I just know when I ask, almost all of them are design majors, and I am a non-design major. I submitted my resume to this company out of interest. When I sat in the interview room with them and waited for the interview, my hands were full of sweat. I tried to back down several times, but I secretly told myself again and again that I couldn't give up so easily.
I didn't expect my interview to go well. The reason for success is that there is no basic salary in the first three months of work, and many people leave a sentence "go back and think" and disappear. I didn't choose to leave, so I was lucky to stay in the company.
There is no basic salary for the first three months, because there are too many things to learn in the design industry, and many design details need to be perfected by accumulating experience, instead of having an ambition just after leaving college. This society pays attention to the balance of interests, so it is impossible for a company to pay a salary to a newcomer who cannot create value for the company and needs to gain experience from the company.
After I entered the company, the manager put me next to Sister Li and asked me to learn design knowledge from Sister Li.
Sister Li joked when she first saw me: "Little girl, have you just graduated? Our business is very hard. You should be mentally prepared to choose this line of work. Many boys are complaining. "
I laughed: "Boys and girls are all the same. I am not afraid of hard work, as long as I can learn something here. "
"Well, what I want is your courage. Every summer vacation, our company will bring in a group of female interns, but in the end there are very few left. Girls are terrible and bitter. A weak southern girl like you worries me, but since you say you are not afraid of hardship, stick to it. But you have to understand that in our design industry, customers will not take extra care of you because you are a girl. "
"I know, isn't every industry like this now, advocating equality between men and women?" I smiled at Sister Li.
Perhaps because I am not afraid of hardship, Sister Li took extra care of me and taught me all the work experience she has accumulated for many years. Sister Li will take me to measure the room every time I take an order. When she comes back, she will teach me how to draw a picture, how to quote a price, and then teach me how to talk with customers about the plan and sign the bill. When the construction site starts, Sister Li will take me to the market to see the decoration materials and teach me every step of the construction.
I grew up step by step under the leadership of my sister Li. From being a designer assistant at the beginning to practicing as a designer three months later, I can make my own design plan until now.
Sister Li and I have also established a profound friendship in such a close relationship. Sister Li is actually four years older than me, but because she joined the company early, she is now a senior designer in our company.
On one occasion, Sister Li participated in the bidding for a hotel project with a million yuan or more, and was lucky to win the bid. To celebrate, Sister Li invited me to have a barbecue after work. Although I spent several months with Sister Li, I didn't get together for dinner after work. Sister Li is always so busy that even the time for dating her boyfriend is squeezed out to make plans and change them, so she makes time to have dinner with me.
On that day, Li Jie and I agreed not to come back drunk. Sister Li looks very happy. She said that this is the biggest order she has received since she started her business. I am also happy for Sister Li. I have seen everything she has done for this project, and I think this is what she deserves.
Maybe it's the first time to receive such a big order. I'm very happy. Maybe it is because my persistence for so many years has paid off. Li Jie told me the history of her struggle in this line while eating mutton kebabs.
"When I first entered the company, I was much worse than you now. You don't have the basic salary for the first three months now, but we didn't do it then. At that time, the company stipulated that the intern designer could take the project independently to become a full member, even if he did not take the project for one year. "
"It's so harsh." I'm a little surprised and a little lucky.
"This is more difficult than that. Our little assistant didn't have a computer at that time. We always take the papers and pour tea after the master. When they went to measure the room, we went to give him a ruler. When they came back, they drew pictures and made plans. We can only watch from the sidelines and never have a chance to touch the computer. So several students who came in with me later left. "
"How long did it take you to pick up the project alone?"
"It's been almost a year. After all, at that time, we didn't practice drawing on the computer like you do now. At that time, I could still touch the computer when my master was away. Only when the master is not in front of the computer can I have time to look at his designs and practice drawing with the computer. "
"You can really insist. If I didn't get a penny a year, I'm afraid I would have backed out. "
"I almost gave up. At that time, our company was much smaller and there were not many people. I am still the only girl. I haven't got a penny for several months, and the rent is borrowed from my classmates who are close to me. Every time I get paid, I still have a glimmer of hope. Maybe the boss will take care of me and give me some basic living expenses. Because I am a girl, I still clean up every day and bring tea and water to the designer. "
"But the boss didn't give you money, did he?" I guessed it from Li Jie's tone.
"Yes, I didn't get a penny before receiving the project. I was embarrassed to reach out and ask for money from my family. Both rent and living expenses are borrowed from classmates. In order not to worry my family, every time I call, I smile and tell my parents how much I get a month. In fact, the year I graduated, I didn't buy a new dress. I was really poor. Don't think that just because you are a girl, the society will take special care of you. Businessmen only look at the value you can create for them, not at your gender. "
I nodded thoughtfully.
