境随心转 - 第二十六篇 '境随心转篇 '
境随心转
有个善知识曾经教导我: "心的转变也同样改变著人所处的境".
11 月 2008，USATODAY.com 新闻报导： 全国的失业率升至 14 年来的新高 6.5 ％ ， 10 月份 240,000 人失业.
10 月 2008 ，新闻报导, 传闻 GM ( General Motor) and Chrysler 将合并为一家公司. 其中一项好处是两家公司可以互用大家的员工, 可以确保工会成员的工作保障.
我对工会的印象是好坏参半的. 和我一起工作的同事有许多都是工会成员. 有一次， 同事的工作做完了， 整天坐在那里没事做. 我跟上司说 道: ' 我可以训练这个人做这项工作，让他学习新的东西. 对他的前途是会有帮助的'
上司回说道: '不可以，因为他是工会成员，你讲的这个工作不在工会的合约内 . 如果让他做这个工作. 工会将控告公司违反合同'.
那时我根本就是讨厌工会了.
2006 年 6 月, 公司的那次的裁员，我开始留意公司的行政策略. 今年 2008 年, 公司的第 3 季营业报告是赚钱的， 而且比预期的好. 但公司还是跟往年一样， 裁员 20%. 也有一些分行, 18 个员工 , 只留下一人.
我突然想到一个部门. 他们负责的产品，已经被一个新产品代替了. 那个旧的产品， 广告和销售部门都已经关闭，销售人员一个人也没有了.
因为公司 想要维持现有的客户. 希望在合同到期时， 客户会转签新产品的合同 因此公司仍然保持着几个技术人员. 这些技术员也不能转到新产品的部门. 因为他们没有受过新产品的技术训练. 但当有些技术人员辞职后，公司也不会填补空了的位置 .
已经过了两年. 我发现, 那个部门仍然还在. 我查看它的销售数量. 是有增加没有减少. 我心中想著, 这是怎么的回事.
我找那个部门的主管, 我问他，新客户是从那里找来的 ?.
他微笑著的回说道: '是安装技术员人他们自己找的 '.
我很惊讶的问他道: ' 他们是有工会的. 不能做销售的工作. 公司是会被控告违约的. '
事情原来是这样的:
当技术员知道， 他们将在一个 社区做维修工作. 他们会在前一天到附近的社区 派发广告传单. 然后，如果有客户对产品有兴趣, 技术员立即通知新帐户部门, 如果没有信用的问题， 那就立即做安装. 比原来有营销部门时的程序 还要快，服务还要好.
我问他，派发广告传单不是技术人员工作范围内的事 . 他回说道: " 他们 是在他们自己的休闲时间内, 自愿做的!". 我听到之后，心内的愉快， 多到找不到地方可以放下. 现在想起了, 仍然还是为他们高兴.
他们的努力，挽救了大约 300 人的工作. 正是如那个善知识所说的: "心的转变也同样改变著人所处的境". 工会的合约也管不了他们的心! 呵呵 。。。
11/8/2008
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来自一位网友的评论 ( 11/9/2008 )
这是一个很好的故事。天下没有掉下来的馅饼。
正如一句老话说的: 助人自助，自助者天助.
註:
1/11/7/2008: ***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
The nation's unemployment rate jumped to a 14-year high 6.5% in October as business payrolls dropped 240,000 jobs.
11/13/2008: ***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits unexpectedly jumped last week to its highest level since after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Analysts had foreseen just a slight increase .
11/17/2008: ***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
NEW YORK - Citigroup said Monday it will cut about 50,000 jobs to bring expenses in line with a shrunken business .
12/1/2008: ***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
WASHINGTON - The USA is officially in a recession that began a year ago, the committee of economists that dates business cycles said Monday. "The committee determined that a peak in economic activity occurred in the U.S. economy in December 2007," the National Bureau of Economic Research said in a statement. "The peak marks the end of the expansion that began in November 2001 and the beginning of a recession."
12/5/2008: ***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
Employers cut 533,000 jobs in November, the most since 1974, as the unemployment rate rises to 6.7% from 6.5% in October.