"I have been in the company for almost a year before I got the list. Until now, I still clearly remember the first time I independently measured the house. Although it was not a new house, it was a renovation of an old house, but I was still very happy. I called the client to make an appointment to measure the room. After hanging up the phone, I couldn't wait to take a pen and paper and run to the client's house to measure the room. At that time, the client also made an appointment with two other design companies besides our company. When measuring the room, the three of us crowded into one room. While painting, I peeked at them with my eyes and secretly cheered myself up. I must beat them and successfully take the first step in my working career. "
"What happened later? Did you hit them? " I asked eagerly.
"No," Sister Li shook her head. "Maybe God specially arranged a difficult start for me to test me. At that time, when I finished drawing the room plan and prepared to take the electronic ruler to measure the room, I found that I was in a hurry and broke the electronic ruler. "
"Didn't you say there are two designers measuring the house? Then can you borrow them? "
"You think too simple, who is willing to help competitors? However, I did borrow it from one of them at that time, because I wanted to win this list too much, but the other party said that it would be re-measured, so I refused, and I didn't ask the other one at all. "
"It is an excuse for several designers to measure the house and re-measure."
"I know this is an excuse, but what can I do? It is the freedom of others to borrow or not. I had to go to the supermarket to buy a tape measure. My client was moving, so I asked him to wait for me. But the moving company charges by time, and the customer told me to hurry up and not wait for me too long. However, I still hold the last glimmer of hope and look for places to sell tape measures everywhere in the community. When I bought a tape measure and ran back to my customer's house, their door was locked. "
"What a pity." I sighed.
"Yes, it was in my twenties, and I was still considering signing a contract. That month, I not only got a commission, but also got a basic salary of 800 yuan. If that contract is yellow, I will have no money for that month and be overwhelmed by a debt. "
"So you just came step by step." I sighed. "But now I'm finally out."
"Yes, go out. You know, Xiao Mo, when I bought a tape measure and saw my client's door locked, I almost collapsed on the ground and cried in despair. Although it seems to be only a small matter now, I was almost crushed by life and almost gave up this line. I wonder why I work as hard as a boy and live like a dog. I am a girl, why does the manager ignore me, and the customer ignores me. This society is not biased towards me. "
"Yes, I think girls who are sensible should be taken care of more." After listening to Sister Li's words, I sincerely hope that this society can take more care of girls.
"However, this is impossible. Whether it is a boy or a girl who enters the company, those who can create value are talents, and those who can't create value, no matter how beautiful you are, may appear on the company's layoff list. " Sister Li said to me like a teacher: "once, I took over the tooling of a hotel, and the customer invited several designers." At that time, after testing the room, the customer invited us to dinner. In the middle of the meal, the customer may have drunk too much. He told us designers who can drink half a bottle of white wine on the table that we would give them the design project. Several designers began to take turns, and the customer finally opened a few bottles of white wine. Among several designers, the customer finally opened several bottles of white wine. When I came back and vomited all night, my insides were almost spit out, but the final project was not won, and the customer gave the project to the design company with the lowest quotation. "
I didn't expect sister Li to walk so muddy. I only knew that after the manager arranged me for Sister Li, several interns envied me for having a particularly good teacher. Everyone says that Sister Li is the pillar of our company, and every moonlight commission is our salary for one year or even several years. Now that I know her past, I feel that Sister Li deserves everything she has now.
It is said that sons should be poor and daughters should be rich. Therefore, many girls have received more care than boys since childhood. On campus, male students generally give way to female students, and boys don't let girls do heavy work in any school activities. Couples in love quarrel, and it is that boy who makes more concessions. It seems that girls should be treated specially from birth. Because of this, many girls will feel inexplicably unbalanced when facing the same salary as boys after they take up their jobs, because the idea that girls should be given extra care has taken root in their hearts, so when they are treated fairly, they will feel unacceptable.
But this is the reality. In marriage, girls advocate the balance between men and women, but in work, girls will naturally not be treated specially. There is no difference between society and campus. Society is a place that pays attention to interests, especially businessmen, and pays attention to the balance of interests. You create value for him, and he will naturally pay for the fruits of your labor. If you want to dream of paying the same labor as boys and getting more wealth than boys because you are a girl, then I tell you, dreaming is more practical. In the face of interests, gender has no privilege.
Life may be gentle and kind to you because of your kindness, but society will not give you extra care because you are a girl.
So what if you are a girl? The bricks that should be moved still need to be moved.