1/8/2009 : : ***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
Employers shed a seasonally adjusted 693,000 jobs in December, up from 476,000 in November, ADP and Macroeconomic Advisers said. It was the largest decline in the eight-year history of the report, which uses payroll data and statistical models to gauge the job market.
1/9/2009 : ***Yahoo News***
financial_meltdown The nation's unemployment rate bolted to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in 16 years, as nervous employers slashed 524,000 jobs, capping one of the worst years in modern history for American workers.
1/9/2009 : ***USATODAY.com News***
PITTSBURGH — Alcoa (AA) , the world's third-largest aluminum maker, said Tuesday it will cut 13,500 jobs, or 13% of its work force. The Pittsburgh-based company also said 1,700 contractors will be cut as part of a broad-based plan to reduce costs.
2/6/2009 : ***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government says employers slashed payrolls by 598,000 in January , the most since the end of 1974, catapulting the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent .
2/18/2009 Yahoo news :
GM alone said it would cut 47,000 jobs globally by the end of the year — 19 percent of its work force. It also said it would close five more U.S. factories, although it did not identify them.
Chrysler said it will cut 3,000 more jobs and stop producing three vehicle models.
2/19/2009 Yahoo news:
AP - The number of laid-off workers receiving unemployment benefits has jumped to an all-time high near 5 million while new jobless claims remain well above 600,000. Both figures were worse than expected and new projections from the Federal Reserve show unemployment rising for the rest of this year.
2/19/2009 Yahoo news
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply downgraded its projections for the country's economic performance this year, predicting the economy will actually shrink and unemployment will rise higher.
Under the new projections, the unemployment rate will rise to between 8.5 and 8.8 percent this year. The old forecasts, issued in mid-November, predicted the jobless rate would rise to between 7.1 and 7.6 percent.
2/23/2009 Yahoo news:
the U.S. unemployment rate — now at 7.6 percent, the highest in more than 16 years — is expected hit a peak of 9 percent this year.
3/6/2009 Yahoo news:
If part-time, discouraged workers and others are factored in, the unemployment rate would have been 14.8 percent in February, the highest on records dating to 1994.
3/6/2009 ***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
The unemployment rate jumped 8.1% as 651,000 jobs were axed in Feb., pushing the figure to its highest since 1983.
3/12/2009
Yahoo news
The number of people receiving benefits for more than a week increased by 193,000 to 5.3 million, the most on records dating back to 1967. That's the sixth time in the past seven weeks that the jobless claims rolls have set a record high.
4/27/2009 Yahoo news:
DETROIT – General Motors Corp. said it will cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year.
5/7/200
Yahoo news:
New applications for jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has peaked. Still, the number of unemployed workers getting benefits climbed to a new record.
5/9/2009
***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
WASHINGTON (AP) - The pace of layoffs slowed in April when employers cut 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six months. But the unemployment rate climbed to 8.9%, the highest since late 1983, as many businesses remained wary of hiring given all the economic uncertainties
5/13/2009
Yahoo news:WASHINGTON – Fresh reminders that the recession likely has passed its peak, but hasn't ended, emerged Thursday in reports that first-time claims for jobless aid and wholesale prices rose more than expected.
... The Labor Department said the number of new jobless claims rose to a seasonally adjusted 637,000, from a revised 605,000 the previous week. That's above analysts' expectations of 610,000.
10/02/2009
***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
Unemployment rate hits 9.8% in September, as employers cut 263,000 jobs.
11/06/2009
***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
The unemployment rate has surpassed 10% for the first time since 1983 and is likely to go higher. Nearly 16 million people can't find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. The Labor Department says the economy shed a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, less than the downwardly revised 219,000 lost in September.
2/05/2010
***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7% from 10% while employers shed 20,000 jobs.
8/19/2010 Yahoo news:
Jobless claims rise to highest level in 9 months. Initial claims for jobless benefits rose by 12,000 last week to 500,000. The jobless rate has been stuck at 9.5 percent for two months.
***USATODAY.com Breaking News***
Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month. Employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2%.
